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Our own CSHL community gathers eager to learn about the cutting-edge work happening just beyond their own desks and benches. Yesterday was day 1 filled with collaboration & big ideas. Excited for another full day of idea sharing and connection at the CSHL In-House Symposium. #ScienceMakesLifeBetter

Join us this Friday for the Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship Virtual Symposium! Friday, January 16, 2026 1:30pm-3:30pm EDT Zoom We will be hearing from five Brenner Fellows about their research and experience working with the CSHL archives.

Happy New Year! We look forward to welcoming you in 2026! To make an appointment to visit the archives, please reach out to [email protected] or visit www.cshl.edu/archives/. Image: Barbara McClintock teaching during the 1981 Plant Course at CSHL. Photograph by Herb Parsons.

Happy Holidays from the CSHL Library and Archives! We hope you have a wonderful holiday season! Painting of Carnegie Library, CSHL (2025) by Gilbert artist-in-residence Hugo Perez.

Please join us for the Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship Virtual Symposium! Friday, January 16, 2026 We will be hearing from five Brenner Fellows about their research and experience working with the CSHL archives.

In 1980, Walter (Wally) Gilbert received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Frederick Sanger and Paul Berg. They received the prize for pioneering a method for determining the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid. View the full scrapbook here: tinyurl.com/2k7zmwz4

Handwritten picture postcard from David Muller to his father H.J. Muller. (1933) From the collection of Hermann J. Muller. Along with professional correspondence, the collection includes personal correspondence and memorabilia. libgallery.cshl.edu/items/show/9...

Jim Watson’s passing marks the loss of a towering figure in modern science. You can explore his extraordinary collection of original papers and materials at the CSHL Archives and online through the link below.

HISTORIAN OF THE LIFE SCIENCES position at CSHL! I’m thrilled to announce that the CSHL Center for Humanities and the History of Modern Biology is inviting applications for this position. This is a remarkable opportunity to join a unique, internationally recognized institution and the Center

It is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Dr. James Watson, Nobel prize-winning scientist and former Director and President of CSHL. We extend our sincere condolences to his wife Liz and family during this difficult time. www.cshl.edu/in-remembran...

New internship opportunity! The American Philosophical Society and CSHL invite applications for a joint summer internship program for undergraduates working on junior or senior research projects related to the history of the life sciences. More info here: apply.interfolio.com/174285

Rest, Play, Turn Dreams Into Reality The CSHL Archives recently acquired a series of correspondence between Matthew Meselson and Jean Weigle. The letters primarily detail Meselson's transduction experiments, and also give us a glimpse into the close friendship they shared.

“We could have published more if we had a more aggressive, short-term vision. And we would’ve failed the prostate cancer community if we’d given them something that sounded great but didn’t last.” www.cshl.edu/the-journey-... #ProstateCancer

Synesthesia, shipwrecks, and African elephant all await you in the smelliverse! Get a guided tour from CSHL Professor Alexei Koulakov in our Cocktails & Chromosomes video. @alexkoulakov.bsky.social #NeuroSkyence youtu.be/b5i0gUz3O1I?...

The twenty-first biennial Neurobiology of Drosophila meeting started last night! We are excited to host everyone this week, use #cshldros for all of your posts!

Early-onset cancers are on the rise & scientists are racing to understand why. This NYT feature highlights research from CSHL Associate Professor Camila dos Santos on how pregnancy, breastfeeding, & even urinary tract infections can leave lasting marks on breast tissue & influence cancer risk.

How do tumors grow, spread & interact with their surroundings? Scientists gathered at CSHL last week to share answers that could shape the future of cancer therapies. Read more: www.cshl.edu/go-inside-ca...

Congratulations Dr. Lucy Shapiro! Dr. Shapiro was honored with the 2025 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science! Watch Dr. Shapiro discuss some of the defining moments of her career here: tinyurl.com/y94vzhax

We are saddened to learn about the passing of Dr. David Baltimore. A friend of CSHL since his undergraduate research in 1959, his last visit to CSHL was this March for the History of Science Meeting where he spoke about his journey in finding reverse transcriptase. tinyurl.com/yy675k4c

Pianist Chaeyoung Park and violinist Oliver Neubauer, two rising stars in their craft, have prepared a night of splendor for the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. community. Join us on September 19 at CSHL’s Grace Auditorium. More information and tickets can be found here: www.cshl.edu/mc-events/pi...

CSHL’s John Inglis & Richard Sever have received @royalsociety.org’s 2025 Research Culture Award. www.cshl.edu/inglis-and-s...

Learn more about Dr. Matthew Meselson's research on Chemical & Biological warfare with our digital collections. www.cshl.edu/archives-blo...

Summer days at Cold Spring Harbor! This photograph is from from Kitty Brehme Warren's scrapbook. One of many photographs depicting life at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory! cshl.smugmug.com/Kitty-Brehme...

The medicine you rely on. The creams in your cabinet. The injections that fight cancer. They all trace back to a single Addison’s patient in 1930—saved by an experimental treatment that came out of CSHL: www.cshl.edu/ever-use-cor...

As World Breast Cancer Research Day comes to an end, we’re sharing five stories that showcase not only our scientists’ progress, but also the donors and community members who make this work possible: www.cshl.edu/inspiring-br...

For Hermann J. Muller's 65th birthday, students sent him poems with accompanying drawings by Elof Carlson. The poem and drawing below features drosophila, which Muller studied the genetics of.

History of the Lab! The Davenport building was first used by the superintendent of the Fish Hatchery. When the Dept of Genetics was established, its director Charles Davenport lived there until he retired in 1932. It then served as a residence for staff and became known as the Carnegie Dorm.

Researchers at the renowned Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have documented 35,000 tomato branches over three years.

In the early 1900s, students created a newsletter called Hooper Up. Each issue included cartoons, jokes, “news” articles and songs covering not only the lab’s scientific work but also lab gossip. Surviving issues of the newsletter are digitized via the CSHL Archives! bit.ly/4lriHdv

Our oral history collection is growing! New interviews with leading scientists are now available online. library.cshl.edu/oralhistory/...

New research from CSHL’s Zach Lippman, David McCandlish, and collaborators uncovers cryptic mutations—hidden genetic changes that only show up under certain conditions and shape plant traits. Understanding these could lead to better crops and better medicines. www.cshl.edu/branching-ou...

Research fellowship available! CSHL Library and Archives offers the Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship to support research projects in the history of the life sciences. Deadline for applications is August 1, 2025. www.cshl.edu/education/ce...

Our website for the 2025 Cancer Genetics: History & Consequences meeting is live! To view photographs, videos, slides, abstracts, and the meeting program, visit: library.cshl.edu/Meetings/Can... #cshhist25 #cancergenetics

CSHL Assistant Professor Arkarup Banerjee has been named a 2025 McKnight Scholar, one of neuroscience’s most prestigious early-career honors. www.cshl.edu/arkarup-bane...

Built c.1825, this Cold Spring Harbor building once stored whale oil—sealed with “bungs,” inspiring the name Bungtown Road. 🐋 Over 200 years, it has served as a dormitory, lecture hall, lab, and now houses our Office of Sponsored Programs. #History #ColdSpringHarbor

Watch a recap of the Cancer Genetics: History & Consequences meeting here! #cshhist25 #cancergenetics bit.ly/4kytOjO

CSHL Professors @tonyzador.bsky.social y.social and Alexei Koulakov explain how a quirk of evolution—the way our DNA passes down instructions to build a brain—might be a key factor when it comes to designing smarter AI. Take a listen: www.cshl.edu/podcasts/at-...

From reading The Hallmarks of Cancer in Spain to sharing pancakes with its author at CSHL—Lucía Téllez Pérez’s journey in cancer research came full circle. Read her inspiring story below. #CancerResearch #CSHL #ScienceLife

Explore our digital photo archives! The CSHL Digital Photo Archives document the annual Symposia on Quantitative Biology from the 1st meeting in 1933 to present day. You can view lists of symposia participants, photographs, and the contents of the symposia volumes. library.cshl.edu/symposia/

Call for Papers! @genomeresearch.bsky.social is now encouraging submissions for a Special Issue on The Genetics and Genomics of Somatic Mosaicism, Guest Edited by Drs. Gilad Evrony, Eunjung (Alice) Lee, and Raheleh Rahbari. tinyurl.com/Call-for-pap... #BOG25 #KSMosaicism25 #MITS25 #somaticmosaicism

The new issue of Genome Research is now live! Follow the link to a new ultra-long nanopore sequencing toolkit, a unified analysis of atlas single-cell data, and more! tinyurl.com/Genome-Res-3...

As Autism Awareness Month ends, we highlight CSHL research changing lives. From breakthrough genetic discoveries to new diagnostic tools, CSHL scientists are helping make diagnoses & better support a reality. Learn more: www.cshl.edu/autism-genet... #AutismAwarenessMonth #Neurodiversity #CSHL

Check out our Guide to the CSHL Historical Collections! CSHL's archives hold a wide range of materials on the history of the life sciences and medical research in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Our environment shapes our health—from air and food to stress and neighborhoods. A new paper from a Banbury Center (@cshlbanbury.bsky.social) meeting at CSHL advocates for exposomics, a new way to measure it all. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Glorious morning lights on Jones Building at @cshlnews.bsky.social

Science is a team effort, & on #WorldLaboratoryDay & in honor of Laboratory Professionals Week, we want to express our deepest gratitude to our lab managers, research technicians, building managers & lab professionals who facilitate groundbreaking research. Thank you for all that you do!

Cancer research has changed lives—& it started with fundamental biology. In March, leading scientists & Nobel laureates gathered at CSHL to reflect on key discoveries like RAS & BRCA1, & to explore the future of cancer genetics. #CSHhist25 @cshlmeetings.bsky.social www.cshl.edu/lessons-of-t...

Applications are open for the Celia and Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residence Program! www.cshl.edu/education/ce...

Congratulations to our Executive Director Mila Pollock! She has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). www.cshl.edu/ludmila-poll...