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STEM matters to CSHL and NYC Schools
Posted in Education programs
Tagged camp, Chancellor, Dennis M. Walcott, DNA, DNALC, education, NYC Department of Education, schools, Spring Break
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Students are not short on ideas at the Graduate Student Symposium
Kristen Delevich and John Sheppard, students in the Ph.D. program at the Watson School of Biological Sciences (WSBS), give us the lowdown on several hot research projects now ongoing at the Laboratory, details of which were presented by their colleagues … Continue reading
An experimental neuroscience course in the heart of Transylvania
It’s no small feat to put together a state-of-the-art neuroscience lab and summer course. Remarkably, CSHL Assistant Professor Florin Albeanu managed just that, and did so in the picturesque heart of his home country, Romania. The 2012 Transylvania Experimental Neuroscience … Continue reading
Posted in Education programs, Meetings, Neuroscience
Tagged Course, Dinu Florin Albeanu, Neuroscience, Romania, Science, Students, TENSS, Transylvania
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Visiting undergraduates at CSHL: the 2012 class of URPs explores neuroscience, bioinformatics and cancer biology
by Mike Schatz and Anne Churchland** Each summer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory hosts 25 visiting undergraduates, affectionately known as “URPs,” after the historic program in which they participate. The Undergraduate Research Program began in 1959, and provides a unique opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged Churchland, education, Schatz, Undergraduate Research Program, URP
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Knowing thy genome: The science and ethics of personal genome sequencing
Until not too long ago, asking “Who am I?” of oneself often meant undertaking a voyage of self-discovery either through travel to a faraway land or through time-limited visits to a therapist’s couch. We now live in an era that … Continue reading
2012 “Biology of Genomes” in 140 ch@r@cters
CSHL’s annual “The Biology of Genomes” meeting, held May 8-12 this year, has come to be known as the yearly shindig for researchers working in the vast and rapidly growing field of genomics. Named one of the top scientific conferences … Continue reading
Posted in Bioinformatics, Education programs, Genomics, Meetings
Tagged genome, sequencing
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Spreading science through the community
Pollen is not the only thing spreading around the north shore of Long Island this spring. Science is too, courtesy of a trio of researchers from CSHL who infused scientific flavor into two community events this month. CSHL geneticist Rob … Continue reading
Posted in Education programs, Faculty & Friends, Neuroscience
Tagged cancer books, Churchland, Martienssen, neural circuits, Spector
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To celebrate 40th anniversary, the Protein Data Bank returns to its birthplace
Databases can have birthdays and anniversaries too. The Protein Data Bank (PDB)—a gigantic repository that allows anyone with an internet connection to view the atomic structures of more than 77,000 biological molecules in all their three dimensional glory—just celebrated its … Continue reading
High School Science Clubs: The kids are all right
I recently had the chance to ask twenty 9th and 10th graders at Flushing International High School why they participate in an after-school science club. “Is it because you want to be scientists when you grow up?” I asked. The … Continue reading
Better science through volleyball
Volleyball is serious business at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The campus league is currently holding playoffs for its 21st season and is more popular than ever with close to 200 scientists and staff members taking part. Michael Cressy, who recently … Continue reading
