Cold Spring Harbor News

Phil Rugile is trying to break a traditional publishing model so it wona t break him.

Sheriff Vincent DeMarco Bolstered by a deal that gave them endorsements from multiple political parties, Suffolk County's district attorney, sheriff and treasurer ran without opposition and were re-elected Tuesday.

A chemical cousin of the common antibiotic tetracycline might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy , a currently incurable disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants.

The introduction of high-throughput laboratory methods has greatly increased the pace of research into the genetics of complex diseases.

Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Genetics ; Cancer / Oncology ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 29 Oct 2009 - 5:00 PDT Metastases are responsible for over 90% of cancer deaths.

A research team has found a mutation on human chromosome 16 increases risk for schizophrenia by more than eight-fold for some individuals.

Modern humans and Neanderthals had sex across the species barrier, according to a leading geneticist who is overseeing a project to compare their genomes.

A leading geneticist has determined that modern man and Neanderthals had sex across the species barrier, according to the Times Online .

An international team of researchers led by geneticist Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory , has identified a mutation on human chromosome 16 that substantially increases risk for schizophrenia.

Dr. Samuel Stanley listens as he's introduced as the next president of Stony Brook University on May 5, 2009.

In animals, this particular patterning strategy of the body axis is termed segmentation, and it is observed in both vertebrates and invertebrates.

If you’re looking to be part of this year’s premier A-List fall event, then the picturesque Village of Cold Spring Harbor is the place to be on Saturday (raindate Sunday) at noon for the 3rd Annual Howl-Ween Parade and Celebration. It’s pets in costumes.

Systems-biological research is hence seen as a multistage process, beginning with the comprehensive identification and quantitative analysis of individual system components and their networked interactions and leading to the ability to control existing systems toward the desired state and design new ones based on an understanding of structure and ...

Here's some of the Long Island representatives at this year's CMJ: PT WALKLEY The Cold Spring Harbor native will be on the "Specific Business Concepts for the Modern Day Music Artist" panel at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Corsets and parasols were made using whale bone, as were hair pins. Whale oil fueled the 19th century lamps.

Physorg.com -- Researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have uncovered a large, new cache of genes that act as built-in barriers against cancer.

U.S. scientists say they have discovered a group of genes that act as barriers against cancer development.

On a visit to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Thursday afternoon, New York Governor David A. Paterson pledged his continuing support for stem cell research after receiving a briefing from a panel of Long Island scientists engaged in projects involving stem cells.

This week, it was announced that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory alumna Carol W. Greider, Ph.D., and her colleagues, Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak , won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.