At the Lab
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) stands at the forefront of breakthrough bioscience in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, and genomics. At the Lab, we dive into this groundbreaking research, bringing you the latest discoveries with the potential to change lives and the world. Each week, our podcast features another CSHL researcher or educator focused on the biggest global issues and scientific mysteries of the past, present, and future—from deadly diseases to climate change.
Episodes

Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
CSHL Professor Bo Li set out to study a tiny group of neurons involved in cancer cachexia. What he found astounded even him.

Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
How are sex differences defined in the brain? CSHL Associate Professor Jessica Tollkuhn delivers a thought-provoking primer on a fascinating topic.

Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
A sobering conversation on a breakthrough discovery with potentially significant implications for cancer patients everywhere.

Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tune in to this week’s podcast to hear about the latest artificial intelligence model coming out of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Shriek if you must. Their remarkable genome might provide new insights into natural links between the immune system, aging, and cancer resistance.

Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Can AI help us identify the Don Juan of fruit flies? CSHL’s Benjamin Cowley thinks so. Why would we want to do this? Tune in to find out.

Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
You might not realize, but that question is central to the human experience. On this week’s podcast, CSHL’s Saket Navlakha sniffs out answers.

Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
For this week’s podcast, CSHL Professor John Moses bridges the gap between chemistry and biology in less than three minutes.

Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
In this week’s podcast, CSHL Assistant Professor Semir Beyaz reveals how metastatic breast cancer ‘corrupts’ the body’s immune system.

Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
What is neuroAI, and how does it help both neuroscientists and computer scientists? In this week’s podcast, CSHL’s Kyle Daruwalla explains.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Founded in 1890, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has shaped contemporary biomedical research and education with programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. Home to eight Nobel Prize winners, the private, not-for-profit Laboratory employs 1,000 people including 600 scientists, students and technicians. The Meetings & Courses Program hosts more than 12,000 scientists from around the world each year on its campuses in Long Island and in Suzhou, China. The Laboratory’s education arm also includes an academic publishing house, a graduate school and programs for middle, high school, and undergraduate students and teachers.