Power of 3
CSHL’s Zhang finds unexpected role for vitamin B6 in leukemia
By Daniel Dunaief
In the span of a few months, Lingbo Zhang, a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory fellow, has made discoveries involving two deadly blood...
SBU, CSHL team scores $4.2M NCI grant for prostate cancer studies
By Daniel Dunaief
Pulling together experts from a variety of fields, scientists at Stony Brook University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have demonstrated promise in...
SBU’s Peng Zhang hopes microgrids stabilize power delivery amid storms
By Daniel Dunaief
If Peng Zhang succeeds in his work, customers on Long Island and elsewhere will no longer lose power for days or even...
SBU’s Adam Singer shows benefits of lowering potassium for emergency room patients
By Daniel Dunaief
A patient comes rushing into the emergency room at a hospital. He has numerous symptoms and, perhaps, preexisting conditions, that the staff...
CSHL’s Dave Jackson makes plant discoveries, adds new staff
By Daniel Dunaief
Just as humans have competing impulses — should we eat or exercise, should we wait outside in the rain to meet a...
CSHL’s Saket Navlakha looks to biology for computer science clues
By Daniel Dunaief
Plants have to solve challenges in their environment – without a brain or the kind of mobility mammals rely on to survive...
SBU’s Donghui Zhu receives $3.5 million to study link between magnesium and Alzheimer’s
By Daniel Dunaief
About 5 percent of people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease have a genetic mutation that likely contributed to a condition that causes...
CSHL’s Gladman studies mutation that raises sorghum yield
By Daniel Dunaief
When people buy a bag of potato chips, they often find that half of the bag is filled with air. The same...
BNL, CSHL, SBU address gender imbalance in STEM
By Daniel Dunaief
This article is part two in a two-part series.
Local medical and research institutions are aware of the challenges women face in science...
CSHL-led team addresses harassment and bias in STEM
By Daniel Dunaief
This article is part one in a two-part series.
Women have made great strides in science, but they haven’t yet found equal opportunity...
