Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Programs: Research: cold spring harbor laboratory (cshl), founded in 1890, is a world-renowned, private research and education institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, quantitative biology, and bioinformatics & genomics. The research environment is highly collaborative, allowing cshl scientists to work together across disciplines to solve biology's most challenging problems. The ultimate goal is to apply this research on basic biological mechanisms to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, neurological disorders and other diseases. See schedule o.

publications: with origins in the 1930s, cshl press enhances the laboratory's educational mission by publishing original work that assists in the advance and spread of scientific knowledge. Sale of its publications enhances the laboratory's international reputation for excellence. The press publishes research and review journals, books, manuals, primers and other information sources, in electronic and print form. In 2016, the press published over 200 books, including 13 new titles and 8 journals. The press is also responsible for publishing the proceedings of the laboratory's meetings program. Widely reviewed and highly praised, these publications are made available in a variety of languages.

educational meetings & courses program: cshl's reputation as one of the world's premier hubs of activity in biology and genetics is linked to its meetings and & courses program. With roots in the legendary annual symposia in quantitative biology series, which began in 1933, the program organizes more than 60 meetings and courses annually, covering a wide range of topics in the biological sciences. See schedule o.