• LIFE IN SCIENCE
  • Becoming a Scientist
  • Advice to Young Scientists
  • Mentoring
  • Researchers
  • Scientific Research
  • Women in Science
• GENOME RESEARCH
  • Involvement in Genomics
  • Mechanics of the HGP
  • Challenges of the HGP
  • Surprises in the HGP
  • Competition in Science
  • Changes over Time
  • Gene Patenting
  • Government Involvement
  • Dangers of Genome Research
  • International Collaboration
  • The Future of Genomics
• STEM CELL RESEARCH
  • Stem Cell Research
• BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • Biotechnology
• JAMES D. WATSON
  • Jim Watson as a Young Man
  • Discovering the Double Helix
  • Harvard, 1955-1976
  • CSHL, Director and President
  • The Human Genome Project
  • Research
  • Writer
  • Meeting Jim Watson
  • Mentoring
  • Professor & Administrator
  • Personality & Influence
  • "Lucky Jim"
  • Memories of Jim Watson
• CSHL
  • A Unique Place
  • History
  • Research
  • Meetings & Courses
  • Memories
  • Social Life
  • Special Aspects
  • Symposia
  • The Future of CSHL
  • WSBS
  • John Cairns
  • Milislav Demerec
  • Alfred Hershey
  • Barbara McClintock
  • Rich Roberts
  • Bruce Stillman

History of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

CSHL has a rich and interesting history. From a home for natural sciences, to a haven for eugenics, to the birthplace of phage genetics and a world center for cancer research, CSHL has always been on the forefront of biological sciences.

SCIENTISTS SPEAKING ABOUT HISTORY

       

• Sydney Brenner
• Richard Burgess
• Ann Burgess
• Don Caspar
• Myers & Cox
• Paul Doty
• Jennifer Doudna
• Renato Dulbecco
• Raymond Gesteland
• Richard Gibbs
• Jim Hicks
• Mahlon Hoagland
• Susan Hockfield
• Nancy Hopkins
• James Kent
• Edward Lewis
• Peter Little
• Tom Maniatis
• Ernst Mayr
• Jeffrey Miller
• Karin Moelling
• Maynard Olson
• Ron Plasterk
• Alex Rich
• Matt Ridley
• Merilyn Sleigh
• Klar & Strathern
• Peter Vogt
• Robert Waterston
• Evelyn Witkin

Sydney Brenner Richard Burgess Ann Burgess Don Caspar Myers & Cox Paul Doty

Jennifer Doudna Renato Dulbecco Raymond Gesteland Richard Gibbs Jim Hicks Mahlon Hoagland

Susan Hockfield Nancy Hopkins James Kent Edward Lewis Peter Little Tom Maniatis

Ernst Mayr Jeffrey Miller Karin Moelling Maynard Olson Ron Plasterk Alex Rich

Matt Ridley Merilyn Sleigh Klar & Strathern Peter Vogt Robert Waterston Evelyn Witkin