Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences explained

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences
Established:	1998
Type:	Private
Dean:	Alexander Gann
City:	Cold Spring Harbor
State:	NY
Country:	United States
Faculty:	53
Students:	50
Campus:	Suburban
Website:	gradschool.cshl.edu

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences, formerly known as the Watson School of Biological Sciences (WSBS) until 2020, is a biological sciences graduate school at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The school was opened in 1999 and resides on the Laboratory campus in Cold Spring Harbor, New York on Long Island.

The school offers a graduate degree (PhD) in molecular biology in an accelerated program that strives for completion within four years. The diverse student body includes about 50 percent international students.

History

The school was formerly named after James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and then president of the laboratory, shortly after its founding. On July 1, 2020, the board of trustees voted to return the name of the school to the "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences" because of Watson's views on race.^[1]

The founding dean of the school is Winship Herr, then professor at the University of Lausanne since 2004.^{[2] [3]}

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: CSHL trustees vote on future of graduate school . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory . 4 July 2020 . 3 July 2020.
2. https://www.unil.ch/cig/en/home/menuinst/research/research-groups/prof-herr.html Winship Herr, professor
3. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v431/n7009/pdf/nj7009-722c.pdf "Nouria Hernandez and Winship Herr, professors, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland"