Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press was founded in 1933 to aid in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's purpose of furthering the advance and spread of scientific knowledge.
CSHL Press publishes monographs, technical manuals, handbooks, review volumes, conference proceedings, scholarly journals and videotapes. These examine important topics in molecular biology, genetics, development, virology, neurobiology, immunology and cancer biology. Manuscripts for books and for journal publication are invited from scientists worldwide.
Revenue from sales of CSHL Press publications is used solely in support of research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Scientific journals published by CSHL Press:
- CSH Perspectives
- CSH Protocols
- Genes & Development
- Genome Research
- Learning & Memory
- RNA
CSHL Press has two operation centers. The main office is located in Woodbury, New York, near Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where Editorial, Marketing & Advertising, Composition, and Fulfillment & Distribution functions are performed. An additional Book Fulfillment & Distribution operation is handled by NBN International in Plymouth, United Kingdom.
Its current Executive Director is John R. Inglis, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh Medical School, 1976.
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