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23rd Annual Women’s Partnership for Science raises over $360,000

Jill Stone — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:17:56 +0000

On the sunny morning of September 15th, 2024, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) held its 23rd Annual Women’s Partnership for Science Lecture and Luncheon at the Banbury Conference Center in Lloyd Harbor. With almost 300 attendees, the event raised over $360,000 to support women scientists’ research at CSHL. The featured speaker was CSHL’s Dr. Corina...

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��ϳԹ��Դ celebrates the centennial anniversary of the CSHL Association Board

Jill Stone — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:59:16 +0000

On September 10, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) proudly celebrated the centennial anniversary of the CSHL Association Board at a wine and cheese reception held on the Beckman Laboratory patio. The current Association Board, including Association President Mark Hamer, several Past Presidents and Honorary Association Directors, joined CSHL Trustee and Board Chair Marilyn Simons, Dr....

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CITY OF SCIENCE: KATALIN KARIKÓ IN CONVERSATION WITH CARL ZIMMER

Jill Stone — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:34:39 +0000

CITY OF SCIENCE: KATALIN KARIKÓ IN CONVERSATION WITH CARL ZIMMER Friday, November 15, 2024 6:30pm Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó was celebrated in the media after winning a 2023 Nobel Prize for her contributions to mRNA technology and vaccines against COVID-19. Her research has fundamentally changed our understanding of how...

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Swim Across America and ��ϳԹ��Դ Make Waves for Cancer Research

Jill Stone — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 13:01:04 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) participated in the annual Nassau-Suffolk County benefit swim hosted by Swim Across America (SAA) on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at Pryibil Beach, Glen Cove. This year, 14 swimmers and 5 volunteers from CSHL joined Team Carolyn once again. Led by CSHL Association Director Steve Chestler and his children, Gregory and...

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The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation establishes the Robert David Lion Gardiner Chair of Library and Archives at ��ϳԹ��Դ

Jill Stone — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:39:29 +0000

The Robert D. L. Gardiner Foundation has made a $3 million-dollar commitment to ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL), establishing an endowment to name the Robert David Lion Gardiner Chair of Library and Archives. This endowment will support CSHL’s Library and Archives and the Center for Humanities’ broad educational programs in perpetuity. This gift will ensure...

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Aboff’s Paints Raises Over $40,000 for CSHL’s Breast Cancer Research

Jill Stone — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:11:21 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) is excited to highlight the revival of Aboff’s Paints Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign in 2023. After a decade-long hiatus, Aboff’s Paints excitedly campaigned once again for CSHL during the month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Through this successful demonstration of support and philanthropy, the campaign raised over $40,000. With...

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Mary Ruchalski Foundation supports Vakoc lab at CSHL

Jill Stone — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:39:02 +0000

On December 29, 2023, Carol and Fran Ruchalski, founders of the Mary Ruchalski Foundation met with CSHL Professor Chris Vakoc and presented a check for $150,000 to support the Vakoc lab’s rhabdomyosarcoma research. Sarcomas originate in bone or soft tissues such as muscle, and primarily affect children. Regrettably, majority of the sarcoma tumors do not...

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Maggie’s Mission Supports CSHL research

Jill Stone — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:35:27 +0000

On December 11, 2023 Donna DeSousa-Schmidt, President of Maggie’s Mission, presented a check for $50,000 to the Vakoc laboratory at ��ϳԹ��Դ to support sarcoma research. Maggie’s Mission is an organization founded in honor of Donna’s daughter Maggie Schmidt who passed away shortly after the 17th birthday from Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor (MRT)). The...

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LIREG donates $100,000 to CSHL to renovate historic building

Jill Stone — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:19:18 +0000

The Long Island Real Estate Group (LIREG) is committed to supporting real estate projects that advance the mission of charitable organizations on Long Island. This October, they granted $100,000 to ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) to advance the renovation of two cancer labs located inside CSHL’s historic McClintock building. The iconic building is named for...

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22nd Annual Women’s Partnership for Science Breaks Records

Jill Stone — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:06:14 +0000

On the first Sunday of October, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) held its 22nd Annual Women’s Partnership for Science lecture and luncheon at the Banbury Conference Center in Lloyd Harbor. With over 300 attendees, the event raised a record-breaking $385,000 to support women scientists’ research at CSHL. The featured speaker was CSHL’s Leemor Joshua-Tor and the event honored...

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Aboff’s Paints Campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month to Benefit ��ϳԹ��Դ

Jill Stone — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:28:53 +0000

Aboff’s Paints will be supporting ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) throughout the month of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. With each gallon of premium paint sold in all Aboff’s Paint stores and online at https://aboffs.com/ during the month of October, the company will generously donate a portion of the proceeds to CSHL’s research in breast cancer. CSHL Corporate Advisory...

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City of Science: James P. Allison in Conversation with Lesley Stahl

Jill Stone — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:07:33 +0000

CITY OF SCIENCE: JAMES P. ALLISON IN CONVERSATION WITH LESLEY STAHL Thursday, November 16, 2023 6:30pm Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center Winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize, maverick Texan James P. Allison pioneered the science of immunotherapy, a game-changing cancer treatment that uses the body’s own immune system to attack tumor cells. In his lab research,...

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Second Annual Tree Lighting for Pediatric Cancer Awareness

Jill Stone — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:54:04 +0000

On August 29, 2023, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) hosted its second annual tree lighting ceremony, marking the beginning of September as the National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This event acknowledged another year of unwavering support from families who have been championing pediatric cancer research at CSHL since 2014. The Mary Ruchalski Foundation, the Christina...

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CSHL’s 2023 Golf Tournament Raises Record-Breaking $565,000

Jill Stone — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:21:58 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) proudly hosted more than 260 golfers at its 29th Annual Golf Tournament on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at Nassau Country Club and Piping Rock Country Club. Due to a sold-out double-course tournament and exciting day-of raffles and live auction, the outing raised a record-breaking $565,000 to support CSHL’s research and...

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44th annual Dorcas Cummings lecture held at CSHL

Jill Stone — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:53:21 +0000

Named lectures are rare at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL), and the annual Dorcas Cummings lecture is one is our oldest and most prestigious. It commemorates the life and work of Dorcas Oakley Cummings, a long-time resident of neighboring village Laurel Hollow. In the 60s and 70s she was involved with many organizations devoted to...

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CSHL Helix Society holds its annual lunch

Jill Stone — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:44:52 +0000

On Friday, June 9, the ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Helix Society held its annual lunch at the Robertson House on the grounds of CSHL’s Banbury Conference Center. The CSHL Helix Society honors generous friends who support CSHL’s research, science education programs, and endowment in their estate plans. This lunch is a much-loved tradition that...

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��ϳԹ��Դ honors the memory of Yasha Gluzman, Ph.D.

Jill Stone — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:49:24 +0000

After emigrating from the former Soviet Union in 1972 and subsequently completing his Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Yakov “Yasha” Gluzman arrived in the United States in 1977 to pursue his scientific career. Yasha spent many impactful years at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL), where he made a pivotal discovery through...

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Swim Across America and CSHL work together to combat cancer

Jill Stone — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:00:56 +0000

Swim Across America is a team effort and ��ϳԹ��Դ is grateful that they have added other CSHL members to their arsenal of researchers working to find treatments and cures for cancer. Joining Dr. Mikala Egeblad, are the labs of Dr. Semir Beyaz and Dr. John Moses who collaborate on the study of...

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MWCABC donates $75,000 to CSHL’s Dr. Corina Amor

Jill Stone — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 13:55:49 +0000

On October 19, 2022, members of Manhasset Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer (MWCABC) presented a $75,000 check to ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL) Dr. Corina Amor to support her research project – Harnessing Senolytic CAR T Cells for The Treatment of Breast Cancer. Since 1999, CSHL has received nearly $650,000 in funding for breast cancer research...

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The Vakoc lab receives support for sarcoma research

Jill Stone — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:11:49 +0000

On November 17th, Paul Paternoster, President of the Michelle Paternoster Foundation, and Pam Gillies, President of the Clark Gillies Foundation presented checks to Dr. Chris Vakoc. The Vakoc lab is pursuing the discovery and validation of novel drug targets in pediatric sarcomas, with a focus on rhabdomyosarcoma and on Ewing sarcoma. Their work in rhabdomyosarcoma...

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