Cold Spring Harbor, NY — 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) has received a generous donation from , of an autoclave valued at $17,000. The autoclave—an instrument used to sterilize research equipment—will be utilized extensively in cancer research at the Pre-clinical Experimental Therapeutics Facility that is currently being constructed at CSHL鈥檚 Genome Center in Woodbury, Long Island.
Andreas Niens, Kinematica鈥檚 CEO, and Joshua Persaud, its Key Account Manager, delivered the high-performance equipment to Lisa Bianco, a director at the Genome Center facility. Kinematica manufactures and distributes scientific equipment worldwide and has its United States headquarters in Bohemia, Long Island.
The donation was made possible through the generous support of Mr. Joachim Lauktien, President and CEO of HMC-Europe in Germany.
This is the second equipment donation CSHL has received from Kinematica. In 2011, Dr. Mikala Egeblad received a homogenizer from Kinematica, which is being used in breast cancer research in her laboratory.
Niens, who is also a pilot, was first introduced to CSHL through Gail Mancuso, VP and General Manager of Mid Island Air Service, Inc. in Ronkonkoma, and Board Member of , which supports breast cancer research at CSHL.
On their visit to CSHL, Niens and Persaud met with Dr. David Spector, CSHL鈥檚 Director of Research, who updated them on the Laboratory鈥檚 Cancer Therapeutics Initiative, which is aimed at developing new therapies and diagnostics for difficult-to-treat cancers. Spector said that recent discoveries at CSHL hold great promise of leading to life-sustaining cancer therapies but that 鈥渇ederal funding cutbacks are threatening research progress at the Lab.鈥� Spector thanked the executives, saying 鈥測our donation will really help to move our efforts forward.鈥�
Mr. Niens, whose mother was recently diagnosed with cancer, said, 鈥淲e made this year鈥檚 donation to honor my mother鈥檚 fight against cancer. This makes the fight to find a cure even more personal than it already has been and it is an honor to work with a great organization such as yours.鈥�
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