Christine M. Lin (Vice President of External Relations)
Christine joined NYSCF in January 2015 from the international fundraising consulting firm CCS, where she was a Vice President, serving as resident counsel with leading organizations...
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NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Makes Strides in Understanding Facial Recognition
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Winrich Freiwald, The Rockefeller University, published his latest work on macaque facila processing in Current Biology. The researchers identified a...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Creates New Technology to 3D Image Biological Samples
NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden, MIT Media Lab, described in Science the newest technology developed in his lab for imaging biological samples. The technology,...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Explores Neural Cell Differentiation
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Alex Meissner, Harvard University, published the lastest research out of his lab investigating the regulation of neural cell differentiation...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Creates First-Ever Human Primordial Germ Cells From Stem Cells
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Jacob Hanna, of the Weitzmann Institute of Science, co-authored a paper published in Cell describing the creation of cellular...
NYSCF and CMTA Collaborate to Advance Research for Neuropathies
NYSCF and the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA), a patient-led disease foundation with a mission to advance research on genetic neuropathies leading to the development of new therapies,...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Gains Insight Into Cancer Adaption
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Alex Meissner, Harvard University, analyzed the genetic patterns in cancer cells and found that disarray in the cellular on-off...
NYSCF Speaks on “Homo Sapiens: 2.0” Panel at 92nd Street Y
The 92nd Street Y in Manhattan hosted a panel discussion entitled, “Homo Sapiens 2.0: Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Humanity,” which covered current and future...
NYSCF – Robertson Prize Winner Lays Foundation for Blistering Skin Disorder Cure
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and 2014 NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize winner Dr. Marius Wernig, Stanford University School of Medicine, made a breakthrough...
NYSCF and BBDF Present at Partnering For Cures
NYSCF and the Beyond Batten Disease Foundation (BBDF) were selected as a national innovator by the Milken Institute and presented their unique multistakeholder collaboration to find...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Finds a Promising Strategy Against HIV
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Derrick Rossi, of Harvard University, published the latest from his lab on using a gene editing technique to block...
Scientists Compare Methods of Cellular Reprogramming
NYSCF scientists, in collaboration with others, compared stem cells created using two different methods: induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and stem cells created by somatic cell nuclear...
Scientists Create Parkinson’s Disease in a Dish
NYSCF scientists, in collaboration with others, successfully created a human cell model of sporadic Parkinson’s disease in a dish. The scientists had the unique opportunity to study...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Analyzes Utility of Gene Sequencing Method
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Alex Meissner, of Harvard University, published his recent analysis of whole-genome buslfate sequencing (WGBS). This sequencing method allows scientists...
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Discovers New Insights Into Blood-Forming Stem Cell Regulation
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Fellow Dr. Sandra Pinho, of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, was part of a team of scientists who recently discovered new insights into...
NYSCF Research Institute Announces Largest-Ever Stem Cell Repository
The NYSCF Research Institute, through the launch of its repository in 2015, will provide the largest-ever number of stem cell lines available to the scientific research...
Ninth Annual Gala and Science Fair
The Ninth Annual Gala began with an inside look at the NYSCF laboratory at the NYSCF Science Fair, designed by David Rockwell. Anne & Vincent Mai,...
NYSCF Awards $9M to Six New NYSCF – Robertson Investigators
The 2014 NYSCF – Robertson Investigators were announced at NYSCF’s Ninth Annual Gala and Science Fair, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Each Investigator will...
Dr. Marius Wernig Awarded 4th Annual NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize
NYSCF announced that Dr. Marius Wernig, of Stanford University, is the recipient of the NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Prize. Dr. Wernig and his team discovered...
NYSCF Responds to NYTimes Stem Cell Article
NYSCF CEO Susan L. Solomon responded to “The Trials of Stem Cell Therapy,” published in The New York Times on September 15, 2014 with a Letter to the...
Scientists Identify Key Protein For Cell Pluripotency
NYSCF – Druckenmiller Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Raffaella Di Micco of New York University School of Medicine was first author for a paper published in Cell Reports...
Stem Cells Help Researchers Understand Schizophrenia
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Kristen Brennand of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai led a team of scientists that discovered that...
NYSCF Multiple Sclerosis Research Featured in Neurology Today
Neurology Today featured NYSCF – Helmsley Investigator Dr. Valentina Fossati’s latest research on multiple sclerosis in a larger story about Dr. Fossati and her personal commitment...
NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Reprograms Skin Cells to Mimic Rare Disease
NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Gabsang Lee, of John’s Hopkins University School of Medicine, was senior author on a Cell Stem Cell paper describing...