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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Distance: 0.0 Mi1 Bungtown Rd
11724 Cold Spring Harbor
Description
In 2003 I founded DNAStuff and our website www.dnastuff.com as a vehicle to raise funds for research in genetics and bioinformatics at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Last August we moved our flagship store from Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor, NY into the Grace Auditorium at the heart of the Lab. Early this year, we received our 501C3 not-for-profit classification, which enables us, among other things, to function as a not-for-profit vendor of DNA-themed products. Our primary goal is to put commerce in the service of philanthropy. Scientists and researchers at institutions like the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory spend a tremendous amount of their time writing grant proposals, time which might be better spent actually conducting research. Since breakthroughs in cures for prostate or breast cancer, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, AIDS and other diseases may come when scientists are free to pursue unconventional lines of reasoning or even educated hunches, our hope is that DNAStuff will become a source of perpetual unrestricted funds for our Lab scientists. We have deliberately created a store that caters to both science lovers and sciencephobes because our second mission is to communicate the notion that scientific discovery is hot. Our double helix jewelry, scarves, ties and other clothing illustrate the intimate connections between Art and Science and celebrate the beautiful structures that underpin our beings. ...