NYSCF Scientific director, Dr. Kevin Eggan; Jodie Eastman,
John Eastman, Woody Johnson, Susan Solomon, NYSCF CEO.
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Jodie and John
Eastman and Katama and Jay
Eastman hosted a cocktail reception for
the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF)
at Jodie and John Eastman’s East Hampton home
on July 20. The assembled guests heard NYSCF
CEO and co-founder Susan Solomon,
along with Dr. Kevin Eggan, investigator
at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and NYSCF scientific
director, speak about the potential of embryonic
stem cell research to cure the major diseases of
our time, the latest developments in the lab and
on the political front, and the importance of private
funding to advance this critically important science.
Founded in 2005, the New York Stem Cell Foundation
(NYSCF) is a privately funded foundation dedicated
to furthering human embryonic stem cell research to
advance the search for cures of the major diseases
of our time. The foundation opened the first
privately funded human embryonic stem cell laboratory
in New York in March 2006 to serve as a “safe
haven” where scientists from academic medical
centers in the New York area and throughout the East
Coast can conduct advanced human embryonic stem cell
research free of the federal restrictions that limit
the scope of government-supported work.
The Foundation convenes an annual Translational Stem
Cell Research Conference at which researchers present
the latest advances in the field; this year’s conference
will be held October 15-16, 2007 at Rockefeller University
in New York City. The organization’s mission is
to support scientists engaged in human embryonic stem
cell (hESC) research and somatic cell nuclear transfer
(SCNT), through grants, fellowships and symposia; to
educate the public about the importance and potential
benefits of hESC research and SCNT; and to establish
new collaborative, state-of-the-art research facilities
supported entirely with private funds and directly focused
on curing disease.
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Jodie Eastman, Ted Terry, Steven Kroft, Jennet Conant, Marlene Hess,
NYSCF Leadership Council member.
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Tom Marino, Gail Geronemus, Lloyd Blankfein, Paul Goldberger, Jill Marino,
Liz Robbins.
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Mahnaz Ispahani, Adam Bartos, Bob Menschel, Janet Wallach.
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Bettina Zilka, Somers Farkas, Eve Patton.
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Barbara and and Alan Washkowitz.
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Steven Gaines, Louise Loening, John Eastman.
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Lisa Grunow, Susan Solomon, Robert A. Towbin.
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Anne Williams, Polly Bruckmann, Marilyn Breslow, NYSCF Board member.
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Steven Kroft, Daylon James, Dr. Kevin Eggan, Susan Solomon.
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Francis Barlow, Lynn Hummer, Jodie Eastman.
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Adam Bartos, Mahnaz Ispahani, John Alexander, Fiona Waterstreet.
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| Photos:
Ginger Propper |
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