Envisagenics lands $225K NIH award
Bioinformatics startup Envisagenics has been awarded a $225,000 award from the National Institutes of Health. The Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Award is the largest capital infusion to date…
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Hazen’s Angel Dough leads local firms on Inc. list
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Hicksville investment firm that cracked the top 100 and a Holbrook website-development firm has leapt into the top third are among the Long Island companies leading…
A little more help for craft beverages
New York has made life a little easier for craft beverage companies. Three new laws signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo ease burdens on microbreweries, farm distilleries and retail enterprises engaged…
Zach Lippman has big plans for agriculture
By GREGORY ZELLER // You say “tomato.” Zachary Lippman says “scientific breakthrough of global importance.” He doesn’t literally say it, of course. The associate professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory…
LI lagging only NYC in worker pay abuse
Any economy, including an innovative one, is built on the backs of a healthy and well-treated workforce. But at least on its lowest professional levels, Long Island is earning a…
The great disconnect on trust and credibility
By DAN BOWEN // In the B2B marketing world, nothing is more important than trust and credibility. All the website optimization and responsive design in the world means nothing without…
NASA tests its heading-for-Mars rocket engine
NASA hot-fired an RS-25 engine on Thursday, one of four that will power the core stage of the agency’s new Space Launch System and carry the agency’s Orion crew capsule as…
Israel, state officials call for Alzheimer’s initiative
U.S. Rep. Steve Israel and State Assemblyman Charles Lavine joined forces at North Shore-LIJ’s Feinstein R&D center on Tuesday to renew a call to turn the Empire State into a…
With VNS, additional strides in controlling epilepsy
By GREGORY ZELLER // Dr. Ashesh Mehta, head of North Shore-LIJ’s epilepsy care center, performed two surgeries on July 24, one fairly routine, one a bit less so. For now,…
Checking in on LI’s post-doctoral promise
By GREGORY ZELLER // When Accelerate Long Island chief Mark Lesko takes the stage Friday at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s annual Postdoc Retreat – as part of a panel on…
Debrief: John Boockvar, Feinstein Institute
John Boockvar has a lot on his mind, most of it regarding your mind. The co-director of the Feinstein Institute’s Brain Tumor Biotech Center is also an investigator in Feinstein’s…
Solving the power puzzle, by land, sea and air
By GREGORY ZELLER // Wind energy won’t save the world. Neither will wave energy or other forms of hydroelectric generation. So says Daniel Farb, founder of Leviathan Energy, a startup that…
Long Beach Emergency Department earns final approvals
With final regulatory approvals in place, South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Emergency Department at Long Beach is ready roll. Long Island’s first freestanding emergency department, which will operate 24/7 and receive…
Victor Susman pictures a very orderly future
By GREGORY ZELLER // Victor Susman wants to set a few billion things straight. That’s his estimate for the number of old family photos out there – actual printed photographs,…
For ClipFix, success is all about making connections
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a make-or-break month for ClipFix. Peddling a tiny invention with enormous potential, the Commack-based startup embarks this week on two critical field tests. Best case:…