Jericho’s ‘Future Authors’ dish it out, with Canon’s help
By GREGORY ZELLER // A “valued nexus” between a Long Island School District and a global imaging supergiant has been energized in a surprisingly tasty way. Canon Solutions America, a…
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With license and library deals, biotech spreads its DNA
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a banner month for Applied DNA Sciences, with two new deals both reaffirming the biotech’s scientific value and significantly extending its commercial reach. On…
At Northwell, ATF handles the arrests (cardiac, that is)
By GREGORY ZELLER // The heavyset, middle-aged man was down and in clear cardiac arrest. With no healthcare professionals standing between him and certain death, the two federal agents swooped…
Kelloley, the startup that finally saw the light
By GREGORY ZELLER // Some innovators are born knowing what they’re meant to do. Some figure it out along the way. And some require a little divine intervention. There was…
In Uniondale, Memorial Sloan Kettering is beaming
By GREGORY ZELLER // A leading cancer-research and treatment institution is making headway in the significant expansion of its Long Island footprint. The New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer…
11 Island instructors join New York’s ‘master’ ranks
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York State Master Teacher Program has opened its books to welcome a host of new instructors, including 11 representing Long Island school districts. With…
At Patchogue’s BrickHouse, 21 and all grown up
By JIM McCUNE // The South Shore’s Patchogue Village has undergone a major revitalization in recent years – new shops, bars and restaurants seem to open every day, and the…
At Farmingdale State, ‘body cams’ in the classroom
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island college is employing body-worn cameras in the classroom – but no, professors are not keeping a third eye on students. In what it…
‘Sim baby’ lives as LIU Post opens care simulator
Championing an “experiential approach to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals,” Long Island University has raised the curtain on the Inter-Professional Learning Institute Simulation Laboratory. The LIU Post School…
For some blind patients, ‘Bionic Eye’ lets there be light
By GREGORY ZELLER // After 20 years of total blindness, a Port Jefferson woman is beginning to see the light. Linda Kirk, 67, has been sightless for more than 20…
A 21st Century retail rewrite for Roosevelt Field
By GREGORY ZELLER // With the holiday shopping season spooling up, and brick-and-mortar retailers facing ever-stiffening e-commerce competition, an innovative “turnkey retail platform” is set to debut at Roosevelt Field….
States weigh legal response as Trump guts Obamacare
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s not quite “Cuomo to Trump: See You in Court.” But in a scathing rebuke Friday of the Trump administration’s attempts to shatter Obamacare by executive…
Comprehensive guide offers solid, free tech-biz advice
A regional accounting giant is offering some solid – and absolutely free – business-building advice to early-stage tech firms. Bohemia accounting firm Cerini & Associates LLP has published “Business Insights:…
Codagenix scores again: $3M to hunt down deadly RSV
By GREGORY ZELLER // A fresh $3 million in public and private investments has set Codagenix Inc. on the trail of another nefarious disease. Already developing vaccines for Zika virus,…
In REDC love fest, CSHL kicks off $75M makeover
By GREGORY ZELLER // There was another major advance for biochemistry Thursday at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, but this one didn’t involve gas chromatographs or infrared spectrometers or a single…