Breast Cancer Support
Our long-time supporter 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition donated $100,000 to the Laboratory for breast cancer research at its annual gala in October. The money was applied toward the new DNA microarray facility being developed by Michael Wigler. Also at the gala, 1 in 9 presented the Laboratory with an Olympus BX-40 microscope, which was donated by Dan Biandi, a vice president at Olympus America, through a breast cancer research fund-raiser held by Chameleon Hair Design in Port Jefferson.
The Laboratory also gained the support in 1998 of three other breast cancer activist groups: the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and the Long Island Foundation for the Elimination of Breast Cancer.
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition founder and president Karen Joy Miller and vice president Marcy Usdan-Hyman made a $25,000 donation to Mike Wigler's lab at the Coalition's annual gala in October for use in the development of the DNA microarray technology. This was the group's first major research grant award and we are quite honored to have been the recipient.
Mike Wigler's breast cancer research program also received a $300,000 grant from The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, a New York City-based organization led by president Evelyn H. Lauder. This major grant enabled the Wigler lab to purchase the expensive equipment necessary for the development of the DNA microarray technology. This technology is being used to search for new genes that are mutated in breast cancer.
The Long Island Foundation for the Elimination of Breast Cancer became a CSHL supporter in 1998 with gifts totaling $4,600. The Laboratory is pleased to have the support of this local grass-roots organization and looks forward to cultivating this and other new relationships with local activists who are so vital to raising funds and awareness for this important issue.