The New York Stem Cell Foundation

The mis­si­on of The New York Stem Cell Foun­da­ti­on is to acce­le­ra­te cures for the major dise­a­ses of our time through stem cell rese­arch. Sin­ce our foun­ding in 2005, NYSCF has been able to achie­ve out­si­zed results in a rela­tively short peri­od of time thanks to pri­va­te philanthropy.

The NYSCF Rese­arch Insti­tu­te, an inde­pen­dent labo­ra­to­ry, is a non-pro­fit acce­le­ra­tor that ser­ves to bridge the ongo­ing gap bet­ween rese­arch insti­tu­ti­ons and phar­maceu­ti­cal and bio­tech com­pa­nies by redu­cing the cost, time, and risk that his­to­ri­cal­ly inhi­bit the deve­lo­p­ment of new tre­at­ments and cures. NYSCF has crea­ted not only foun­da­tio­nal tools for using stem cells in basic rese­arch, but also pio­nee­ring tech­no­lo­gies that will allow stem cells to be used the­ra­peu­ti­cal­ly. By pur­suing and sup­port­ing only the most pro­mi­sing stem cell rese­arch and tech­no­lo­gies, in our own labo­ra­to­ries and in part­ner­ship with lea­ding insti­tu­ti­ons around the world, NYSCF ser­ves as a cata­lyst in this trans­for­ma­tio­nal field.

In addi­ti­on to con­duc­ting inno­va­ti­ve stem cell rese­arch across a ran­ge of dise­a­ses in our own labo­ra­to­ries, NYSCF also cham­pi­ons and con­ve­nes glo­bal stem cell thought lea­ders and the broa­der stem cell com­mu­ni­ty, with an empha­sis on clea­ring bar­riers to suc­cess for women in sci­ence. Through our Fel­low­ship and Inves­ti­ga­tor Pro­grams, NYSCF sup­ports excep­tio­nal ear­ly-care­er rese­ar­chers in the stem cell and neu­ro­sci­ence fields. This seeds the talent pipe­line for future dis­co­veries and crea­tes an inter­na­tio­nal com­mu­ni­ty of top sci­en­tists, who col­la­bo­ra­te exten­si­ve­ly. To fos­ter coll­ec­ti­ve pro­gress and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on throug­hout the bio­me­di­cal rese­arch com­mu­ni­ty, NYSCF hosts a lea­ding annu­al sci­en­ti­fic con­fe­rence focu­sed on trans­la­tio­nal stem cell research.

Ano­ther cen­tral tenet of NYSCF’s mis­si­on is demo­cra­tiz­ing access to sci­ence edu­ca­ti­on for stu­dents and the public through the NYSCF Aca­de­my for Sci­ence and Socie­ty. Through our intern­ship pro­gram, Fami­ly Stem Cell Day, stu­dent labo­ra­to­ry tours, and sum­mer rese­arch pro­gram for tea­chers, we enga­ge stu­dents of all ages with STEM. Addi­tio­nal­ly, we regu­lar­ly host public events that bring world-lea­ding sci­en­tists to our head­quar­ters for pre­sen­ta­ti­ons and panel dis­cus­sions on their ground­brea­king work, becau­se we belie­ve that public enga­ge­ment with sci­ence is cri­ti­cal for the suc­cess of bio­me­di­cal research.