COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY

The DNA Learning Center West opened in June 2002 with the strong support of CSHL trustee Arthur Spiro. With his help, we collaborated with the Research Institute of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish (NS-LIJ) Health System, now Northwell Health, to establish the new center in Lake Success, New York. DNALC West included a teaching lab, prep lab, lunchroom, and office... In 1988, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory established the DNA Learning Center (DNALC) as the world's first science center devoted entirely to public genetics education. Founder and executive director David Micklos anticipated that there would be huge gaps in science curricula taught at even the finest schools and conceived a program that would better prepare students in 5 th through 12 th grades and their families to thrive in the gene age... In the fall of 1987, we began to renovate the building. Emblematic of our goal to be a "hands-on" science center, a 32-seat lab was the first space renovated, and in the spring of..

Also known as: Cold Spring Harbor School, CSHL

Primary location: Cold Spring Harbor United States