csoref@dnastuff.com

Cathy Cyphers Soref became involved with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory as a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Association Director seven years ago because of her fascination with science and the important contributions scientists make to the world. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Association is a group of Lab supporters whose mission it is to create awareness of the valuable research and educational programs at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Currently, Cathy is serving as secretary of the Association.

As a member of the Association, Cathy was haunted by a conversation she had with Tim Tully, a professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory who studies Drosophila (fruit flies) to learn more about neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's. He told her quite simply, "I am one of the best in the world at what I do and I am able to spend less and less time doing it." His, like many other's, lab time is restricted by the need to search and apply for funding to support the research. Cathy initially thought to sell framed x-ray crystallography images of proteins taken by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor, Leemor Joshua-Tor, in her quest to cure cervical cancer. She had already done a test-mailing to 50 science museum gift shops across the country in the hope of raising money for Joshus-Tor's research, when she realized she could use Paul Newman's philanthropic template to raise money for all of the researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, including Tully. With the lyric, "It's not in the Levi's . . . It's in the genes," written by her husband, Douglas, in mind, DNA STUFF was born.



challaran@dnastuff.com

Connie Hallaran is a 20-year employee of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. For the last eight years, she has run the boutique specialty bookstore inside the Lab's Grace Auditorium on behalf of Barnes and Noble Booksellers.

Connie is uniquely qualified to serve as Vice President and General Manager of DNA STUFF, having created a thriving specialty store that provides needed supplies for the more than 8,000 scientists who visit Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory annually to attend meetings and courses that are esteemed around the world. She is part of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory family and, as such, has a strong devotion and appreciation of its research and aid to humanity.