The Long Island life sciences industry has already been recognized as a leading economic driver for the future. Long Island is home to a vibrant life sciences community that includes more than 300 companies and world-class, internationally renown academic research institutions such as:

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Stony Brook University

Winthrop University Hospital

     Twenty percent (20%) of Long Island's 50 largest public companies are life science firms, representing more than $6.2B in annual revenues (Long Island Business News, 2001). In addition, sixteen of Long Island's 50 fastest growing technology firms are life science companies (Deloitte & Touche, 2003), and the industry nationwide is poised for unprecedented growth.

Contact
Long Island Life Sciences Initiative (LILSI)
c/o Center for Biotechnology
Psychology A Building, 3rd Floor
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2580
Phone: 631-632-1080
Fax: 631-632-8577
Email: info@lilsi.org