Anil Dhundale, Ph.D., most recently the director of scientific affairs at Stony Brook University's NYSTAR-supported Center for Biotechnology, has been named executive director of incubator programs at the university.

Stony Brook's three-incubator program is a founding supporting member of the association, and we warmly congratulate Anil. Ann-Marie Scheidt, Ph.D., the university's director of economic development, will remain a member of our board.

Following is a statement released to the Stony Brook community by Dean of Engineering and Vice President for Economic Development Yacov Shamash:

To All Faculty and Staff:

I am pleased to announce that Anil Dhundale, Ph.D. has been appointed as the new Executive Director for our Stony Brook Business Incubators. In this role Anil will be responsible for Stony Brook's Long Island High Technology Incubator (LIHTI), the Incubator at Calverton as well as our Software Incubator. His broad based experience with early stage technology commercialization will facilitate mentoring of start-up companies to maximize their growth. We look forward to success under Anil's thoughtful, supportive, constructive leadership in guidance of our incubators.

Dr. Yacov Shamash
Vice President for Economic Development and Dean CEAS

For the second time in a month, our member Broad Hollow Bioscience Park is again highlighted in a feature in The New York Times suggesting its potential to turn the Route 110 corridor into a bioscience center.

Our member Broad Hollow Bioscience Park was cited by economist Pearl Kamer of the Long Island Association as one reason for transit-oriented development around a reopened Long Island Railroad station at Republic Airport.

That station was closed in 1986, just before the final closure of Fairchild Republic Aircraft Company, but will now be key to plans for 1.2 million square feet of commercial, residential and commercial space. Ms. Kamer was quoted by The New York Times as saying that as Broad Hollow spurs development of a bioscience cluster along Route 110, there will be a need for new housing nearby.

Broad Hollow is in the process of opening its second incubator building.

Long Island Angel Network, one of several regional angel capital networks statewide, has released its Winter 2008 newsletter, attached below as a pdf. Our thanks to our member Stony Brook University Incubator Program (whose leadership is also represented on the Long Island Angels board) for providing this image as part of the public information package at our member meeting.