1994 – 2009: New Leadership and the Lab’s biggest expansion
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| The Hillside Laboratories |
In 1994, CSHL scientist Bruce Stillman became director of the Laboratory and Watson became its president. Stillman, a pioneer in the field of DNA replication who has worked at the Laboratory since 1979, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) in 1993 and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2000.
In 2003, Watson became chancellor and Stillman was named president of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Stillman also serves as chief executive officer of the Laboratory and as director of its NCI-designated Cancer Center.
In 2007 Watson retired as chancellor, and in 2008 he was appointed chancellor emeritus.
Representing the largest expansion in CSHL’s history, the Hillside Laboratories opened in 2009. The six buildings increased active research space by 40 percent and can house about 200 research-related personnel.