Category: Research

This structure of a lipin enzyme shows how two essential regions (colored blue and pink), located on opposite ends of the protein in humans, come together to form a function enzyme to help make triglycerides.

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Medical March Madness is Here: Vote for SBU Today

SBU is competing against University of Minnesota Medical School in STAT Madness, a bracket-style contest to find the best innovation from the top research institutions in the country.

March 3, 2021

2 min read

In the laboratory in which Stony Brook researchers study tissue and investigate the loss of function in PLD1 variants, are researchers: Michael Frohman, MD, PhD (rear center); 5th year Pharmacology student Christian Salazar (seated); 5th year Biochemistry and Structural Biology student Forrest Bowling, and Michael Airola, PhD.

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Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

A team of researchers co-led by SUNY Distinguished Professor Michael Frohman, MD, PhD, of Stony Brook University, has identified an important cause of congenital heart disease. They discovered that certain loss of...

March 1, 2021

4 min read

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Two Geosciences Seniors Involved in Environmental Research

Deanna Downs and Brooke Peritore — the URECA Undergraduate Researchers of the Month for March 2021 — are both seniors engaged in research in the Department of Geosciences under the mentorship of Associate Professor Troy...

March 1, 2021

2 min read

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Identifying Toxic Chemicals and Keeping Our Groundwater Safe

New York State Center for Clean Water Technology reveals a novel approach to removing contaminants Emerging research from the New York State Center for Clean Water Technology (CCWT) at Stony Brook University affirms...

February 26, 2021

5 min read

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Grad Student Co-Authors Paper on Optimizing Solar Fuel Production

Chenyu Zhou, a graduate student in materials science and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has co-authored a paper published in Nature Energy on how tuning electrode surfaces can...

February 25, 2021

2 min read

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SBU Professors Ready to Learn if There Was Life on Mars

Geosciences Professors Scott McLennan and Joel Hurowitz are actively involved in the Mars exploration rover Perseverance mission, a two-year science investigation of Mars’ Jezero Crater.

February 22, 2021

4 min read

An eelgrass bed off of Fishers Island, NY. Credit: CCE Suffolk County Marine Program

Academics Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights Research SoMAS

Chris Gobler’s LI Sound Research Receives Federal Funding

A study of ocean acidification by Christopher Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation in Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, is one of eight research projects that will examine...

February 22, 2021

2 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back Research Stony Brook Matters University

Patricia Wright to Receive Wildlife Conservation Award

Patricia Wright, the founder of Centre ValBio, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, and the Herrnstein Professor of Conservation Biology at Stony Brook University, will be awarded the Wildlife Conservation Award...

February 12, 2021

1 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Giving Back Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters University

Meet the Finalists for the 2021 Discovery Prize

Four young scholars are competing for the $200K award given to a faculty member whose research project embraces risk and innovation and embodies the potential of discovery-driven research.

February 11, 2021

5 min read

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Computer Science Student Contributing to Political Redistricting Project

Gilvir Gill — the URECA Undergraduate Researcher of the Month for February 2021 — is a junior double majoring in computer science and mathematics with a minor in political science. He has been a member of the Vertically...

February 1, 2021

1 min read

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Incubator Program Graduates Second Clean-Energy Company

The Clean Energy Business Incubator Program (CEBIP) at Stony Brook University has graduated its second company, Re-Nuble, a 2015 startup that is bringing “harvestable energy” to the market with a technology...

January 27, 2021

1 min read

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Postdocs Power AI Research at Stony Brook

Baojian Zhou and Naoya Inoue are spearheading new research that will advance our understanding of online optimization, explainable AI, natural language processing and machine learning.

January 26, 2021

6 min read

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SBU’s Qiang Li Collaborated on Discovery That Can Advance Quantum Computing

The team discovered a light symmetry switch that creates the opportunity to carry a dissipationless electron current, which can be useful in wide-scale adoption of quantum computing.

January 18, 2021

3 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Computer Science Professor Awarded by Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program

Stanley Bak will study the "Science of Fuzz Testing Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems," which will apply to the testing of complex autonomous cyber-physical systems such as unmanned drones.

January 15, 2021

4 min read

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Meave Leakey’s Memoir Explores Her Own Past and Mankind’s

The memoir tells the exciting tale of Meave Leakey's quest for our human origins and the challenges she has faced as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field.

January 7, 2021

2 min read

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Amelia Camino ’21 Takes Flight with ICARUS Project

Through her research experiences, she has developed strong programming and analytical skills, and has since presented at multiple research symposia, both on and off campus.

January 4, 2021

3 min read

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Pavlos Kollias Receives AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award

The award annually recognizes five exceptional, mid-career scientists for their excellence in research and leadership in the atmospheric and climate sciences.

December 22, 2020

3 min read

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Telehealth Visits Can Help Surgical Practice

A new study that records patient volume at Stony Brook Medicine’s Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center reveals that follow-up telehealth visits are highly effective during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study...

December 18, 2020

3 min read

Category: Research

Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

Two Geosciences Seniors Involved in Environmental Research

Identifying Toxic Chemicals and Keeping Our Groundwater Safe

Grad Student Co-Authors Paper on Optimizing Solar Fuel Production

SBU Professors Ready to Learn if There Was Life on Mars

Chris Gobler’s LI Sound Research Receives Federal Funding

Patricia Wright to Receive Wildlife Conservation Award

Meet the Finalists for the 2021 Discovery Prize

Computer Science Student Contributing to Political Redistricting Project

Incubator Program Graduates Second Clean-Energy Company

Postdocs Power AI Research at Stony Brook

SBU’s Qiang Li Collaborated on Discovery That Can Advance Quantum Computing

Computer Science Professor Awarded by Air Force’s Young Investigator Research Program

Meave Leakey’s Memoir Explores Her Own Past and Mankind’s

Amelia Camino ’21 Takes Flight with ICARUS Project

Pavlos Kollias Receives AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award

Telehealth Visits Can Help Surgical Practice

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