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Global Standards Created for the Ethics of Ancient DNA Research

A team of scholars, including SBU's Elizabeth Sawchuk, has articulated a set of ethical guidelines regarding aDNA as a way to govern such research globally.

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Measuring the Met: Stony Brook Researchers Study Renowned Museum’s Air Quality

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s cavernous halls and exhibition spaces were empty and silent when a small group of people entered the Egyptian wing with a 500-pound scientific device on a cart. They cracked open the...

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José Rodriguez conducts research into catalysts to improve clean-energy production and control environmental pollution.

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Chemist José Rodriguez Named Fellow of the American Vacuum Society

José Rodriguez, an adjunct professor in the departments of Chemistry and Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at Stony Brook University and a chemist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, has been named a 2021 Fellow...

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Left to right: Olivia Swanson, PhD student; Priscilla Yevoo, PhD student; Hillary Schiff, postdoc; Professor Arianna Maffei; Mowei (Vivienne) Li, undergraduate student; Melissa Haley, postdoc

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SBU Study Shows Motor Cortex Could Have Larger Role in Parkinson’s Disease

The role of neuron and dopamine loss in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) has long been recognized by neuroscientists. However, how dopaminergic modulation affects brain regions involved in the control of voluntary movement...

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AMS Professor Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Zhenhua Liu's research has the potential to improve the efficiency of costly computing systems, which saves energy and makes better use of existing investments.

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PhD Student Chosen for DOE Graduate Student Research Program

Stony Brook University Physics PhD student Jacob Larkin has been selected for the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. With this award, Larkin will spend six...

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Chi-Kuo Hu Receives NIH New Innovator Award, $1.5M Grant

The assistant professor of biochemistry and cell biology received the award for his research on dormancy and effects of aging using killifish.

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SBU Leads Climate Week Discussion on Creating Green Partnerships

Stony Brook University hosted a panel of city and state officials to discuss how partnerships between government, universities, and industries can not only help New York State meet its climate goals, but also improve...

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A new study shows long-finned pilot whales in the Northeast U.S. shifted poleward during a 25-year period, as water temperatures warmed rapidly.

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Study Shows Climate Change Could Be Altering the Marine Food Web

According to SoMAS' Lesley Thorne, if climate change decouples relationships between marine mammals and their prey, this could have important implications for marine food web dynamics.

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$1.8M NSF Grant Helps SBU Team Explore Clean Energy Alternatives with Hydrogen

The award will advance our hydrogen knowledge frontier and help enable a marketplace for a clean hydrogen economy.

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Research Could Offer New Approach to Treating Infections

A study of the structure of bacterial appendages called P pili may help to develop novel therapeutics as a potential alternative to antibiotics.

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Physics Postdoc Named Finalist in Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists

Irina Petrushina is a rising star and role model in accelerator physics research — a critical field for scientific research and societal applications.

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NSF Awards Nearly $3 Million for Graduate Research Training in Data Science and AI

The award will help provide cross-training to PhD students in the data sciences alongside PhD students in the human-centered sciences to detect and address biases.

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Team Develops Plan to Protect 30 Percent of Ocean by 2030

SoMAS’ Ellen Pikitch is part of a team that developed a framework to consistently understand, plan, establish, evaluate and monitor ocean protection in Marine Protected Areas.

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PhD Candidate Wins NIH Neuroscience Award to Support Research

Noele Certain, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, won the Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award.

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Ecology and Evolution Undergrad Researches in Three Faculty Labs

Sarah Vaccaro ‘22 — the URECA researcher of the month for September 2021 — is a biology major specializing in ecology and evolution with a minor in anthropology. Vaccaro’s research in the laboratory of Associate...

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New Lab at Stony Brook Shines Light on the Past

Researchers in the Luminescence Dating Research Lab study the luminescence properties of minerals and applications of luminescence dating techniques with a focus on human evolution.

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Researchers Identify Molecular Mechanism for COVID-19 Mortality

An enzyme with an elusive role in severe inflammation may be a key mechanism driving COVID-19 severity and could provide a new therapeutic target to reduce mortality.

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Category - Research

Measuring the Met: Stony Brook Researchers Study Renowned Museum’s Air Quality

Chemist José Rodriguez Named Fellow of the American Vacuum Society

SBU Study Shows Motor Cortex Could Have Larger Role in Parkinson’s Disease

PhD Student Chosen for DOE Graduate Student Research Program

SBU Leads Climate Week Discussion on Creating Green Partnerships

Study Shows Climate Change Could Be Altering the Marine Food Web

$1.8M NSF Grant Helps SBU Team Explore Clean Energy Alternatives with Hydrogen

Research Could Offer New Approach to Treating Infections

Physics Postdoc Named Finalist in Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists

NSF Awards Nearly $3 Million for Graduate Research Training in Data Science and AI

Team Develops Plan to Protect 30 Percent of Ocean by 2030

Ecology and Evolution Undergrad Researches in Three Faculty Labs

New Lab at Stony Brook Shines Light on the Past

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