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SBU Faculty Mentor 18 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars

Out of the 300 scholars selected this year from 1,964 entries for the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) — the prestigious science and math competition for high school students — 18 did research with Stony Brook...

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Leading the Future of AI: University Marries Human Ingenuity with Machines

“Smart” concrete that can predict structural repairs before they’re needed. Nanobots that can stimulate the brain to cure degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. Programs that scan medical records to...

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Dr. Srinivas Myneni (left) and Dr. David Lam of Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine illustrate the potential use and placement of a nanomaterial-based bone regeneration device.

Academics Dental Alumni News Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research School of Dental Medicine Stony Brook Matters

SBU Dental Faculty Use High-tech Methods to Advance Research

Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine researchers are going high-tech to help solve some of the world’s leading oral health problems. Two projects totaling approximately $2 million in grant monies are being...

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Undergraduate Researcher Probes Autism

Lee Ann Santore ’19, a swim coach and undergraduate researcher in the field of autism, has some advice for students considering hands-on research at Stony Brook: “Dive right in!” “I had done a lot of...

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Medicine Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

New Study Groups Protein Kinases as Cancer Drug Targets

Stony Brook-led research proposes a new approach to classifying protein kinases – a class of signaling molecules – that takes account of their potential as drug targets. Protein kinases regulate most cellular processes...

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Nurse Practitioners Play Vital Role in Oral Health

A national survey of nurse practitioner (NP) training program educators reveals that a large majority of responders believe graduates’ level of oral health training and competence is at a high level, and therefore NPs...

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Grant Will Aid Lynch’s Penguin Colony Research

Ecologist Heather J. Lynch, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, has been awarded a Microsoft/National Geographic AI for Earth Innovation Grant that will support her use of artificial...

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The PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

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SBU Physicists Among BNL Research Group Studying the Perfect Fluid

Researchers from Stony Brook University are among a group of nuclear physicists analyzing data from the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) — a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science...

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Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Staff Medicine Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

SBU Study Shows Multidisciplinary Care Leads to Higher Survival Rates for Lung Cancer Patients

An investigation of short-term and long-term survival outcomes of more than 4,000 lung cancer patients reveals that patients treated under a multidisciplinary model of care have significantly higher survival rates at...

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Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine Medicine and Research Medicine Today Research Stony Brook Matters

Kaushansky, Studier Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Two distinguished Stony Brook scholars have been elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, MACP, Senior Vice President of the Health Sciences and Dean of the Renaissance School...

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PhD student Julia Stepanuk uses video and photos from drone flights to study the body condition and foraging behavior of humpback whales for her dissertation research.

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R/V Seawolf Cruises Waters off NYC to Study Marine Life

A team of researchers from the labs of Drs. Lesley Thorne, Janet Nye and Joe Warren in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) began the first of a series of multi-year research cruises on the R/V Seawolf...

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Zoea, or larvae, of the Atlantic blue crab have a distinctly different morphology than adults. They are often spawned in estuaries, where they can be exposed to low dissolved oxygen and acidified conditions (photo by Stephen Tomasetti).

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Gobler Lab’s Study Gives Clues to Preserving Blue Crab Estuaries

Blue crabs are ecologically important and represent one of the most valuable fisheries in the United States. A research team from the lab of Christopher Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation in the...

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Randy Rettberg, president of the iGEM Foundation, with Stony Brook’s 2018 iGEM team

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Undergraduate Research Team Wins SBU’s First iGEM Gold Medal

Stony Brook’s 2018 team for the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition took home the University’s first gold medal at the iGEM Giant Jamboree recently held in Boston. Since 2014, Stony Brook’s...

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Research Complements Classroom Learning for SBU Undergrad

Stony Brook University senior Andrew Nwuba, majoring in Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, began doing research in his sophomore year when he joined two different research groups...

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Academics Alumni Hottest Stories College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Deforestation is Unexpected Result of Peace in Colombia

War can have devastating effects on nature, but what happens in times of peace? In a first-of-a-kind study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, scientists provide evidence that the Colombian peace process...

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Cocaine and Colonization: Stony Brook Professors Meet at the Crossroads of History and Biology

While their paths had crossed in the past, it was a chance meeting on the Long Island Rail Road that brought two Stony Brook faculty members together on a new level of interdisciplinary collaboration. Liliana Dávalos...

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Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Discovery Opens the Possibility of Using Sunlight to Turn a Greenhouse Gas into Fuel

A team of scientists has discovered a single-site, visible-light-activated catalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) into “building block” molecules that could be used for creating useful chemicals. The...

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Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Scholars Share Awesome Science at SBU Postdoc Spotlight

“There’s one thing that unites people across all political and socioeconomic backgrounds,” suggested Geosciences Postdoc Steven Jaret during his talk at SBU Postdoc Spotlight. “The one thing that everyone agrees upon...

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Category - Research

SBU Faculty Mentor 18 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars

Leading the Future of AI: University Marries Human Ingenuity with Machines

SBU Dental Faculty Use High-tech Methods to Advance Research

Undergraduate Researcher Probes Autism

New Study Groups Protein Kinases as Cancer Drug Targets

Nurse Practitioners Play Vital Role in Oral Health

Grant Will Aid Lynch’s Penguin Colony Research

SBU Physicists Among BNL Research Group Studying the Perfect Fluid

SBU Study Shows Multidisciplinary Care Leads to Higher Survival Rates for Lung Cancer Patients

Kaushansky, Studier Elected to National Academy of Inventors

R/V Seawolf Cruises Waters off NYC to Study Marine Life

Gobler Lab’s Study Gives Clues to Preserving Blue Crab Estuaries

Undergraduate Research Team Wins SBU’s First iGEM Gold Medal

Research Complements Classroom Learning for SBU Undergrad

Deforestation is Unexpected Result of Peace in Colombia

Discovery Opens the Possibility of Using Sunlight to Turn a Greenhouse Gas into Fuel

Scholars Share Awesome Science at SBU Postdoc Spotlight

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