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Three Stony Brook Scholars Honored with Zonta Women in STEM Awards

Three Stony Brook University students have been honored by the Zonta Club of Suffolk County for achievements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

February 18, 2026

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Biochemistry Major Says Creativity Is a Key Aspect of Her Experiential Learning

Trinity Hausch — the URECA researcher of the month for June — is a junior in the WISE honors program majoring in biochemistry, with a minor in studio art. Since February 2024, she has been working in the research group...

June 4, 2025

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From Cello to Cells: Jivan Ramesh Is SBU’s Youngest Graduate in Decades

When 16-year-old Jivan Ramesh walks across the stage at Stony Brook’s 2025 Commencement, he’ll be making history as the youngest SBU graduate in decades.

May 23, 2025

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Biochemistry Major Has Drive to Help Cancer Patients

Hector Romero Garcia ’26 — the URECA researcher of the month for September — is a biochemistry major who joined Christopher Clarke’s Lipid Cancer Laboratory this past summer as a participant in the SUNY SOAR...

September 3, 2024

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Two SBU Undergrads Receive Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Two Stony Brook students have been selected as recipients of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, an award recognizing outstanding undergraduate, PhD-bound students in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering...

July 11, 2024

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Biochemistry Major Involved in Research for Promising Cancer Treatment

Ankur Sikder — the URECA researcher of the month for July — is a biochemistry major who does research under the mentorship of Mei Lin (Ete) Chan, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, on...

July 2, 2024

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Amy Liao ’93 Creates Fellowship in Honor of Her SBU Mentor

Amy Liao is now giving back to Stony Brook University biochemistry doctoral students with a fellowship named after mentor and professor Sanford Simon

November 16, 2023

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Biochemistry Major Involved in Research Since Freshman Year

Christopher Jannotta ’24 — the URECA Researcher of the Month for October — is a senior in the Honors College majoring in biochemistry. He joined the research group of Professor Patrick Hearing, Department of...

October 3, 2023

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Anti-Cancer Drug Developed at SBU Shows Additional Clinical Promise

Paul Bingham and colleagues continue to investigate the wide potential of CPI-613, especially its efficacy when used in concert with other drugs to treat cancer.

June 9, 2022

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Professor Chi-Kuo Hu Receives Grant to Support Biomedical Research on Aging

His research gives insight into the molecular mechanisms of diapause and its ability to suspend aging, and also sets up a promising research direction for preserving life in vertebrates.

November 15, 2021

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Biochem Undergrad Highlights Experiences Working in Research Lab

Gaurav Sharma ’22 — the URECA researcher of the month for August 2021 — is a biochemistry major in the Honors College and recipient of the Kenneth M. Nicholas Undergraduate Research Fellowship, which is an award...

August 2, 2021

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Setting Her Global Sights on Helping At-Risk Populations

To Isabelle Loop ’21, strangers are only friends she hasn’t met yet. And “strange” places are only places where she will meet them. It’s how the biochemistry major from rural Spencer, New York came to enroll at Stony...

June 21, 2021

4 min read

F. William Studier in 2004; in the 1980s, Studier and a team of collaborators deciphered key details of the T7 bacteriophage and turned what they learned into a system to produce copious amounts of desired proteins. The production of today's mRNA COVID-19 vaccines relies on these foundational discoveries. Photo courtesy of Brookhaven Lab

Former SBU Professor Collaborated on Biotech Tools Used to Produce COVID Vaccines

The first two vaccines approved for battling COVID-19 in the United States use a relatively new approach — injections of simple packets containing mRNA, a genetic material that instructs our cells to make coronavirus...

April 15, 2021

4 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.

Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

A team of researchers co-led by SBU's Michael Frohman discovered that certain loss of functions in the Phospholipase D1 gene causes congenital right-sided cardiac valve defects and neonatal cardiomyopathy.

March 1, 2021

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Nancy Hollingsworth Named 2020 AAAS Fellow

The Distinguished Teaching Professor was elected for her contributions to the field of genetics, particularly the discovery of genes important for meiotic chromosome segregation.

December 3, 2020

2 min read

A first look at the structure of the lipin enzyme. The structure 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.

Scientists Visualize Structure of Key Enzyme That Makes Triglycerides

The first structure of a lipin enzyme — which carries out an important step in the production of triglycerides, the main reservoir for long-term energy storage — will help scientists to better understand how lipins...

March 18, 2020

3 min read

Tag: biochemistry

Three Stony Brook Scholars Honored with Zonta Women in STEM Awards

Biochemistry Major Says Creativity Is a Key Aspect of Her Experiential Learning

From Cello to Cells: Jivan Ramesh Is SBU’s Youngest Graduate in Decades

Biochemistry Major Has Drive to Help Cancer Patients

Two SBU Undergrads Receive Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Biochemistry Major Involved in Research for Promising Cancer Treatment

Amy Liao ’93 Creates Fellowship in Honor of Her SBU Mentor

Biochemistry Major Involved in Research Since Freshman Year

Anti-Cancer Drug Developed at SBU Shows Additional Clinical Promise

Professor Chi-Kuo Hu Receives Grant to Support Biomedical Research on Aging

Biochem Undergrad Highlights Experiences Working in Research Lab

Setting Her Global Sights on Helping At-Risk Populations

Former SBU Professor Collaborated on Biotech Tools Used to Produce COVID Vaccines

Study Identifies Important Cause of Congenital Heart Disease

Nancy Hollingsworth Named 2020 AAAS Fellow

Scientists Visualize Structure of Key Enzyme That Makes Triglycerides

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