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Ivet Bahar Named Director of Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology

Ivet Bahar has been named director of Stony Brook University’s Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology. Bahar succeeds Ken Dill, distinguished professor of chemistry and physics, who...

January 12, 2023

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research University

For the Love of Chemistry

Professor Inspires Lab Team by Tapping Into His Past By Liza N. Burby | Photography by John Griffin Carlos Simmerling, PhD, was one of those kids with a chemistry kit in his basement and tolerant parents who didn’t mind...

May 3, 2021

7 min read

Awards and Honors COVID-19 News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Carlos Simmerling Receives Award for COVID-19 Research

The Gordon Bell Special Prize for High Performance Computing-Based Covid-19 Research recognizes outstanding research achievement toward the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic.

November 30, 2020

3 min read

Featured Story Research Stony Brook Matters Wellness

Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

The Stony Brook-led research showed that even in younger adults (under age 50) dietary ketosis increased overall brain activity and stabilized functional networks.

September 4, 2020

6 min read

COVID-19 Research STEM Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Bernard Essuman ’21 Tackles COVID-19 Research

The study will help researchers understand how COVID-19 interacts with 3D-printed face shields, cotton, skin and hair, and could predict how long it sticks to surfaces.

June 30, 2020

3 min read

COVID-19 News Highlights Research

Laufer Center Leverages Computing to Fight Coronavirus

Computer-aided research aimed at drug discovery to combat COVID-19 is being coordinated through five faculty research groups.

May 11, 2020

1 min read

COVID-19 Featured Story Research

Researchers Developing Computer Models That Could Speed Coronavirus Drugs

A team of Stony Brook University researchers is developing computer models that could help speed the discovery of drugs to combat the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. The work is being carried out in...

April 3, 2020

4 min read

Medicine Research

Evolution Can Repair Genes to Regain Lost Function

A new study by Stony Brook University researchers, published online in PNAS, shows that evolution can exploit positive feedback (PF) within cells to restore gene function. Such repair by evolution may provide a basis...

November 25, 2019

2 min read

Medicine Today Research Stony Brook Matters

Study Sheds Light on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease

A study that clarifies understanding of the molecular origins of age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease has been published by a Stony Brook-led team. Co-author Ken A. Dill...

October 16, 2019

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research

Ken A. Dill Wins Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Ken A. Dill, Director of the Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology at Stony Brook University, has been awarded the 2019 Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize...

April 24, 2019

2 min read

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Ivet Bahar Named Director of Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology

For the Love of Chemistry

Carlos Simmerling Receives Award for COVID-19 Research

Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

Bernard Essuman ’21 Tackles COVID-19 Research

Laufer Center Leverages Computing to Fight Coronavirus

Researchers Developing Computer Models That Could Speed Coronavirus Drugs

Evolution Can Repair Genes to Regain Lost Function

Study Sheds Light on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease

Ken A. Dill Wins Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics

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