Department News

Drs. Bruce Demple and Rachel Caston - Breathing Lunar Dust Could Pose Health Risk to Future Astronauts.

A new study from researchers at Stony Brook University finds simulated lunar soil is toxic to human lung and mouse brain cells. Up to 90 percent of human lung cells and mouse neurons died when exposed to dust particles that mimic soils found on the Moon’s surface.

Senior staff Dominick Pombano makes local newspaper's 50th anniversary archives for saving three young lives in 1968.

We are proud to recognize Pharmacology senior staff member Dominick Pombano for his heroic actions fifty years ago saving three young lives in 1968.

Former graduate student Luisa Escobar-Hoyos co-investigator on 2018 grant award.

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Pharmacology Postdoc Lyl Tomlinson Wins Prestigious AAAS Science Policy Fellowship

After winning the NASA Fame Lab science communication competition in 2014, Pharmacology Postdoc Lyl Tomlinson (’17) will now make an even broader impact as one of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) newest science policy fellows in Washington, DC.

Pharmacology Undergraduate student Omar Zainul receives Award for Academic Excellence.

Pharmacology Undergraduate student Omar Zainul receives Award for Academic Excellence at the 36th Annual Undergraduate Recognition Awards Ceremony and Reception held on Monday, April 16, 2018 in the Student Activities Center Auditorium.