Department News

Congratulations to Pharmacology Department Administrator Lynda Perdomo-Ayala for being appointed the new Chair of the Suffolk County Human Rights Commission.

We are very proud of Lynda and wish her every success in carrying out the Human Rights Commission mission.

Poojan Pandya, a senior at Half Hollow Hills High School West in Dix Hills, and Leo Takemaru, a senior a Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, were among the top winners last month at the 31st annual European Union Contest for Young Scientists. This year's contest consisted of 154 students, ages 14 to 20, from 40 countries and was held in Bulgaria.

Their research mentor was Feng-Qian Li, an associate professor of research in Stony Brook University's Pharmacology Department.

2019 Annual Faculty Awards Recipients

Congratulations to graduate student Jiabie He on her first-author publication.

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Lori Chan and her team identified a gene dubbed USP2, which is involved in driving the growth of cancer stem cells. The scientists also figured out a way to block stem cells specific to the disease.

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The winners of the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching will be invited to participate in the August 2019 Workshop for New Teaching Assistants, presented each year to new doctoral students during graduate orientation events.

Kaitlyn Koenig Thompson, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

Study Shows New Way to Group Protein Kinases as Cancer Drug Targets.

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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.