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Stony Brook University logo Biochemistry undergraduates Participate in 2024 Frances Velay Fellows program

moribato thesis defense poster CongRats to Robert morabito on Earning his phD!

Dr. benjamin martin promoted to professor

Poster for thesis defense

Congratulations to cynthia converso on her phd thesis defense!

Pisconti lab celebrates receiving new R01 Dr. Dada pisconti receives new nih grant

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We have a new department website!

Photograph of the department at its annual retreat

The department held our annual retreat in port jefferson this may

The department is saddened to announce the passing of Judith Campisi, Biochemistry PhD Alumnus.

Amy Liao '93 Creates Fellowship in Honor of Her Mentor at Stony Brook.

Benjamin Martin Receives $2M NIH Grant for Stem Cell Research

Ailyn Vasquez Taveras, UG Biochemistry major, is part of the Simons Stem Scholars inaugural class.

Department mourns passing of Abraham D. Krikorian, BCB Emeritus Professor.

Our UG Student, Vindhya Rani Rapelli, received the 2023 Provost’s Award for Academic Excellence.

This award is given annually to a very select number of graduating seniors who have shown true academic excellence, not just in the classroom, but in other ways as well, including research and creative activities or through building a stronger academic community.

Graduate student Franceine Welcome and Michael Airola, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, have won Stony Brook University’s first Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study, a biomedical fellowship supporting up to three years of doctoral study.

Biochemistry and Cell Biology faculty, Paul M. Bingham, Zuzana Zachar, and Shawn D. Stuart, report important new preclinical progress on how to apply their Stony Brook University-patented drug, CPI-613, to clinical targeting of most or all carcinomas.

Nature interviews former BCB Masters student on career path

Faculty Spotlight: Michael Airola

Undergrad Biochem Major, Zarya Shaikh, featured in the latest Stony Brook Magazine.

Mike Airola selected as a 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.

Department mourns passing of Mel Simpson

Department mourns passing of Bill Lennarz

A tribute to Bill Lennarz from ASBMB

Faculty Spotlight: Benjamin Martin

Chi-Kuo Hu has received a Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Grant for Junior Faculty.

Chi-Kuo Hu receives NIH New Innovator Award for his research on dormancy, development, and aging