News

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

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

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

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

Congratulations to Mike Airola on receiving a 2022 ASBMB Award

Ann Lin '18 Biochem/Econ was featured in an article by Forbes: "How Two Undergraduate Scientists Uncovered One of the Pharmaceutical Industries Biggest Secrets."