The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to host:

SBU-BNL SYMPOSIUM:
Opportunities for Partnerships in the Life Sciences

Please join researchers from Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory for a day of scientific exchange and partnership building.  

Thursday, March 30, 2023
8:30 am to 2:30 pm
Stony Brook University
Charles B. Wang Center, Theater

PLEASE REGISTER HERE

AGENDA

8:30 REGISTRATION + BREAKFAST9:00 WELCOME
Richard J. Reeder, Vice President for Research, Associate Vice President for Brookhaven National Laboratory Affairs
Stony Brook University

James Misevich, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy and Photon Sciences Directorate
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Peter Igarashi, Dean, Renaissance School of Medicine
Stony Brook University9:30 PRESENTATIONS
“Tuberculosis Drug Discovery”
Nicole Sampson, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Stony Brook University“Cryo-electron Microscopy and Tomography for the Future”
Liguo Wang, Director of Scientific Operations, Laboratory for BioMolecular Structure, NSLS-II
Brookhaven National Laboratory“LI-XRA - Lead Identification Through High Throughput X-ray Crystallography”
Markus Seeliger, Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences
Stony Brook University“Macromolecular Crystallography Innovations at NSLS-II”
Dale Kreitler, AMX Beamline Scientist, Structural Biology Program, NSLS-II
Brookhaven National Laboratory“Structure and Dynamics of Polymeric Delivery Systems, Bacteria-Resistant Coatings, and Biomimetic Macromolecules”
Surita Bhatia, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Stony Brook University“Multi-Scale and Multi-Modality Bioimaging at BNL”
Qun Liu, Principal Investigator, Cellular Structural Biology, Biology Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory“Imaging Bacterial Virulence Structures”
David Thanassi, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Stony Brook University“An Odyssey in Drug Delivery Study via X-Ray Bio-Imaging”
Yang Yang, SRX Beamline Scientist, Imaging & Microscopy Program, NSLS-II
Brookhaven National Laboratory“Structure Function Studies of Lipid Metabolism”
Michael Airola, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Stony Brook University“Protein Structure in Solution: Possibilities and Successes”
James Byrnes, LiX Beamline Scientist, Structural Biology Program, NSLS-II
Brookhaven National Laboratory“Structure and Function of Chromatin Regulators”
Dongyan Tan, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences
Stony Brook University11:30 POSTER SESSION

12:00 TOWN HALL DISCUSSION
PANELISTS:
Miguel Garcia-Diaz, Interim Associate Vice President for Research
Stony Brook University

John Hill, Director, NSLS-II
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Energy & Photon Sciences
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Jorge Benach, Distinguished Toll Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Vice Dean for Research, Renaissance School of Medicine
Stony Brook UniversitySean McSweeney, Photon Division Management, NSLS-II
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Sean McSweeney, Photon Division Management, NSLS-II
Brookhaven National Laboratory

MODERATOR:
Richard J. Reeder, Vice President for Research, Associate Vice President for Brookhaven National Laboratory Affairs
Stony Brook University

1:00 ADJOURN AND LUNCH

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Please contact OPD_OVPR@stonybrook.edu with any questions.