The Laufer Center

Alexandra Zidovska, Assoc Prof of Physics, NYU

Host: Lina Carlini

Title: “Transcription-Dependent Mobility of Single Genes and Genome-Wide Motions in Live Human Cell”

Joshua Rest, Professor of Ecology & Evolution

Title: “Unraveling the tempo and mode of protein structural evolution in mammals”

Stephanie Weber, Associate Prof at McGill U

Host: Lina Carlini

Title: “Multiphase behavior of the nucleolus throughout the C. elegans life cycle” @12:30 in LC 101

Elsa C. Y. Yan, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

Host: Eugene Serebryany

Title: “Detecting the First Hydration Shell Structures of Proteins and DNA” @12:30 in LC 101

*by invitation only

Date: Wednesday, August 27th
Time: 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Forbes, partnering with market research firm Statista, has recognized Stony Brook University as one of America’s Best-in-State Employers for 2025.

Alexandria Lewkowski

Alexandra, recipient of 2025 Frances Valey Fellowship (undergrad, double major in Chemistry and Applied Mathematical Sciences) is a researcher in the Carlini Lab.

Talk Title: TBD

*By invitation only

Bill Kath, National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB)

Host: Vageli Coutsias

Title: Modeling the fly thermosensory system@12:30 in LC 101

Recent Op-Ed by Ken Dill emphasizes how America became the world’s greatest engine of innovation and inventor of medicines because of federal investments in science, technology, and medicine.

with a symposium on “Research & Innovation at the Interface of Chemistry, Biology and Medicine” at the C. Wang Center - By invitation only

Best Posters at 2025 Retreat:

Dzmitry Padhory (Kozakov lab) Hoang Nguyen (Bahar lab)

Best Graduate Students

Anthony Chesebro (Mujica-Parodi lab) and Julia Gattozzi (Talos lab)

Best Postdoctoral Fellows

Anthony Bogetti (Bahar & Dill labs) and Alyssa Kerning (Tongue lab)

for receiving the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities!

Title: Soft Barriers, hard decisions: the anaphase spindle as a physically distinct cytoplasm

Thursday, May 8th, 4:00 pm; Life Sciences, room 038

@12pm in LC 101

Title: Efficient unsupervised learning techniques for chemical and conformational space exploration.

Warmest congratulations to Eugene Serebryany for his new NSF award!

Host: Ken Dill

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at U of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Talk Title: “Modeling antibodies in pharmaceutical formulations”

The Old Field Club

86 West Meadow Road, Setauket, New York, 117331; Tuesday, April 22, 2025

*By invitation only

Speaker: Carlos Simmerling, PhD

Department: Chemistry; Laufer Center

Talk Title:  "A neural network approach to improving continuum water models for biomolecular MD"

Lilianne and Gabor represented Stony Brook University in their meeting with congressional officers to discuss the importance of robust federal funding for biomedical research

Gábor was elected on March 31, 2025 a fellow of the AIMBE (American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering). Attached is a photo with SBU BME department chair.

Dima Kozakov – top performer in CASP/CAPRI and CASP/Pharmaceutical Ligand Contests

Talk Title: "Scientific Machine Learning in Neuroblox "

LC conference room 107

*By invitation only

Holiday Gathering! ❄️ By invitation only

4:00 - 5:00 PM in the LC Hub

Joint Seminar: Laufer Center and SBU Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Talk Title: “Interplay between the gut microbiome and infectious disease”

November 13, 2024 – For the third time ever, Stony Brook University’s International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team brought home the gold medal from the iGEM Giant Jamboree.

PhD
Stony Brook University

Speaker: Benjamin Lin, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cell dynamics and motility (Biochemistry & Cell Biology) Talk Title: " Deconstructing amoeboid cell migration in vivo”

Speaker: Maria Nagan, PhD

On Friday, October 25, a celebration featuring four of our Laufer Center faculty in recognition of their outstanding research and scholarship:

IVET BAHAR, LINA CARLINI, KEN A. DILL, CARLOS SIMMERLING

1:00 pm - Dr. Ivet Bahar, Louis and Beatrice Laufer Endowed Chair and Director of the Laufer Center

Yuu-u (Loy) Hashimoto

Major: Biology

Research Mentors:  Dr. Eugene Serebryany, Physiology & Biophysics (current); Dr. Natasha Vitek, Ecology & Evolution (previous)

2024 Faculty Awards: Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring: Markus Seeliger

Laufer Center student Carlos Ventura is invited to participate in the Leadership Development Academy

Cracking the Code at the NSF Ideas Lab on Protein Design!

AI3 Director search

Stony Brook launched a search for the inaugural director of a new AI Innovation Institute. craig.smith@opuspartners.netJeffrey.stafford@opuspartners.net

The Laufer Center is recruiting a Tenure-track Endowment Assistant Professor. We seek creative individuals who will do cutting-edge research and lead collaborative research initiatives.

We are thrilled to announce that Matthew Licht has been selected as a NIH T32 Fellow in the prestigious Chemical Biology Training Program (CBTP) at Stony Brook University.

Thank you to all who participated in the Laufer Center’s symposium for high school students carrying out protein research!

Congratulations to Lauren Raguette for 2024 Graduate School Award! Lauren is a PhD candidate in Chemistry and member of the Simmerling lab. Way to go, Lauren!

Congratulations to Ivet Bahar for being elected 2024 BPS Fellow! This award honors the Society’s distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in science and contributed to the expansion of the field.

The Laufer Center extends its warmest congratulations to PhD student, Charles Kocher, for winning the SBU Dept of Physics and Astronomy’s Award for 2024 Outstanding Theoretical Physics Thesis!

Gábor Balázsi and his lab members investigate how DNA amplification in cancer could halt chemoresistance!

Stony Brook Dean's Award for Excellence in Service