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Stony Brook’s undergraduate iGEM team earned a Gold Medal at the 2025 international competition in Paris. The students were co-advised by Laufer Center faculty member Prof. Gábor Balázsi, along with Professors Peter Gergen and Kathryn Gunn.
On Friday, October 25, a celebration featuring four of our Laufer Center faculty in recognition of their outstanding research and scholarship:
IVET BAHAR, PHD
LINA CARLINI, PHD
KEN A. DILL, PHD
CARLOS SIMMERLING, PHD
Adding to this milestone, Professor Gábor Balázsi, PHD as the Henry Laufer Endowed Chair in Physical and Quantitative Biology, was invested in October 24, 2025.
Congratulations to Xiaowei Bogetti (Bahar Lab) for receiving the Best Poster Award at the 19th Annual ICB&DD Symposium.
Kenneth Breslauer selected among Biophysical Society 2026 Society Fellows.
The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Ken A. Dill, of Stony Brook University will receive the Society’s 2026 Founders Award. Dill will be honored at the Society’s 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco, California from February 21-25, 2026.
Alexandria Lewkoski, a double major in biochemistry and applied math and statistics with a minor in bioengineering, has been working under the mentorship of Dr. Lina Carlini in the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology/Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology since October 2024. For more of the interview, please go to:
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ureca/feature/_bio/2025/August2025
Warmest congratulations to Gabor for receiving the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities!
David LeBard, PhD, Head of Science at OpenEye sits down with Ken Dill Prof. of Physics & Chemistry, Stony Brook University to discuss the significance of grand challenges in technology and science.
Lilly & Gábor ‘s most recent trip to the capitol!
Gábor was elected on March 31, 2025 a fellow of the AIMBE (American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering). Attached is a photo with the BME chair who was at the meeting.
Dima Kozakov – top performer in CASP/CAPRI and CASP/Pharmaceutical Ligand Contests
“Stony Brook’s participation in iGEM continues to have a profound impact on our students,” said Peter Gergen, SUNY distinguished service professor, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. “This year’s team was extremely cohesive and benefited greatly from the advice and assistance provided by former iGEM team members Chris Helenek, AJ Sillato, Abhishek Cherath, Michelle Yang, Bushra Islam and Zach Don as well as input from Dr. Joshua Rest (Ecology and Evolution) and Melanie Cragan (Biochemistry and Cell Biology).”
Yuu-U (“Loy”) Hashimoto is a junior majoring in biology, with a minor in applied mathematics and statistics. Since March of this year, she has been working under the mentorship of Dr. Eugene Serebryany
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.
Lauren Raguette wins the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student!
Congratulations to Charles Kocher (PhD student, Dill lab member) for winning the SBU Dept. of Physics and Astronomy’s Award for 2024 Outstanding Theoretical Physics Thesis!
Eugene Serebryany: Cracking the Code at the NSF Ideas Lab on Protein Design!
Stony Brook-led research exploits DNA amplification in cancer to halt chemoresistance
