LC 2026 Spring Retreat Awards!

Apr 27

Thursday, April 23, 2026 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM

The Old Field Club

86 West Meadow Road

Setauket, New York

The Laufer Center 2026 Spring Retreat featured talks by our KeyNote Speaker, Lina Carlini, graduate students and postdocs, a poster session, and was capped off by dinner and an awards ceremony. Below are our awardees!

Darya Stepanenko- Dima Kozakov Group

**Best Postdoc 2026**
*Modeling immunological complexes using physics-informed AI: Atlas of TCR-pMHC Complex Structure Predictions*

Ying-Jen Yang- Dill Lab

**Best Postdoc 2026**
*“Forces & Flows on “Bio-Circuits”*

Satyaki Saha - Bahar Lab

**Best Graduate Student 2026**
*Distinguishing Between Positive and Negative Modulators of Allostery: Application to GPCRs*

Aparna Dileep- Serebryany Lab

**Best Graduate Student 2026**
*“Evolved Biophysical Adaptations For Longevity In Lens Crystallins”*

Poster Awards

**Best Poster Presenters 2026**
*Brock Boysan (Rizzo lab)*
*Melike Akoglu (Tonge lab)*

Sabrina Kralik

LC 2026 Spring Retreat Awards!

Darya Stepanenko- Dima Kozakov Group

Ying-Jen Yang- Dill Lab

Satyaki Saha - Bahar Lab

Aparna Dileep- Serebryany Lab

Poster Awards

💼Laufer Center welcomes Prof. Ramon Grima as Endowed Professor !

Congratulations to Isabelle Kwan, whose artwork has been selected for The Bonds We Make!