News
SBU Researchers Discover Possible New Approach for Developing Antifungal Drugs
The last drug designed to more effectively treat dangerous systemic fungal infections,
most often affecting immunocompromised patients, was developed more than 20 years
ago. Now an interdisciplinary team of investigators from Stony Brook University believe
they have identified what may be a new approach toward developing another class of
better antifungal agents.
(Read more)
Michael Airola receives 2022 Walter Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipids
Congratulations to Michael Airola, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry
and Cell Biology for receiving the 2022 Walter Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipids.
Airola’s lab studies the molecular details of lipid metabolism and transport and seeks
to develop new pharmacological tools that inhibit lipid-modifying enzymes for the
treatment of cancer and fungal disease
(read more).
Wali Karzai appointed Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Congratulations ICB&DD Member Wali Karzai
Alfredo Fontantini appointed Vice-Provost for Research and Infrastructure
Congratulations ICB&DD Member Alfredo Fontantini
Eszter Boros wins the $200K Stony Brook Discovery Prize
Eszter Boros, Assistant Professor of the Department of Chemistry was announced as the winner of the 2021 Stony Brook Discovery Prize on April 28 (read more)
Congratulations to Maurizio Del Poeta for being elected to the American Academy of Microbiology as Fellow
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology has been elected to the
American Academy of Microbiology as a Fellow, based on his scientific achievements and contributions to the field
of microbiology.
Congratulations to Professor Iwao Ojima Elected to European Academy of Sciences
Professor Ojima will be honored at the induction ceremony of new members at EurASc’s Annual Symposium and Ceremony of Awards event this April at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, which will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Read more)
Message from the Director
Dr. Iwao Ojima, Distinguished Professor and Director, ICB&DD
Welcome to the Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery
The primary objective of ICB&DD is to establish a world-class “ Center of Excellence” in chemical biology and drug discovery at Stony Brook. The rapid and impressive advancement of chemical biology in the last decades clearly demonstrated that solutions for vast majority of medical problems rely on the understanding of the molecular basis of diseases, therapeutic targets, drug actions, and drug resistance. ICB&DD promotes highly productive interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research bridging the West, East and South campuses as well as Brookhaven National Laboratory to attack major and significant biomedical problems to find solutions including the discovery of novel therapeutic drugs. ICB&DD significantly contributes to the advancement of a truly comprehensive biomedical research enterprise from molecular science to clinic at Stony Brook.
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