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Another sighting!

The most interesting scientist in the world spotted single-handedly representing the Miller lab and structural biology in the Pharmacology Program

 

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15th Annual Graduate Student Symposium

You are invited to the 15th Annual Pharmacology Student Symposium Keynote Lecture by Dr. Helen Scharfman, Professor at NYU Langone Medical Center and Research Scientist at Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, with title: "New ideas about the role of adult-born neurons in the dentate gyrus in health and disease".


Time: Thursday, June 20th at 1:00 pm

Location: Lecture Hall 6, Level 3, Health Sciences Center

 

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Meeting New FACES 2019 - Facilitating Awareness: Career Exploration for Scientists

The Department of Pharmacological Sciences invites Graduate Students from STEM fields to attend the career symposium ''Meeting new FACES 2019-Facilitating Awareness: Career Exploration for Scientists''. The FACES program aims to expose the graduate students to careers outside of academia by hosting several speakers from different career trajectories.

Date & Time: Monday, May 6th, 2019 at 12:30 pm-7:00 pm

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Stony Brook University

Event is free and dinner will be served.

 

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Congratulations to Joanna!

Joanna Kim won the best poster award at the American Physician Scientist Association meeting

 

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Congratulations to Jiabei He on her publication

Jiabei published a first-author paper in Cell Death & Disease, "Inhibition of USP2 eliminates cancer stem cells and enhances TNBC responsiveness to chemotherapy" that attracted a considerable amount of media attention.

 

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Kaitlyn Koenig Thompson is awarded the President's Award in Teaching by a Graduate Student!

Congratulations to Kaitlyn on a very impressive award given that our students are not required to TA extensively. Kaitlyn's love for teaching has had a transformative impact on many undergraduates at Stony Brook and Old Westbury.

 

2019 Graduate Awards
 

Congratulations to our alumni on successful residency matches!

Congratulations to Himanshu, Jeremy, Mike and Saul on sucessfully matching to top residency programs at Baylor, Columbia, U Penn and Yale!

 

 

 

 

 

OLDER NEWS

 

Student-invited speaker, Dr. Adrienne Boire from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center / Weill Cornell Medical College gave a seminar on March 26th: “Defining and disrupting cancer cell-microenvironmental interactions in central nervous system metastasis”.

Student-invited speakerDr. Adrienne Boire from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center / Weill Cornell Medical College gave a seminar on March 26th: “Defining and disrupting cancer cell-microenvironmental interactions in central nervous system metastasis”.

Alexandros Kokkosis, Congratulations to Alexandros Kokkosis for receiving an AHA Fellowship!

Alexandros KokkosisCongratulations to Alexandros Kokkosis for receiving an AHA Fellowship!

Luisa Escobar-Hoyos, Former student Luisa Escobar co-investigator on a 2018 grant award

Luisa Escobar-HoyosFormer student Luisa Escobar co-investigator on a 2018 grant award

Michael Feigin, Congratulations to alumn Dr. Michael Feigin on becoming an Assistant Professor at Roswell Park Cancer Institute!

Michael FeiginCongratulations to alumn Dr. Michael Feigin on becoming an Assistant Professor at Roswell Park Cancer Institute!

Luisa Escobar-Hoyos, Assistant Professor in Pathology at SBU and Postdoctoral fellow at MSKCC, has been named the 2017 recipient of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network- AACR Pathway to Leadership Award.

Luisa Escobar-HoyosAssistant Professor in Pathology at SBU and Postdoctoral fellow at MSKCC, has been named the 2017 recipient of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network- AACR Pathway to Leadership Award.

Victoria Fischer, Congratulations to alumn Dr. Victoria Fischer on becoming a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Hunter College

Victoria FischerCongratulations to alumn Dr. Victoria Fischer on becoming a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Hunter College

Dean's Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Ecucation, The Molecular and Cellular Pharmacollgy Graduate Program received the Dean's Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Education.

Dean's Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate EcucationThe Molecular and Cellular Pharmacollgy Graduate Program received the Dean's Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Education.

Saul Siller, Saul Siller received the Dean's Alumni Association Leadership Award. Congratulations!

Saul SillerSaul Siller received the Dean's Alumni Association Leadership Award. Congratulations!

Luisa Ecobar-Hoyos, Luisa Escobar-Hoyos received the President's Award tp Distinguished Doctoral Students.

Luisa Ecobar-HoyosLuisa Escobar-Hoyos received the President's Award tp Distinguished Doctoral Students.

NSF Fellowship winners, Congratulations to Emilie Bouda, Anthony Stapon and Tanya Victor on receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

NSF Fellowship winnersCongratulations to Emilie Bouda, Anthony Stapon and Tanya Victor on receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!

Emily Montal, Congratulations to Emily on acceptance of her first author publication in Molecular Cell

Emily MontalCongratulations to Emily on acceptance of her first author publication in Molecular Cell