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Release date: 18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT
“Coping with Crisis: Journalists on the Frontline:” a Discussion Presented by the Stony Brook School of Communication and Journalism on March 25 at 3pm, ET, in New York City
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Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) presents, “Coping with Crisis: Journalists on the Frontline,” which will address the efforts of reporters, mental health and resilience started by the School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) over a year ago. The School of Communication and Journalism’s Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting will host this year’s Marie Colvin Distinguished Lecture for the first time at the SUNY Global Center at 116 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022 on Monday, March 25 at 3pm, ET.

Newswise: Condor Telescope Reveals a New World for Astrophysicists
Released: 12-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Condor Telescope Reveals a New World for Astrophysicists
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A new telescope called the “Condor Array Telescope” may open up a new world of the very-low-brightness Universe for astrophysicists.

Newswise: What Does the American Public Really Think of AI?
Released: 11-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
What Does the American Public Really Think of AI?
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In 2021, two Stony Brook University researchers began conducting a survey study on attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) among American adults. Some of their recent findings, published in the journal Seeds of Science, show a shift in Americans’ views on AI.

Newswise: Expanding Federal Programs May Help to Increase the Behavioral Health Workforce
Released: 23-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Expanding Federal Programs May Help to Increase the Behavioral Health Workforce
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In a new paper published in the American Psychiatric Association’s Psychiatric Services, Stony Brook University IDEA Fellow, Briana Last, PhD, and co-authors provide a comprehensive review of one federal policy that has been increasingly used to address the country’s behavioral health provider shortage crisis: loan repayment programs (LRPs).

Newswise: Nanoscale Engineers Receive $1.2 Million to Prevent Surface Pathogens
Released: 23-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Nanoscale Engineers Receive $1.2 Million to Prevent Surface Pathogens
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UT Battelle LLC, a management contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science, has awarded $1.2 million to Stony Brook University researchers for a study to test surface pathogen prevention.

Newswise: Snakes: An Evolutionary Winner
19-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Snakes: An Evolutionary Winner
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A study of more than 60,000 specimens of snakes and lizards worldwide reveals that snakes stand out alone in the evolution of reptiles. The team of scientists discovered that snakes evolved incredibly fast, as their ancestors shed limbs and adapted on multiple levels to live and spread out into thousands of species of snakes over 66 million years, up to today.

Newswise: Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine Appoints Howe Associate Dean for Clinical Operations and Patient Care
Released: 15-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine Appoints Howe Associate Dean for Clinical Operations and Patient Care
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Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine has appointed Brian J. Howe, DMD, MS, as its new associate dean of clinical operations and patient care. Dr. Howe most recently served as a clinical associate professor in the Department of Family Dentistry, as well as the director of clinics, at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in Iowa City, Iowa.

Newswise: Seminal Study Sheds Light on Cell Mitochondria
Released: 14-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Seminal Study Sheds Light on Cell Mitochondria
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A collaborative effort led by Stuti Sharma, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology at Stony Brook University, resulted in a promising study toward a better understanding of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase.

Newswise: Research Team Takes a Fundamental Step Toward a Functioning Quantum Internet
Released: 6-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Research Team Takes a Fundamental Step Toward a Functioning Quantum Internet
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A team of Stony Brook University physicists and their collaborators have taken a significant step toward the building of a quantum internet testbed by demonstrating a foundational quantum network measurement that employs room-temperature quantum memories.

Newswise: Neuroscientist Receives $2.2 Million for Pivotal PTSD Research
Released: 26-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Neuroscientist Receives $2.2 Million for Pivotal PTSD Research
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Prerana Shrestha, PhD, from the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for research on why people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) have persistent intrusive memories of the traumatic experience.

Newswise: New Deep-Sea Crustacean Discovered in Bahamas
Released: 18-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
New Deep-Sea Crustacean Discovered in Bahamas
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An international team of marine biologists including Oliver Shipley, PhD, of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, has discovered a unique isopod, a form of crustacean, that has been formally identified as a new species of the genus Booralana from the deep waters of The Bahamas. The news is published in the journal Zootaxa.

Newswise: New Astronomy Finding Uncovers the Mystery of Star Formation at the Edge of Galaxies
Released: 8-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
New Astronomy Finding Uncovers the Mystery of Star Formation at the Edge of Galaxies
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The mystery of star formation in galaxies continues to intrigue astronomers worldwide. Yet a key question remains just how and why and where do stars form in the Universe? A new discovery from an international team of astronomers provides a significant clue to star formation.

Newswise: Stony Brook Professor Christian Schnell Named a 2024 American Mathematics Society Fellow
Released: 8-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Stony Brook Professor Christian Schnell Named a 2024 American Mathematics Society Fellow
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STONY BROOK, NY -- December 8, 2023 -- Stony Brook University Professor Christian Schnell from the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mathematics, has been named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2024. Professor Schnell is among 40 mathematical scientists selected worldwide.

Newswise: Stephen A. Koch Receives American Chemical Society  Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry
Released: 6-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Stephen A. Koch Receives American Chemical Society Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry
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Stephen A. Koch, Stony Brook University professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry, was recently named the recipient of the 2023 American Chemical Society (ACS) Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry “for pioneering contributions to bioinorganic chemistry and fundamental synthetic coordination chemistry, and for exceptional service to the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry.” The award is sponsored by Strem Chemicals.

Newswise: Stony Brook Climatologist, Professor Kevin Reed, Joins National Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Released: 5-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Stony Brook Climatologist, Professor Kevin Reed, Joins National Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
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Kevin Reed, Interim Director of Academic, Research and Commercialization Programs for The New York Climate Exchange led by Stony Brook University, has been appointed to the National Academies’ Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC). Reed was recently named the Associate Provost for Climate and Sustainability Programming and serves as a professor at Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS).

Newswise: Could Our Body’s “Bleach” Be Key to Fighting a Common Fungal Pathogen?
Released: 4-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Could Our Body’s “Bleach” Be Key to Fighting a Common Fungal Pathogen?
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A study that assesses the effects of hypochlorous acid (HOCI), commonly known as bleach, as it is generated during the immune response of a cell (phagocytosis) when fighting a common fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, reveals that HOCI is a potent killing agent. The laboratory finding is highlighted in the journal mBio.

Newswise: Using Latest Simulation Technologies to Predict Extreme Heat Events
28-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Using Latest Simulation Technologies to Predict Extreme Heat Events
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Researchers from Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) have been awarded a three-year $500,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to use its next generation computer modeling system for simulating global climate change to project future extreme heat events.

Newswise: Turning Drug Resistance Against Itself
Released: 26-Nov-2023 11:00 AM EST
Turning Drug Resistance Against Itself
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A team of Stony Brook University researchers led by Gábor Balázsi, PhD, have been testing drug resistance with mammalian cell lines. Their latest investigation reveals that by taking a part of a DNA amplification from a cell, which causes resistance, and placing it back in, actually stops the drug resistance. Their findings will be published this week in PNAS.

Newswise: Stony Brook University Professor Kevin Reed Named to Climate Leadership Role
Released: 15-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Stony Brook University Professor Kevin Reed Named to Climate Leadership Role
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Stony Brook University Professor Kevin Reed has been appointed Associate Provost for Climate and Sustainability Programming, as announced by Executive Vice President and Provost Carl Lejuez.

Newswise: Stony Brook University’s New Collaborative for the Earth to be Led by Heather Lynch
Released: 10-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Stony Brook University’s New Collaborative for the Earth to be Led by Heather Lynch
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The recently announced Collaborative for the Earth at Stony Brook University will be led by Institute for Advanced Computational Science Chair and Department of Ecology & Evolution Professor Heather Lynch, who uses quantitative ecology to address pressing issues and questions related to wildlife in Antarctica in the face of climate change and human activity.

Newswise: The Unraveling of a Protist Genome Could Unlock the Mystery of Marine Viruses
Released: 31-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
The Unraveling of a Protist Genome Could Unlock the Mystery of Marine Viruses
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Viruses are the most prevalent biological entities in the world’s oceans and play essential roles in its ecological and biogeochemical balance. Yet, they are the least understood elements of marine life. By unraveling the entire genome of a certain marine protist that may act as a host for many viruses, an international research team led by scientists from Stony Brook University sets the stage for future investigations of marine protist genomes, marine microbial dynamics and the evolutionary interplay between host organisms and their viruses – work that may open doors to a better understanding of the “invisible” world of marine viruses and offers a key to the ecology and health of oceans worldwide. The research is published early online in Current Biology.

Newswise: Could Epigenetic Age Acceleration, Not Actual Age, Better Predict How Well You Remember?
Released: 31-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Could Epigenetic Age Acceleration, Not Actual Age, Better Predict How Well You Remember?
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A study led by researchers at Stony Brook University shows that age acceleration, when one’s so-called biological clock runs quicker than one’s actual age, is linked to poorer memory and slower rates of processing information. The team measured biological “clocks” derived from the DNA of 142 adults aged 25-65 years old and had the participants complete daily cognitive tests on smartphones. Their findings, which imply that epigenetic age acceleration could be a better indicator of how well a person remembers information and how quickly they work with information, are detailed in the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences.

Newswise: President Maurie McInnis Delivers 2023 Stony Brook University State of the University Address
Released: 11-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
President Maurie McInnis Delivers 2023 Stony Brook University State of the University Address
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“A lot can happen in just a year at Stony Brook University…welcome to what’s next,” identified President Maurie McInnis, who today, delivered her second State of the University to students, faculty, staff, elected representatives and local community members. In addition to discussing the university’s numerous achievements since last year’s State of the University, President McInnis shared her and her team’s vision on how the flagship university is looking to continue its mission to “take on the big challenges, make a difference and change the world.”

Newswise: Scientists Call for Real-Time Analysis of Tropical Cyclones in the Context of Climate Change
Released: 10-Oct-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Scientists Call for Real-Time Analysis of Tropical Cyclones in the Context of Climate Change
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The need for “real-time” forecasting of tropical cyclones is more necessary than ever given the impact of climate change on rainfall amounts. Two climate scientists suggest Hurricane Ian can be used as a blueprint for rapid operational climate change attribution statements about extreme storms, in a paper published in the journal Environmental Research: Climate.

Newswise: Stony Brook Holds Its Inaugural Dental Educators Day
Released: 6-Oct-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Stony Brook Holds Its Inaugural Dental Educators Day
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Driven by the shortage of dental school faculty in New York and across the United States, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine hosted its inaugural Dental Educators Day on October 5.

Newswise: Negative “Retweets” Appear to Add to Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories
Released: 22-Sep-2023 9:55 AM EDT
Negative “Retweets” Appear to Add to Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories
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A team of behavioral scientists using big data and a simulation-based model to analyze social media “tweets” around the 2020 presidential election found that the spread of voter fraud conspiracy theories on Twitter (now called X) was boosted by a negativity bias.

Newswise: Standardizing Blood Pressure Measurement Training
Released: 19-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Standardizing Blood Pressure Measurement Training
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Hypertension affects some 120 million Americans. Training future healthcare professionals how to consistently take accurate blood pressure measurement (BMP) is an important aspect to monitoring patients’ blood pressure.

Newswise: Stony Brook Professor Alexander Zamolodchikov, Co-Winner for 2024 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics
Released: 14-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Stony Brook Professor Alexander Zamolodchikov, Co-Winner for 2024 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics
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This morning, the Breakthrough Foundation announced the winners of the 2024 Breakthrough Prizes and Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor and C.N. Yang/Wei Deng Endowed Chair Alexander Zamolodchikov was named co-recipient of the Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Newswise: What’s the Real Story about Shark Populations in NY Waters?
Released: 13-Sep-2023 12:05 PM EDT
What’s the Real Story about Shark Populations in NY Waters?
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The lack of evidence about shark biology, their prey, and changes in the ecosystems of New York area coastal waters is a driving force to expand research about sharks and their populations in the region, so say a team of scientists in an article published in the Journal of Fish Biology.

Newswise: New Research Reveals Close Connection Between Cognitive Flexibility and Neurogenesis
Released: 6-Sep-2023 9:00 AM EDT
New Research Reveals Close Connection Between Cognitive Flexibility and Neurogenesis
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A team of researchers led by Stony Brook University scientists believe they have a new understanding of cognitive adaptability and the role of adult neurogenesis. Their work and findings are highlighted in two recent papers, one in the Journal of Neuroscience, and one in Frontiers in Neuroscience.

   
Newswise: Understanding Epigenetic Changes in Glial Cells May be Key to Combatting Brain Tumors
Released: 15-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Understanding Epigenetic Changes in Glial Cells May be Key to Combatting Brain Tumors
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Gliomas are incurable brain tumors. Researchers are trying to unlock the mysteries of how they originate from normal cells, which may lead to better treatments.

Newswise: Taking a Global Look at Dry and Alternative Water Cooling of Power Plants
Released: 9-Aug-2023 9:40 AM EDT
Taking a Global Look at Dry and Alternative Water Cooling of Power Plants
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An international collaboration of scientists including Gang He, PhD, of Stony Brook University, used global power plant data to demonstrate an integrated water-carbon management framework that bridges the gap to coupling diverse water carbon-mitigation technologies with other methods. Their findings are detailed in a paper published in Nature Water.

Newswise: Does Dust from the Sahara Help Remove Dangerous Atmospheric Methane?
Released: 26-Jul-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Does Dust from the Sahara Help Remove Dangerous Atmospheric Methane?
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A new study published in PNAS evaluates the effects of Saharan dust clouds on atmospheric methane. An international research team found that when mineral dust that mixes with sea-spray to form Mineral-Dust-Sea Spray Aerosol (MDSA), this MDSA is activated by sunlight to produce an abundance of chlorine atoms ultimately mitigating methane totals.

Newswise: A Large Earth-like Granitic System Exists on the Moon
Released: 5-Jul-2023 12:40 PM EDT
A Large Earth-like Granitic System Exists on the Moon
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A new research finding shows that a likely large Earth-like granite system is present on the Moon. The finding, details of which are published in a Nature paper, may help expand knowledge of geothermal lunar processes.

Newswise: Study Reveals a New Finding Helping to Solve the “Spin Crisis”
Released: 21-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Study Reveals a New Finding Helping to Solve the “Spin Crisis”
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New research findings published in Physical Review Letters provides theorists with new input for calculating how much gluons—the gluelike particles that hold quarks together within protons and neutrons—contribute to a proton’s spin.

Newswise: New Advanced HPC System to Accelerate Research Across Many Disciplines
Released: 6-Jun-2023 3:50 PM EDT
New Advanced HPC System to Accelerate Research Across Many Disciplines
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Stony Brook University will soon deploy a new High-Performance Computing (HPC) system built using new technologies launched this year by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Intel. Stony Brook is the first academic institution in the United States to set up this new HPC solution that uses the Intel Xeon CPU Max series on HPE ProLiant servers.

Released: 1-Jun-2023 10:45 AM EDT
Simons Foundation Announces Historic $500 Million Gift To Stony Brook University Endowment
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The Simons Foundation, a philanthropy working to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences, today announced a historic $500 million endowment gift to Stony Brook University during a news conference at the foundation’s Manhattan headquarters. This monumental gift — the combined largesse of the Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International — is the largest unrestricted donation to an institution of higher education in U.S. history.

Newswise: Rethinking the Protein Inhibitor Approach to Cancer Therapy
Released: 25-May-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Rethinking the Protein Inhibitor Approach to Cancer Therapy
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A new method than enables researchers to dial up or tone down the amount of a certain metastatic protein inhibitor (BACH1) within a cell could provide a new path in cancer research that reassesses the effectiveness of protein inhibitors to treat disease.

Newswise: Stony Brook Simons STEM Scholars Program Welcomes Inaugural Class
Released: 24-May-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Stony Brook Simons STEM Scholars Program Welcomes Inaugural Class
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Stony Brook’s Simons STEM Scholars Program has signed its first-ever cohort of incoming students after a rigorous selection process. Roughly 800 erudite applicants were considered in a series of interviews and symposiums to determine the finalists.

Newswise: World-Renowned Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey To Be Honored at Week-Long Conference at Stony Brook University
Released: 18-May-2023 2:30 PM EDT
World-Renowned Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey To Be Honored at Week-Long Conference at Stony Brook University
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Stony Brook University will honor the life and legacy of eminent paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician Richard E. Leakey by hosting “Africa: The Human Cradle: An International Conference Paying Tribute to Richard E. Leakey” from June 5 - 9, 2023 at the university’s Charles B. Wang Center. The Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) and Stony Brook are hosting the conference, in partnership with the National Geographic Society. Thought leaders from around the world will celebrate the immeasurable, life-long contributions by Leakey to furthering the appreciation of Africa’s centrality in the narrative of human evolution.

Newswise: New Study of Supernova Images Helps Scientists Measure Universe’s Expansion Rate
Released: 15-May-2023 3:30 PM EDT
New Study of Supernova Images Helps Scientists Measure Universe’s Expansion Rate
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A new technique to measure the expansion rate of the Universe may serve as a tool to help scientists more accurately determine the Universe’s age and better understand the cosmos. An international team of researchers that includes two Stony Brook University professors highlighted their data based on the technique in a paper published in Science.

Newswise: Is BCAA Catabolism a Driver of Acute Kidney Injury?
Released: 8-May-2023 7:05 AM EDT
Is BCAA Catabolism a Driver of Acute Kidney Injury?
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Sian Piret, PhD, in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to investigate a certain metabolic process called BCAA catabolism that is known to occur with acute kidney injury, but its exact role remains unknown.

Newswise: Prevalence of Transposable Elements May Provide Clues to Worldwide Mammal Biodiversity
Released: 1-May-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Prevalence of Transposable Elements May Provide Clues to Worldwide Mammal Biodiversity
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A scientific project that compares the genomes of 240 living species of mammals has identified transposable elements (TEs) – genes that can change their position within a genome, creating or reversing mutations and thus altering a cell’s genetic identity – as a crucial area of study to help uncover the evolutionary process of mammals and to better understand biodiversity.

Newswise: Stony Brook PhD Candidate and Biologist, Fanny M. Cornejo, Wins Inaugural Indianapolis Prize
Released: 19-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Stony Brook PhD Candidate and Biologist, Fanny M. Cornejo, Wins Inaugural Indianapolis Prize
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Stony Brook University graduate student Fanny M. Cornejo has been named the winner of the newly-created “Emerging Conservationist Award" presented by the Indianapolis Prize. This award recognizes professional wildlife conservationists, biologists and scientists under 40-years of age who are working to make strides in saving animal species from extinction. Cornejo was selected from among 10 finalists and will receive $50,000 provided by the Kobe Foundation to continue Yunkawasi’s conservation work.



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