WHO: Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, President of Stony Brook UniversityDrs. Henry and Marsha Laufer and about 40 extended members of the Laufer and Zlatin familiesDr. Ken Dill, Director of the Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative BiologyLocal elected representatives
WHAT:Stony Brook University will celebrate the dedication of the new home of the Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology. The Laufer Center was established in 2008 in memory of Louis and Beatrice Laufer by their children Helen Laufer Kaplan and Howard Kaplan, Jeffrey and Barbara Laufer and Henry and Marsha Laufer. Initiated with a major philanthropic gift, the Laufer Center supports three endowed professorships and aims to play a central role in the Stony Brook Collaborative Research Alliance (Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) in solving challenging problems at the interface between the physical and life sciences. Additionally, the Center will house four to six research groups from physics, mathematics, chemistry, computational science and biology; train PhD students, mentor postdoctoral researchers and regularly host scientific seminars.
WHEN: Monday, May 7, 2012, at 4 pm WHERE: Stony Brook University Laufer Center100 Nicolls RoadStony Brook, NY 11794The new home for the Laufer Center is located adjacent to the Bioengineering Building in the former Life Sciences Library. Directions: Long Island Expressway to Exit 62. Travel north on Nicolls Road for approximately 8.5 miles. Cross over Route 347 and make a left at the Main Entrance (second entrance) to Stony Brook University. Follow the entrance roadway to the Parking Garage, which is attached to the Administration Building. The Laufer Center is located adjacent to the Bioengineering Building, just a short walk from the Parking Garage. Parking will be validated.
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