High-Tech Instruments at SoMAS Empower the Search for Microplastics

High-Tech Instruments at SoMAS Empower the Search for Microplastics

From High-Tech Instruments Empower the Search for Microplastics by Glenn Jochum on Stony Brook News, November 1, 2019 It’s an invisible problem on a global scale. Drinking straws, shopping bags and other plastic litter contaminating our beaches and oceans are easy to...
Cell Chemistry Illuminated by Laser Light

Cell Chemistry Illuminated by Laser Light

Image above: Raman microspectroscopy helps researchers observe cell chemistry by focusing a laser beam on a spot within a cell and then capturing light emitted after interactions with cellular molecules, which produces a molecular fingerprint (Raman spectrum). From...
Souper Bowl IV Competition Continues and Everyone Wins

Souper Bowl IV Competition Continues and Everyone Wins

Souper Bowl IV continued as a gustatory and financial success, raising $349.00 for the Nuria Protopopescu Memorial Fund. Congratulations and thanks to the culinary contributers: Josie Aller – Turkish Lentil Soup. Megan Hahn – Kale, Sausage, and Bean Soup....
News from the NAno-Raman Molecular Imaging Laboratory (NARMIL)

News from the NAno-Raman Molecular Imaging Laboratory (NARMIL)

In September, we celebrated the first anniversary of Ms. Tanya Zaliznyak joining the SoMAS staff and taking the helm at NARMIL.  Her first year has been filled with exciting accomplishments demonstrating that this facility is reaching its scientific potential. We’d...
News from the NAno-Raman Molecular Imaging Laboratory (NARMIL)

News from the NAno-Raman Molecular Imaging Laboratory (NARMIL)

In 2014, the NAno-Raman Molecular Imaging Laboratory (NARMIL) was established by an NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant. SoMAS Professor Gordon Taylor, a marine molecular microbiologist, is the Director and Associate Professor Daniel Knopf, an atmospheric...