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Dr. Zhu presenting our latest
technology for collaboration (above).
(Above, from right) Dr. Zhu,
Dr. Zheng, officials from the Department of Science and Technology
Dr. Wei Zhu, Ambassador Sun, Dr. George Stefano and Consul Mao ( l. to r.)
at
a reception at the Chinese Embassy in
New York
Dr. Stefano and the
Neuroscience Research Institute were honored by
MitoGenetics for their
research productivity at a board meeting on June 27th.
Details and photos here.
Dr. Stefano was invited to give
lectures on Alzheimer's Disease and it's potential vascular initiation
at
Lodz, Medical University, Poland (May 18th, 2011) and at the International
Neuroradiology meeting
in K. Dolny, May 20th Poland.
Additionally, he gave workshops
on Grantsmanship and Patents on May 18th in Lodz,
as well as on May 21
in K. Dolney,Poland
and Prague, for the Medical Chamber of the Czech Republic
on May 24th.
Celebrating Chinese New Year at
the NY Embassy
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Dr. Zhu with personnel of Research and Development of DaBeiNong
group in Beijing China.
Dr. Zhu is meeting with Dr. Weiping Song, VP of DaBeiNong group in
Beijing.
Dr. Zhu representing SUNYNRI, was invited by the Department of
Science of China
at the 2nd China Jiangsu Conference for International Technology
Transfer and Commercialization (CITTC)
Delegation at Tai Zhou stem cell research center.
Dr. Zhu visiting Yanzi medical group in Tai Zhou, JiangSu Provence.
Dr. Zhu and Dr. Mao (Counsel of Science and Techology of P.R. China)
at Taizhou
Medical
City
In the photo below, Dr. Stefano (left) and Dr. Zhongying Mao (right)
recently met
to discuss business opportunities and grants in China.
Dr. Mao is the Counselor of Science and Technology,
at the
Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in New York.
Below, also at the meeting, were Dr. Wei Zhu from the NRI (far left)
and Consul Xinghua Zhu (far right),
also from the Department of
Science and Technology in China.
Dr. George B. Stefano Visits the Medical University at Lodz
Dr. George Stefano was invited to visit the University of Lodz
as a result of his collaborations with Dr. Banach and Dr. Rysz
as noted by their recent publication (Banach M, Casares F, Kream RM,
Gluba A, Rysz J, Stefano GB. Morphine-mediated alteration of
hypertension-related gene expression in human white blood cells and
multilineage progenitor cells. J Hum Hypertens, 2010).
Dr. Stefano discussed issues related to program building at the
meeting with Drs. Banach, Rysz and President Gorski. It is the
group’s hope that relations can be strengthened in the future,
extending the programs to include other faculty.
From left in the above picture:
Dr. Mark Graczynski, Dr. George
Stefano, President Gorski, Dr. Banach, and Dr. Rysz
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Dr. Stefano
was featured in the SUNY Faculty Senate Bulletin:
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Dr. George Stefano, Director of the Neuroscience Research Institute,
was
selected to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award honoring
SUNY faculty
members who have extended the boundaries of human
knowledge and
driven the economic development of the state of New York.
This award was presented at a dinner held at the
University
of Albany on April 14, 2008.
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Dr. Stefano has also been nominated for an award from the 1st
Medical School
of Charles University in
Prague, and an award as well as a Doctor honoris causa
from the College of Health and Social Sciences at the
St.
Elisabeth
University
in Bratislava.
These awards will be presented in October.
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Dr. George Stefano, Director of the Neuroscience Research Institute,
was again
elected to the Executive Committee of the
Research
Foundation of SUNY,
as well as
Vice Chair
of the Board of Directors.
He also serves as
the Chair of the Committee on Research for the Research Foundation
of SUNY.
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Dr. Richard Kream and Kirk Mantione were recipients of a second
Empire Innovation Program award
that Dr. Stefano received for
the NRI. The program funds new faculty hires at
New York's
public universities based on
the amount of federal research grants they receive.
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On June 28, 2006,
Drs. Stefano and Zhu received honorable professorships at Beijing
China-Japan Friendship hospital. Dr. Shuqiang Xu, president of the
hospital, presented their awards and appointment letters.
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Over 40 people, including Dr. Fan Bifa,
head of the National
Center of Pain
Management, attended the ceremony.
Dr.
Stefano and Dr. Zhu will coordinate intellectual
property and
research collaboration with the
National Center of Pain
Management in China.
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Dr. Stefano also received an honorary professorship at Peking University.
Dr. Ji Sheng Han, Professor of Neuroscience at Peking University
presented Dr. Stefano with his title and a gift.
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Dr. Stefano was honored to be chosen to give a
grantsmanship
lecture at Vilnius
University
in
Lithuania.
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Dr. Wei Zhu was the recipient of an Empire Innovation Program (EIP)
award
that Dr. Stefano received for the NRI. The program
funds new faculty hires at
New York's
public universities based on
the amount of federal research grants they receive.
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News of Dr. Stefano’s research into the synthesis of morphine by
human
white blood cells was announced in the
NIDA Director’s Report
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Dr. Stefano was interviewed regarding his recent work on opioid
involvement in the pleasure centers of the brain.
Click here for pdf.
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Dr. Stefano presented a talk on Relaxation: A Counter Intuitive
Process in Managing Stress for the
Suffolk County AACN
(American Association of Critical Care Nurses) on April 25th, 2006
at Villa Lombardi in Holbrook.
Click here for more info.
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Dr. George Stefano was interviewed on Friday, August 26th, regarding
our Institute's work on endogenous morphine on National Public
Radio's Science Friday show with host Ira Flatow.
Click here for info.
Click here for mp3 audio of
the interview.
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Dr. Stefano was interviewed for an article on
the effects of playing a
musical instrument on stress, as well as an article on
the effects of music on
gene expression. This new research complements Dr.
Stefano's work on the effects of listening to music on health.
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The Neuroscience Research Institute hosted an
International
Meeting on Endogenous Morphine
on January 20th and 21st,
2005, with some of the
most prominent investigators of
endogenous morphine.
Click
here for details.
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2004
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Dr. Stefano greets NY Governor George Pataki at the groundbreaking
ceremony for the Broad Hollow Bioscience Park (BHBP), in
Farmingdale, held on October 6, 2004. Dr. Stefano is on the Board of the BHBP,
a biotechnology research park developed on the campus of
Farmingdale State
University of New York, in conjunction with
Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory (CSHL).
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Dr. Stefano was interviewed for an
article on pleasure
by Ian Sample in the
UK's The Guardian Unlimited.
Dr. Stefano recently published a report in Neuroendocrinology
Letters with Dr. Tobias Esch on
the neurobiology of
pleasure and its effects on health.
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Our Director, Dr. George Stefano, was interviewed for articles in
The Scientist
and the
Wired News
regarding endogenous morphine.
Click the links above to
be taken to the articles.
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Dr. Stefano received a First Patent award on November 4th, 2004, at
the State University Recognition Dinner Honoring Innovation,
Creation, and Discovery. His research has lead to many innovations,
but this night he was honored for his patent regarding methods for
identifying estrogen surface receptor agonists.
LongIsland.com
interviewed Dr. Stefano about his award.
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Dr. Tobias Esch, a frequent co-author with Dr. Stefano, traveled to
our campus and gave a lecture on Limbic Function to our staff and
students.
At the time, Dr. Esch was on the staff at the Charité -
University Medicine Berlin, Institute for General and Family Medicine, in Berlin,
Germany.
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Two of Dr. Stefano's newest books are available online at
Amazon.com:
Click on the titles to check them out!
The Biomedical Significance
of Nitric Oxide
and
Musical Healing
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