The STAR Center will address much needed improvements in communications bandwidth and speed by designing, building, testing and commercializing microsystems and optical communications networks. It will also work toward applying microsystems and networks to IT systems known as integrated remote systems using imaging systems. The research includes projects such as DNA bio Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (BioMEMS) to identify DNA fragments, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCN) actuators, and thin film optical switches. The work that will be done at the Center will likely establish the Rochester region as a locus for research and technology development in this field.
Supported by a $15 million award, the Center in Biomolecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics at SUNY Stony Brook will be a state-of-the-art enterprise dedicated to discovery-based research and technology development in the areas of
functional genomics instrumentation, gene discovery, drug design and delivery, and smart micro-and nano-based biomaterials and biosensors.

The Stony Brook STAR Center, built upon Stony Brook's existing expertise in these areas and that of its partners, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, will advance the biotechnology corridor of Long Island and across New York by developing new biomedical technologies, opening up new markets and advancing disease diagnosis and treatment.

The Stony Brook STAR Center will focus on functional genomics. In that capacity, the research team will initiate cutting-edge research to develop DNA fluorescence detection technologies, as well as the next generation of microarrays. In addition, it will create new algorithms for gene hunting and interaction and develop micro and nanoscale diagnostics and therapeutics. The technologies developed by the STAR Center are expected to contribute to New York’s growing biomedical and pharmaceutical industries.Supported by a $15 million award, the Center in Biomolecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics at SUNY Stony Brook will be a state-of-the-art enterprise dedicated to discovery-based research and technology development in the areas of
functional genomics instrumentation, gene discovery, drug design and delivery, and smart micro-and nano-based biomaterials and biosensors.

The Stony Brook STAR Center, built upon Stony Brook's existing expertise in these areas and that of its partners, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, will advance the biotechnology corridor of Long Island and across New York by developing new biomedical technologies, opening up new markets and advancing disease diagnosis and treatment.

The Stony Brook STAR Center will focus on functional genomics. In that capacity, the research team will initiate cutting-edge research to develop DNA fluorescence detection technologies, as well as the next generation of microarrays. In addition, it will create new algorithms for gene hunting and interaction and develop micro and nanoscale diagnostics and therapeutics. The technologies developed by the STAR Center are expected to contribute to New York’s growing biomedical and pharmaceutical industries.