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As a high school student in Brooklyn, UAlbany Senior Winnie Ou knew she was fascinated by science and human health. This past summer, Ou took another step toward that goal in the lab of Professor of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Yubing Xie as part of UAlbany's Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP).

The endowment of the Neuromorphic Quantum Computing Constellation will fund four Simons Empire Faculty Fellows — two focused on neuroscience and one each in mathematics and computer hardware engineering. They will study how to combine the enormous power of quantum computing with the unparalleled adaptability and energy-efficiency of the human brain.

With six stops spanning from Mayfield to Canajoharie to Chatham, community members from across the Capital Region have had a chance to learn more about the area's premier research university and anchor institution.

The UAlbany Biology Department looks back on a year of discovery and achievement and forward to another successful year of research, innovation, education, student success, and community outreach.

Researchers at UAlbany’s RNA Institute are helping lead $7.3 million in new federally funded grants that will explore the toxic effects of woodsmoke on firefighters and how DNA damage that accumulates over time contributes to cancer and other aging-related diseases.

After shifting course from economics to biology, University at Albany junior Yasvi Sonani spent the past two summers exploring three different research labs. Her latest project at the RNA Institute focused on myotonic dystrophy type 1 — the most common cause of adult-onset muscular dystrophy.

Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Tom Begley is among a team of investigators leading a five-year research project studying how cells respond to naphthalene, a harmful chemical found in wood smoke and other combustion products. Their findings will inform ways to protect firefighters from the harmful effects of smoke inhalation.

Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Tom Begley is part of a multi-institution research team recently awarded $3.4 million from the National Institute on Aging to study how DNA damage accumulates with age and, when left unchecked, can contribute to cancer and other aging-related diseases.