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Six people pose together for a group portrait on an open stairwell in the RNA Institute atrium. There are five men and two women. All are smiling.
Showcase 2024: Chemistry Major Explores DNA Nanoswitches for Forensics, Pharma
UAlbany senior and chemistry major Camryn Beckles will share her research on DNA nanoswitches at Showcase Day 2024.
Rabi Musah and Allix Coon stand together in a chemistry lab.
UAlbany Chemists Developing New Technique to Help Fight Illegal Logging
The chemists have founded a start-up company that is focused on developing the technique and bringing it to market.
A group of 16 members of STEM NOW pose, all smiling, for a group photo in a classroom at UAlbany. The group is posed in front of a white board and they are arranged in two rows. The front row is kneeling on the carpet, which is gray. All are wearing white name tags.
STEM NOW: Student Group Invites New Members to Promote Gender Equality in STEM
A new student org at UAlbany invites members to build community and promote gender equality in STEM
UAlbany chemist Jeremy Feldblyum conducts experiments inside a sealer container, called a glovebox, at his ETEC lab.
UAlbany Chemist Partners on $300K Project to Improve Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Methods
The demand for battery power is surging as we buy more devices, gas prices climb higher and countries transition to alternative energy sources.
The entire image is primarily in dark shadow; the only thing illuminated is a brown human eye with dark lashes.
UAlbany Scientists Explore New Molecular Tool to Treat Retinal Degenerative Disease
RNA Institute research team receives funding to explore a new molecular tool for treating retinal degenerative disease
UAlbany President Havidan Rodriguez welcomes guests to the 2023 Inventor Recognition Ceremony.
UAlbany Recognizes Inventors During Research and Entrepreneurship Week
From filing a first disclosure to an issued patent, the process to take an invention from an idea to the marketplace can be long and arduous. For the first time, UAlbany recognized the faculty, staff and students who submitted a patent application as part of Research and Entrepreneurship Week.
The four featured researchers stand in Melinda Larsen's lab in the RNA Institute. The room itself is dimly lit, with the camera flash adding light. From left to right: Melinda Larsen (woman with blond hair wearing a black jacket with gray pants), Scott Tenenbaum (man with black glasses wearing black jacket with khaki pants), Andre Melendez (man wearing black rimmed glasses, pale purple dress shirt and tie and black slacks, and Mehmet Yigit (man wearing wire rimmed glasses, brown jacket and grey pants).
Researchers Awarded Funding to Study Cell Senescence and Salivary Gland Dysfunction
The interdisciplinary team seeks to advance technologies to treat multiple disease systems and pathologies associated with aging
Chemist Igor Lednev stands on the Academic Podium in a grey suit.
UAlbany Chemist Receives $1 Million in Federal Support to Commercialize Forensic Investigation Tool
Igor Lednev has spent more than a decade developing a laser-based technology that can help law enforcement catch violent criminals.