News and Events Archive
Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering Lecture Series
“Protein Design Using Deep Learning” presented by David Baker, Ph.D. on Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 3:00 to 4:00 pm
CDPA POSTDOC Symposium: Celebrate Postdoc Appreciation week!
September 21st from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the D’Ambra Auditorium
Capital District Postdoc Association Research Symposium - September 20, 2021
The Capital District Postdoc Association is happy to announce their 1st Annual Research Symposium on Monday, September 20, 2021, 3-7pm. This exciting event will bring together postdocs across the Capital region to share their research, network, and learn more about the exceptional research being conducted across Albany area.
Life Sciences Research Symposium XII, Friday, January 22, 2021
The Life Sciences Research Symposium provides an opportunity for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows to present their research through oral and poster presentations, according the general format of main scientific conferences. It is an important event to promote student excellence and collaboration among researchers across the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics and Psychology. The Life Sciences Research Symposium will take place virtually on Friday January 22, 2021.
Chemistry Professor Contributes to a Cancer Treatment Now in Clinical Trials
Max Royzen, an associate professor of Chemistry, partnered with San Francisco-based biotech firm Shasqi to develop an anticancer therapy that utilizes bio-orthogonal click chemistry to target a powerful drug at cancerous tumors.Bio-orthogonal click chemistry is a process by which two highly reactive compounds, selective for each other, react inside a live organism.
UAlbany Biology Lab's Findings Make the Cover of the Journal of Neuroscience
University at Albany Biology Professor Paolo Forni’s Lab made the January 8, 2020 cover of the Journal of Neuroscience. The lab discovered that a transcription factor called Gli3 is critical for the movement of a population of neurons that controls onset of puberty in mice and humans.
Researchers Target Toxic RNA for Clues to Subdue Myotonic Dystrophy
Newly published research by RNA Institute faculty may reveal clues for ways to treat a devastating neuromuscular disease. This recent work by Professor Andrew Berglund, director of the RNA Institute, and two new Institute scientists, John Cleary and Kaalak Reddy, seeks to identify drugs that would reduce the toxic RNA molecules that cause myotonic dystrophy (DM).
Tackling Fibrosis
Supported by a $3.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health, Professor Melinda Larsen of Biological Sciences is leading a team of undergraduate and graduate students to research the causes and potential treatments for fibrosis.