UAlbany, VCU to share $6.5M to Launch Muscular Dystrophy Research Center
With this award — one of just six in the nation — UAlbany and VCU will receive $6.5 million over five years to establish the center under the leadership of UAlbany’s Keith Hynes Endowed Professor in STEM Andy Berglund, director of UAlbany’s RNA Institute, and Dr. Nicholas Johnson, director of VCU’s Center for Inherited Muscle Research.
UAlbany Researcher Partners on $1.2 Million NSF Grant to Explore Tropical Monsoon Rainfall Patterns
For decades, scientists have studied natural records around the Eastern Hemisphere tropics to reconstruct past changes in monsoon rainfall. The new grant provides the opportunity to integrate all of these records.
UAlbany Chemists Design Candidate Drug Against Diabetes
Researchers from UAlbany and NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found a way to block a key cellular pathway known to drive chronic inflammation and impaired wound healing in people with diabetes. The breakthrough could offer a new therapeutic option for stopping the harmful effects of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the source.
Convening to Eliminate Environmental Health Disparities
On Oct. 16-17, the Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities hosted its signature annual event, the President’s Forum on Health Disparities, in partnership with the Harvard JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program. This year’s forum explored the environmental and social determinants of health and the importance of bridging disciplines for health equity research and action.
New Study Examines Implications of Cheap Fentanyl Production
A new analysis co-written by Rockefeller College's Shawn Bushway explores how the reduced cost of production could affect different players in the drug supply chain, from China to Mexico to the United States.
Four Faculty Members Tapped for 'Pathbreaking Research' Talks
The presentations, covering topics ranging from health communication to the aviation industry's impact on climate, will take place on Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to noon at ETEC as part of Day 5 of Research & Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Celebrating Research from Innovation to Impact.
Nobel Explainer: UAlbany Chemist Jeremy Feldblyum on Metal-Organic Frameworks
UAlbany's Jeremy Feldblyum is an expert in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — versatile molecular materials that can be used to harvest water from the air, capture CO2, store toxic gases and catalyze chemical reactions — which were at the center of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced this week. Feldblyum shares insights on the importance of MOFs and the significance of this year's Nobel nod.