Director
J. Andrew Berglund
- Co-Director, Center of Excellence in RNA Research and Therapeutics (CERRT); Keith Hynes Endowed Professor in STEM; Distinguished Professor; Director of the RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences; The RNA Institute; Berglund Lab
LS 2033I
Institute Leadership
Thomas Begley
- Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, Director of Training in RNA Science and Technology, Interim REPR Director, Associate Director of the RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2033
Marlene Belfort
- Distinguished Professor, Senior Advisor of The RNA Institute
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2060
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Core Faculty
John Douglas Cleary
- Assistant Director of Research of the RNA Institute
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2102
Bijan K. Dey
- Senior Principal Investigator of the RNA Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2098
Sweta Vangaveti
- Principal Investigator, Advanced Computational Facility Manager
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2033D
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Academic Faculty
Ben Boivin
- Associate Professor
Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, The RNA Institute
LSRB 1147
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran
- Assistant Professor
Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, The RNA Institute
LSRB 1136
Douglas S. Conklin
- Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, The RNA Institute
Cancer Research Center, Room 342H
Jason Herschkowitz
- Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, The RNA Institute
East Campus CRC 342
Melinda Larsen
- Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor and Chair
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 1086
Igor Lednev
- Distinguished Professor, Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 1107
Kathleen A. McDonough
- Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
David Axelrod Institute
Morgan Sammons
- Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2078
Scott Tenenbaum
- Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4312
Shenglong Zhang
- Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences Research Building, 1003R
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Affiliated Faculty
Rajendra K. Agrawal
- Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C450
Nilesh Banavali
- Assistant Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C419B
Nathaniel Cady
- Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4405
Alexander T. Ciota
- Chair & Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Griffin Laboratories, Room 125.
Ye Ding
- Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center; Research Professor, Biomedical Sciences
The RNA Institute
Empire State Plaza C236
Chinwe Ekenna
- Associate Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Computer Science, The RNA Institute
UAB 423
Michael Fasullo
- Associate Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4319
Pallavi Ghosh
- Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Center for Medical Science 5421
J. Andres Melendez
- Distinguished Professor and Chair
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, Center for Healthy Aging, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4313
Alicia Mendoza
- PRODiG+ Fellow
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Anil Ojha
- Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Jon Paczkowski
- Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
5221 Center for Medical Sciences, 120 New Scotland Ave, Albany NY 12208
Janice D. Pata
- Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
150 New Scotland Avenue Center for Medical Science Room 2009 Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health Albany, NY 12208
Susan Sharfstein
- Professor of Nanoscale Science & Engineering
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4412
Haixin Sui
- Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C265
Tomoko Udo
- Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, The RNA Institute
One University Place, Room 167
Joseph T. Wade
- Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
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Affiliated External Faculty
Colin Echeverría Aitken
- Assistant Professor of Biology, Vassar College
The RNA Institute
Olmsted Hall of Biological Science at Vassar College
Georges Belfort
- Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The RNA Institute
Steven D. Hanes
- Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
The RNA Institute
Eriks Rozners
- Professor of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Binghamton University
The RNA Institute
Sally Temple
- Research Professor; Scientific Director, Principal Investigator and Co-Founder, Neural Stem Cell Institute (independent non-profit)
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
NSCI, 150 New Scotland Ave, Albany NY
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Institute Staff
Tammy Reid
- Assistant Director of Operations, The RNA Institute and CERRT
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2033H
Joseph Scibienski
- Project Support Specialist
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences Research Building 2033G
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