RNA Institute News

RNA Institute Director Andy Berglund talks with State Senator Pat Fahy on her podcast show "Chat with Pat" on recent changes in higher education, funding freeze, etc.

Mehmet Yigit has received $1.95 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to advance his transdisciplinary research program focused on AI-powered biosensing and precision therapeutics.

The 2025 installment of the ‘Life at the Interface of Science and Engineering’ endowed lecture series will examine the convergence of medical, physical and engineering sciences, empowered by AI.

Graduate student Asmer Aliyeva is working to reveal the molecular mechanisms behind neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on spinocerebellar ataxias. With colleagues in the Berglund Lab, Aliyeva hopes to identify possible therapeutic targets against this class of disease.

Shenglong Zhang is breaking new ground in understanding how RNA shapes health, with a focus on sequencing RNA modifications that give rise to disease. Zhang recently received $1.6 million from the National Human Genome Research Institute to advance his lab’s pioneering technology for sequencing RNA and its modifications.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

The 2024 New York RNA Symposium was held on October 14-15 at the Hotel Canandaigua in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. This year's event was not only a gathering of leading RNA scientists but also the inaugural meeting of the Center of Excellence in RNA Research and Therapeutics (CERRT).

University at Albany chemist Igor Lednev is adding another research partner to help develop laser-based technologies for forensics and medical diagnostics.