News Archive
Trainee Insights - Broadening Horizons at the REU in RNA Program
Sydney Johnson, an undergraduate researchers from the 2025 REU in RNA cohort shared her experience at the RNA Institute over the summer of 2025 in this article
UAlbany Celebrates World RNA Day, Student Research and New Projects Enabled by Empire AI
The RNA Institute welcomed over 200 attendees to its annual “World RNA Day” celebration. Festivities included lab tours and research presentations to showcase how studying RNA’s structure, function and modifications can unlock new approaches to combatting deadly and debilitating diseases through earlier diagnosis, effective treatments—and potentially cures.
Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
2025 NIIMBL Cohort Visits the RNA Institute
2025 National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) eXperience cohort visited the RNA Institute and the Biological Sciences department on June 3rd, 2025
Rna Institute Retreat 2025: Celebrating Science, Collaboration, and Community
The RNA institute’s annual retreat, held on June 16-17, 2025, at the Lodge at Schroon Lake, brought together faculty, trainees, alumni, and institutional partners for two days of scientific conversations, career exploration, and community engagement.
SPRINTER Group Visits CEHD and RNA Institute
A group of SPRINTER students visited UAlbany's CEHD and RNA Institute on June 18 for a day of STEM career discussions, lab tours, and presentations by UAlbany graduate students.
New Grants Support Research on Myotonic Dystrophy and ALS in the Berglund Lab
Two University at Albany researchers working in the Berglund Lab at the RNA Institute have received new funding to support projects focusing on myotonic dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
UAlbany Chemist Awarded $2 Million to Advance Computational Simulations for RNA Analysis
Alan Chen received $2 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to develop new ways to model the structure and function of RNA in 3D at the atomic level. The research aims to advance RNA-based biosensing and nanotechnology and will help solve longstanding puzzles in RNA structural biology.