Faculty Experts

Call the Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150

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Biology
 

Expert in the following: Molecular Biology and Biophysics; structure-function relationships of nucleic acids; introduction of modified nucleosides into RNA and DNA; chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides with phosphoramidite chemistries; RNA-based drug therapeutics
Campus phone: 437-4448
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry; Regulation of Gene Expression; Biology of Introns; Structure and function of inteins and their use in biotechnology; Small RNA (sRNA) regulation of genes in E. coli and Mycobacteria
Campus phone: (518) 437-4466
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Through the use of molecular studies, she identifies how human genetic variation influences disease susceptibility and morbidity.
Campus phone: (518) 473-3854
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Identifies the harmful plasticity that occurs after spinal cord injury leads to urinary dysfunction, and the development of methods for counteracting or reversing this harmful plasticity to improve urinary function.
Campus phone: (518) 486-4911
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Human health effects of environmental contaminants, including metals and organic compounds
Campus phone: (518) 525-2660
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Fungal and parasite pathogeneses; protein transport; secretion mechanisms; molecular mechanisms
Campus phone: (518) 474-7563
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Molecular biophysics and computational chemistry; biomolecular computer simulations, RNA folding & structural biology; RNA-drug interactions
Campus phone: (518) 437-4420
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Drug discovery; genomics; gene-expression; microarrays; flow cytometry; enzymology; high throughput technologies
Campus phone: (518) 591-7215
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: cancer genomics; functional genomics; genetics; breast cancer
Campus phone: (518) 591-7154
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Endocrinology, reproductive health, reproductive hormones, animal science.
Campus phone: (518) 956-8170
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Using Mass spectroscopy to investigate macromolecular complexes; protein-nucleic acid interactions in viruses; high-resolution mass spectrometry; RNA-based drug therapeutics
Campus phone: 437-4464
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Molecular genetics of mycobacteria; infectious diseases; Tuberculosis; human genome; gene therapeutics
Campus phone: (518) 473-7553
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Analytical biochemistry; bioelectronics; enzymology; instrumental analysis; analytical chemistry; forensic analysis; bioelectrochemistry; biomolecular logic systems
Campus phone: (518) 442-4447
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Cancer; RNA; stem cells; therapy-resistant cancer cells
Campus phone: 591-7204
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Studies the interaction of mosquito and tick-borne arboviruses; arthropod vectors; vertebrate hosts, and the impact transmission intensity and perpetuation of the pathogen.
Campus phone: (518) 869-4524
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Epidemiology; molecular epidemiology; infectious disease epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; HIV/AIDS; viral hepatitis; liver disease.
Campus phone: 518-402-0397
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: bioinformatics, computational genomics, protein informatics, and genomic data integration.
Campus phone: 518-402-0415
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Global warming; climate change; climatology; Russia
Campus phone: (518) 442-4191
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Organ formation; tissue engineering, cell-cell signaling; cell-extracellular matrix signaling
Campus phone: (518) 591-8882
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Forensics; forensic analyis; Raman spectroscopy; crime scene investigation; laser spectroscopy; analytical and forensic chemistry, biochemistry, application of laser spectroscopy for biomedical diagnostics
Campus phone: 591-8863
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Molecular biology of parasites and RNA editing in pathogenic parasites
Campus phone: (518) 473-2692
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Gene regulation; infectious disease; bacterial pathogenisis
Campus phone: (518) 486-4253
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Role of insulin in brain function and memory; diabetes; Alzheimer's disease
Campus phone: (518) 437-4404
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Neurodegenerative disorders (Huntington's Disease; Parkinson's Disease); stem cells; human genetics
Campus phone: (518) ) 694-8188
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Genetic Epidemiology; Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics; Cancer Genetic Susceptibility; Breast and Ovarian Cancer (BRCA) Genes; DNA Repair Genes; Role of Cancer Genes in Fetal and Placental Development; Gene-Environment Interactions; Family-Based and Genome-Wide Linkage and Association Studies
Campus phone: 518-402-0292
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Isolation, analysis, biological evaluation and structure elucidation of natural products from medicinally important plants; rational evaluation of folkloric, ethno-medical, and traditional medicinal plants; organic chemistry; experimental physical chemistry; biochemistry; experimental methods of organic structure determination; pharmacognosy
Campus phone: (518) 437-3740
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Design and discovery of novel molecules to regulate protein function in nerve systems; ALS; neurodegenerative diseases
Campus phone: (518) 591-8820
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Liver disease; Hepatitis C; RNA therapies; virus-host interactions; translational control, replication and assembly of RNA viruses
Campus phone: 591-8841
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Diseases of the eye such as cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration; genetics
Campus phone: (518) 591-8842
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Childhood lead poisoning; atomic spectrometry; trace element analysis; inorganic mass spectrometry; human biomonitoring and environmental measurements of toxic metals.
Campus phone: 518-474-7161
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Structural biology; computational biology; DNA replication
Campus phone: (518) 402-2595
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Cancer, genetic toxicology, chemoprevention, animal models of cancer
Campus phone: (518) 591-7152
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Bio-orthogonal chemistry, RNA synthesis, drug delivery, pharmaceutical chemistry, bioconjugation
Campus phone: (518) 437-4463
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Anthropology; minority health disparities; epidemiology; biostatistics; childhood development; environmental health; risk factors
Campus phone: (518) 442-4714
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: DNA analysis; cancer; drug resistance; laboratory testing techniques
Campus phone: (518) 474-2088
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Electrophysiology, Imaging, Computational Neuroscience
Campus phone: (518) 442-4367
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Cancer; aging; stem cells and cancer treatment; alcohol abuse
Campus phone: (518) 473-7553
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Molecular and cellular biology of transcription and signal transduction; aptamer-mediated multi-pathway control in living organisms; forward engineering approach to drug discovery and development
Campus phone: (518)
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Brain pathology; brain development; drug abuse; neurological disorders (Parkinson's)
Campus phone: (518) 486-2590
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Virus surveillance; outbreak investigation; human pathogens
Campus phone: (518) 402-2709
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Human genome; diagnostic tools in gene testing
Campus phone: (518) 473-7553
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Newborn screening; genetic disorders; molecular detection techniques; cystic fibrosis
Campus phone: (518) 402-5210
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following:
Campus phone: (518) 694-8188
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Infectious diseases of wildlife, wildlife ecology, zoonotic diseases, anthrax, white-nose syndrome in bats
Campus phone: 518-442-4208
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Analytical biochemistry; forensic analysis; microarray; multiplexing; single-cell analysis; biosensor; signaling; systems biology; cancer diagnosis
Campus phone: (518) 442-4412
Campus email: [email protected]

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