RNA Institute News

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.  

Paolo Forni has received two grants totaling more than $3.3 million from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The funding will support his work studying Kallmann syndrome and related disorders affecting fertility and olfaction.

UAlbany researchers have developed a new method for fast-acting salmonella detection. The test employs a paper strip that changes color in the presence of the bacterial genome, enabling quick, easy and inexpensive screening for salmonella in food products.

More than 40 researchers from the University at Albany have been ranked among the world’s top researchers, according to a Stanford University study published annually through Elsevier.

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

In a new study published in the Journal of Virology, University at Albany researchers investigated how the human body fights off Zika virus at the cellular level. Their findings illuminate new potential intervention points for therapeutics against Zika, as well as other RNA viruses.

Shenglong Zhang, associate professor of Chemistry, received two Small Business Technology Transfer grants from the National Institutes of Health. The grants were jointly awarded to the University and UAlbany spinoff company DirectSeq Biosciences, Inc., which Zhang directs as founder and president.