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Patrick Maxwell is recipient of NIH Pathway to Independence Award
Patrick Maxwell was awarded a National Institutes of Health Pathway to Independence (K99/R00) award to study the influence of RNA-mediated transposition events on DNA damage and repair in aging cells. This award has two phases; the first is an $81000 award to fund one year of postdoctoral research sponsored by Joan Curcio at the Wadsworth Center and co-sponsored by William Burhans at Roswell Park Cancer Institute; the second phase is three years of funding for Patrick as an independent principal investigator.
2008 Albany Medical Center Prize awarded to Elizabeth Blackburn and Joan Steitz
The $ 500,000 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research was awarded to Elizabeth Blackburn and Joan Steitz for their pioneering research in telomerase and RNA. Albany Medical College link
RPI ranks amongst nations top 50 universities
For the eighth year in a row, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been counted among the top 50 universities in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report.
WAMC segments from the New York Center for studies on the origins of life at RPI
Origins of Life segments aired on WAMC's Environment Show, Health Show, Best of Our Knowledge and 51%.
UAlbany Cancer Researcher's $2.2 Million Grant Funds Ground Breaking Human Genome Study
Scott Tenenbaum, Ph.D. and his colleagues will be funded to study the Comprehensive Identification of ENCODE RNA-based, Cis-regulatory Elements. In this pilot project, researchers will strive to identify sites that are targets for RNA-binding proteins through immunoprecipitation coupled with microarrays and high-throughput sequencing.
Huang Wins Muscular Dystrophy Association Grant
Zhen Huang, Ph.D., recently won a $135,000 grant from the Muscular Dystrophy Association for his research on identifying RNA aptamers as drug candidates for neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.
UAlbany spinoff begins to map its way in growing bioinformatics sector (pdf file)
The State University at Albany is spinning off its first biotech company, Hocus Locus, which is built around software developed at the university to mine information contained in non-coding RNA.
Marlene Belfort chair of session at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting
Marlene Belfort chaired the session entitled: "RNA Processing and RNA Regulation" at the "Molecular Genetics of Bacteria & Phages" meeting at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories in August 2008.
Marlene Belfort keynote speaker for FASEB Summer conference (pdf file)
Marlene Belfort was the keynote speaker for the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Nucleic Acid Enzymes in Vermont from June 8-13, 2008.
Marlene Belfort keynote speaker for Adrouny Memorial Lectureship
Marlene Belfort was the keynote speaker for the Adrouny Memorial Lectureship lecture on April 7, 2008 at Tulane University.
Joachim Frank becomes Distinguished Professor
Joachim Frank was honored with the rank of Distinguished Professor, which is the highest rank for a faculty member in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
Marlene Belfort elected AAAS fellow
Marlene Belfort was one of the AAAS members recognized for their extraordinary contributions to science and technology at the Fellows Forum held on 16 February 2008 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston.
Wadsworth ranked amongst top 15 of the best places to work in academia
The New York State Department of Health's Wadsworth Center laboratories ranked 13th in the "Best Places to Work" survey, according to The Scientist magazine.