Engaging Excellence
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Associate Professor David Amberg, PhD, won a $1.45 million NIH grant to analyze complex genetic interactions in cells.
This research is considered vital to further understanding of human genetic disorders. Amberg and his research team also made a recent breakthrough regarding the inheritance of only one good gene, instead of the normal two, which has been linked to the development of certain cancers.
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The virus that causes chicken pox remains in the body for life, and can reactivate as the disease called shingles. Associate Professor Jennifer Moffat, PhD, is studying how this virus interacts with human cells at the molecular level. The goal: research findings that will be used to develop new drug treatments and to improve the chicken pox vaccine. |
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Wendy Kates PhD, director of SUNY Upstate's Center for Psychiatric Neuro-imaging, is conducting a $1.5 million NIH study to measure indicators of schizophrenia among children with velocardiofacial syndrome. To do so, Kates and her research team are using brain function measurements, IQ testing, psychological testing, and brain-volume measurements using ultra-precise MRI software as they follow 160 children.
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New research led by Professor Robert Barlow, PhD, shows how chronic low blood sugar can hasten age-related vision loss. His work with mice shows that keeping blood sugar levels normal through diet can delay vision loss. The study's finding may be of special importance to diabetics, who are susceptible to hypoglycemia because of intensive insulin treatment.
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Engaging Excellence
David Amberg, PhD, won a $1.45 million NIH grant to analyze complex genetic interactions in cells. More >
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