Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany

04/20/2018

Congratulations to Dr. Janmeet Saini (mentor: Dr. Sally Temple) for winning the 2018 School of Public Health Distinguished Dissertation Award!

03/13/2018

Swati Manjari (postdoc) and Nilesh Banavali (BMS faculty member) demonstrate how standard molecular mechanics programs can be used to easily model complex biochemical reactions, details in Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling:

Structural Articulation of Biochemical Reactions Using Restrained Geometries and Topology Switching

03/13/2018

We welcome our new Dean of the School of Public Health, Dr. David R. Holtgrave

ALBANY, N.Y. (March 1, 2018) – The School of Public Health officially welcomes its new dean, David R. Holtgrave, who begins his tenure at UAlbany this week.

01/29/2018

Dr. Rajendra Agrawal attended the Nobel week celebrations as 2017 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Joachim Frank's invitee. He has kindly shared some photos from the experience where the greatest scientific honor was bestowed on his former advisor and colleague, for research performed primarily at the Wadsworth Center.

01/09/2018

A short structural analysis of a 6S RNA variant that mimics DNA to bind to the Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase posted to bioRxiv by BMS faculty member, Dr. Nilesh Banavali,

In a recent article by Darst and coworkers, it was found that a non-coding 6S RNA variant regulates a bacterial RNA polymerase by mimicking B-Form DNA, and a few different nucleic acid duplex parameters were analyzed to understand the extent of B-form RNA structure. In this manuscript, a different s...

01/04/2018

The deadline for Ph.D. degree admission applications to our department is tomorrow (Jan 5, 2018). Don't miss the exciting opportunities in public health, neuroscience, stem cells, and cancer biology that we offer. To apply, please visit:

Begin the application process for admission to study in the University at Albany's graduate degree programs.

12/19/2017

Dr. Rajendra Agrawal, BMS faculty member, and co-author of more than 30 publications with 2017 Chemistry Nobel Laureate Dr. Joachim Frank, was an invitee at the Nobel week celebrations. Find out more about the Nobel prize winning cryo-EM research carried out at the Wadsworth Center in an interview with Dr. Agrawal at

Groundbreaking work performed in Albany leads to revolution in science and medicine Dr. Rajendra Agrawal has long expected his former Wadsworth Center colleague Dr. Joachim Frank to win the Nobel Prize. This year, it happened. On October 4th, Dr. Frank was named one of three winners of the 2017 Nobe...

12/18/2017

Interested in pursuing graduate studies? There is still time to apply for exciting opportunities in public health, neuroscience, stem cells, and cancer biology, but our Jan 5, 2018 application deadline is fast approaching. To apply, please visit:

Begin the application process for admission to study in the University at Albany's graduate degree programs.

12/18/2017

Good food, good company, good conversations, and lots of holiday cheer at the Departmental Holiday Potluck.

12/18/2017

Dr. JoEllen Welsh, BMS faculty member and mentor of multiple BMS graduate students, named SUNY Distinguished Professor

ALBANY, N.Y. (Nov. 27, 2017) – Two members of the UAlbany community can now add their names to the highest faculty achievement in the SUNY System.

12/18/2017

Renowned AIDS researcher, Dr. David R. Holtgrave, named new Dean of the School of Public Health

The UAlbany School of Public Health is poised to revolutionize the science of public health impact.