Professor Susana Mingote Receives $2.9 Million NIH Grant to Study Brain Aging
Posted on September 17, 2026
The award supports her lab’s work to investigate why specific brain cells become more vulnerable with age. As the population of older adults grows, scientists are working to better understand how the brain changes across the lifespan and why some neural systems are more vulnerable than others. Susana Mingote, a professor with the CUNY ASRC’s Read More [...]
CUNY ASRC Welcomes Three New Faculty Members in 2026-2027
Posted on September 10, 2026
New faculty bring expertise spanning photonics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and wave-based technologies. The Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) is welcoming three new faculty members in the 2026-2027 academic year, adding expertise in photonics, artificial intelligence, nanoscience, neuroscience, and engineered wave systems to the center’s interdisciplinary research community. Joining the Read More [...]
Neuroscience Initiative Welcomes New Faculty Member Dr. J. Wren Kim
Posted on August 27, 2026
Please join us in welcoming Professor J. Wren Kim to the Neuroscience Initiative and the ASRC community! Wren is joining us as a tenure track assistant professor in biology (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) at the CUNY Graduate Center, and we couldn't be more thrilled to have him! Wren comes to us from the University Read More [...]
Patrizia Casaccia Earns Third Major National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Award
Posted on August 21, 2026
The CUNY ASRC Neuroscience Initiative director receives the 2026 Landis Award, recognizing a career distinguished by scientific innovation and developing the next generation of researchers. Patrizia Casaccia, founding director of the Neuroscience Initiative at the CUNY ASRC and Einstein Professor of Biology and Biochemistry at the CUNY Graduate Center, has received the 2026 National Institute Read More [...]
Researchers Discover a New Link Between Brain Sugar Levels and Myelin Development
Posted on April 30, 2026
New findings in “Nature Neuroscience” uncover a metabolic switch that influences the formation of myelinating cells, offering hope for a wide range of pathologies characterized by myelin impairment during development. New York, April 30, 2026 — Researchers at the CUNY ASRC have uncovered a surprising link between low brain sugar levels and the development of Read More [...]
A Novel Climate BioStress Model and Sentinel System Seeks to Track Global Climate Impacts
Posted on November 10, 2025
Published in Cell Reports Sustainability, the paper presents an interdisciplinary framework for detecting and responding to the biological signatures of climate change. NEW YORK, NY, November 10, 2025 – An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) has unveiled a groundbreaking conceptual model and integrative Read More [...]
(Not So) Spooky Science
Posted on November 7, 2025
Ghosts, ghouls and goblins uncovered scientific mysteries on a recent visit to the IlluminationSpace Science can be mysterious, but this past Halloween curious young ghosts and goblins gathered inside the CUNY ASRC IlluminationSpace to call forth the spirit of scientific understanding during a free, open-to-the-public community night event. The event invited families and neighborhood youth Read More [...]
Announcing the 2025 Epigenetics Core Pilot Award Winner!
Posted on October 10, 2025
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Epigenetics Core Pilot Award Winner, Rebecca Lopez-Anido, Ph.D. student from the Graduate Center! This year, we received 14 fantastic applications across 8 CUNY campuses, proposing important and profound experiments. Thank you to all who participated! We appreciate the opportunity to support your research and look forward to the critical Read More [...]
New Study Reveals Simple Peptides Can Mimic Nature’s Protein Protection Strategy
Posted on August 5, 2025
Breakthrough from CUNY ASRC Nanoscience researchers could lead to refrigeration-free vaccine storage. NEW YORK, August 5, 2025 — A new study from researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) reveals that extremely simple peptides can mimic a biological process that protects sensitive proteins from environmental stress. The findings, published today in Nature Read More [...]
Stress of Superstorm Sandy Affected Babies in Utero
Posted on June 11, 2025
A new study by Graduate Center researchers looks at the impact of in utero exposure to both extreme heat and a natural disaster. Climate disasters may be leaving invisible imprints on developing brains before birth, according to new groundbreaking research from The City University of New York Graduate Center (CUNY Graduate Center) and Queens College. Read More [...]
