ASRC Photonics Initiative Director Named a Finalist for the 2018 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
Posted on May 30, 2018 in ASRC News, Photonics Initiative
Andrea Alù, director of the ASRC Photonics Initiative, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Alù is one of 31 U.S. researchers […]ASRC Represented at Immunology 2018
Posted on May 29, 2018 in ASRC News, Neuroscience Initiative
Achilles Ntranos, a neurology fellow at Mount Sinai Health System in collaboration with the ASRC’s Neuroscience Initiative, was selected to present his research in a block symposium at Immunology 2018, […]ASRC Researcher Receives U.S. Navy Award to Advance Evaporation Energy Harvesting
Posted on May 23, 2018 in ASRC News, Nanoscience Initiative
Xi Chen, an assistant professor with the Nanoscience Initiative at The Graduate Center’s Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), was awarded a $558,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to […]High-Sensitivity Microsensors on the Horizon With Design Breakthrough by Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY
Posted on May 14, 2018 in ASRC News, Photonics Initiative
NEW YORK, May 14, 2018 — Wireless microsensors have enabled new ways to monitor our environment by allowing users to measure spaces previously off limits to research, such as toxic […]Scientists Create Nanomaterials that Reconfigure in Response to Biochemical Signals
Posted on April 30, 2018 in ASRC News, Nanoscience Initiative
A newly published paper in Nature Chemistry details how a research team lead by scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center’s Nanoscience Initiative are developing self-assembling electronic nanomaterials that can […]Myelin Research Comes to the Fore
Posted on April 18, 2018 in ASRC News, Neuroscience Initiative
Neurons have long taken center stage in neuroscience research. Lately, though, the study of myelin — the specialized membrane that sheaths the axons of some neurons and which makes up […]The Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY’s Photonics Initiative Wins $7.5 Million in Research Funding from the U.S. Department of Defense
Posted on April 6, 2018 in ASRC News, Photonics Initiative
The highly competitive Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative grant will help advance metamaterials research led by Initiative Director Andrea Alù NEW YORK, April 6, 2018 — Professor Andrea Alù, director of the […]Could This Be the End of Alzheimer’s?
Posted on March 20, 2018 in ASRC News, Structural Biology Initiative
See the original post here Living well into advanced age is a true blessing — but one that is ever threatened by the looming risks of developing Alzheimer’s disease or […]Art Meets Science in Treating MS
Posted on March 19, 2018 in ASRC News, Neuroscience Initiative
For the past 15 years, Ye He, manager of the Live Imaging and Bioenergetics Facility and a research assistant professor at the Neuroscience Iniative at The Graduate Center’s Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), has been searching for […]Dr. Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle Appears in Nature Article on Liquid Phase Separation
Posted on March 14, 2018 in 5x5 Anniversary Feature, ASRC in the News, Structural Biology Initiative
A recent Nature article explores biologists’ growing understanding of how liquid phase separation might impact the development of diseases in cells. “[…] scientists around the world have jumped on the idea that phase separation can explain how cells partition the molecules swarming inside them,” said Dr. Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle […]