Announcing Our 2020–2024 Strategic Plan
Posted on May 20, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Friends, This spring concludes our celebration of the ASRC’s fifth year of work. We have recognized this milestone through a series of events that have engaged the CUNY community and other stakeholders in reflecting on how we will best pursue our vision: a world where human, societal and environmental well-being are vastly improved because ofRead More [...]
The ASRC Sensor CAT to Fund Fast-Track COVID-19 Research
Posted on April 8, 2020
More than 100 scientists from 22 research institutions and 15 companies joined the CUNY ASRC Sensor CAT on April 7th for a call-to-action webinar. [...]
CUNY Names Robin Garrell as The Graduate Center’s Next President
Posted on March 30, 2020
The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York today voted to appoint the next president of The Graduate Center. To lead The Graduate Center — CUNY’s prestigious hub of research and graduate education for the public good — the Trustees appointed Robin L. Garrell, vice provost for graduate education and graduate divisionRead More [...]
Researchers Identify Starting Point for Designing Drugs That Cure Clostridium Difficile
Posted on January 3, 2020
Scientists combined multiple advanced molecular imaging techniques to characterize and understand how C. diff toxins work [...]
Seeding Science
Posted on December 12, 2019
ASRC Seed Grants Helped These CUNY Scientists Move from Ideas to Funded and Published Research [...]
This Discovery Could Diminish Drug Side Effects
Posted on November 18, 2019
Research by Professor Amédée des Georges at the Advanced Science Research Center could lead to longer lasting drugs that are less addictive and risky. Preventing drug side effects, including addiction, heart failure, and impotence, has been an elusive goal for scientists. But a study published today in the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology couldRead More [...]
NSF and NIH Grants Totaling $6.4 Million Go to Three CUNY ASRC Scientists
Posted on September 27, 2019
Three researchers at the CUNY ASRC have been awarded multi-year, federal agency grants to address topics in protein regulation and the response of the U.S.’s food-energy-water systems to climate change. [...]
ASRC Researcher Igor Dikiy Named A Finalist for the 2019 Blavatnik Regional Awards
Posted on September 4, 2019
Dikiy is being recognized for using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to complete the first study of G-protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) fast sidechain dynamics. [...]
Illuminating Science with Liquid Light
Posted on May 21, 2019
On a recent Friday evening inside the reclaimed planetarium of The City College of New York’s Marshak Science Building, a group of students, faculty, local artists and other guests sat transfixed by a constantly morphing liquid light show projected onto the domed ceiling. In the corner of the room, artist Steve Pavlovsky mixed a bitRead More [...]
Light-Driven Signaling of Bacteria May Provide Clues for How to Defeat Dangerous Infections
Posted on February 26, 2019
