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Dr. Musser is the Clinical Director of the Wadsworth Center’s David Axelrod Institute which includes the Infectious Disease Laboratories: Bacteriology, Biodefense, Bloodborne Virus, Diagnostic Immunology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology and…

The Molecular Methods Development Team (MMD) in the Laboratory of Viral Diseases (LVD) evaluates high complexity diagnostic assays and platforms in order to enhance molecular-based diagnostics in virology and support the ability of the Wadsworth…

Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) is a rapidly growing environmental species of mycobacteria. It causes skin and soft tissue infections post trauma and surgery as well as broncho-pulmonary infection and acute respiratory failure in patients with…

We study the molecular basis of persistence of one of the deadliest bacterial pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which kills over a million people every year. Mtb is the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB), which has inflicted…

The main research focus of the rabies laboratory is developing and improving rabies diagnostic tools. Some current projects include validating a real-time RT- PCR assay for use as a confirmatory test to the dFAT, a real time RT-PCR assay capable of…

Newborn screening, beginning with implementation of a test for phenylketonuria in the 1960's, is one of the most successful public health programs in the US. Within days of birth, blood samples are collected via heel stick onto Guthrie filter paper…

The primary objectives of this lab are to combine expertise in transgenic technologies with reproductive sciences in an effort to generate relevant mouse models and to study developmental and genetic origins of disease. Successful reproduction…

The primary research aim of the newborn screening lysosomal storage disease (LSD) and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) screening laboratory is to simplify and automate published low capacity newborn screening assays in order to transform them…

I am the Director of the Wadsworth Center Protein Expression Core. This core performs recombinant expression and purification of proteins in E. coli, insect and mammalian expression systems. I have over 30 years of experience in the field and…

Dr. Tran’s research at the Wadsworth Center involves the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) program of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences. His primary work focuses on the analysis of unknown chemicals in foods including toxic…

Dr. Ciota is the Director of the Arbovirus Laboratory, which performs surveillance, clinical testing, and research of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses). The lab studies both mosquito and tick-borne agents including the flaviviruses West Nile…

The New York State (NYS) Newborn Screening (NBS) Program at Wadsworth Center screens all NYS newborns for over 45 conditions including cystic fibrosis, hemoglobinopathies, congenital hypothyroidism, severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and…

As a member of the Bioinformatics Core, I am actively working on a multitude of projects, both research and clinical, involving whole genome and targeted sequencing of clinical pathogens. My specific area of expertise is centered on bacterial…

The gut-associated immune system protects the host against orally invasive pathogens while mounting tolerance towards a myriad of commensal bacteria and food antigens to avoid unnecessary inflammation and food allergies.  Severe combined…

The Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory (NCL) is responsible for mandated radiological surveillance in New York State, radiological emergency response, research, and teaching in radiological sciences.The radiological surveillance program provides data to…

As the Director of the Bioinformatics Core my research interests encompass the convergence of molecular biology and computer science. With a focus on next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis, research computing, phylogenomics, antibiotic…

My research explores the molecular biology of bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) and other mobile genetic parasites with a focus on how they shape the ecology and evolution of bacteria. For as long as I can remember I have been captivated with the…

Like animals, bacteria grow in many different shapes, but almost everything that we know about bacterial shape is based on straight rod-shaped cells like E. coli. We combine genetics, biochemistry, biophysics, and cell biology to discover the unique…

Trace elements play a critical role in many processes and the demand for determining their chemical forms and concentrations in samples of economic, technological, and environmental importance has steadily increased in the last few decades.…

Dr. Hattenrath’s primary area of expertise is in waterborne pathogens, phytoplankton (harmful algal bloom) ecology and molecular biology. Her graduate research focused on assessing the effects of nutrients, community interactions, and ocean…