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Research InterestsLike 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 and B. subtilis. We combine genetics, biochemistry, biophysics, and…

Staphylococcus aureus – a study in cellular symmetryS. aureus is the leading cause of soft-tissue infections in the United States. Unlike straight-rod model organisms, Staph has an unusual “cluster of grapes” morphology. Despite decades of study,…

As the Deputy Director of the Wadsworth Center’s Clinical Trace Elements Laboratory (TREL), Dr. Palmer assists in the management of projects and activities pertaining to the multielement analyses of clinical specimens (blood, serum, urine etc.) for…

The Division of Laboratory Operations oversees the Wadsworth Center's operations at five facilities in the Albany area, totaling ~900,000 square feet of space and over 210 acres of real estate. The facilities include:Biggs Laboratory at…

Wadsworth Center and SUNY Global Health Institute collaborate to create the New York State Global Health Interface Platform. The partnership is to provide training for future public health and biomedical research professionals and strengthen…

Research InterestsOur research explores the molecular biology of bacterial viruses (phages) and other mobile genetic elements, with a focus on how they shape the ecology and evolution of bacterial pathogens. Just as our lives are shaped by viral…

APHL Honors 2024 Newborn Screening Award Winners 

New York State Laboratory Animal Welfare Program The Laboratory Animal Welfare Program Approves laboratories/institutions for the use of living animals in accordance with Public Health Law CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 1, Sections 504, 505-…

Meeting LocationsNYS DOH, Wadsworth Center, Biggs Laboratory, Sturman Conference Room, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NYNYS DOH, Metropolitan Area Regional Office, Conference Room 4A-B, 90 Church Street, New York, NYSchool of Medicine and Biomedical…

Effective January 1, 2025, the New York State Department of Health’s Newborn Screening Program’s policies regarding specimen and record retention will be changing. After that date, the program will store newborn screening records and specimens for…

From environmental projects characterizing and quantitating contaminants in our water, food and even inside us, to infectious disease projects addressing antimicrobial resistance, “one of the world’s most urgent public health problems”, and studying…

The Wadsworth Center has partnered with the Association of Public Health Laboratories to host the Public Health Lab Academy!This comprehensive summer program: We are planning to host up to 20 paid interns in projects supporting lab-related…

At this year's Laboratory Response Network for Biological Threats Preparedness (LRN-B) Technical Meeting, Biodefense Laboratory Director Michael Perry received the Excellence in Leadership Award for leadership "instrumental to the LRN-B mission" and…

Funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will Expand Biomonitoring Efforts to Identify Harmful Chemicals in New Yorkers Click above to read the press release and below to learn more about the programs.

Beverly Rauch, Deputy Director of the Division of Laboratory Quality Certification and Director of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program (CLEP) was a guest on LabMind, an ARUP Laboratories’ education department podcast.  Beverly…

Dr. Michael Perry joined the Wadsworth Center in 2009 as a Research Scientist in the Biodefense Laboratory. He transitioned to the Laboratory Supervisor in 2014, the Associate Director in 2021, and finally to the Laboratory Director in 2024.Dr.…

​Read about infectious disease fellow Majie Foster and how her "sense of service crossed from the military to the laboratory."

Center Will Be a Major Contributor to Federal Influenza SurveillanceSee the New York State Department of Health Press Release

Five-Year Contract Enables Department to Advance Understanding of the Bacterium Causing Lyme DiseaseRead the New York State Department of Health press release.