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For bacteria, sharing genetic information can be critical to survival. It can also make them fitter, better pathogens, and more able to evade the immune system and resist antibiotics. One way bacteria share their genetic information is by a process…

Former Arbovirus Laboratory Director and ProMED Co-founder Jack Woodall January 13, 1935 – October 24, 2016 Dr. Woodall lived in many countries and worked in even more throughout his lifetime. What follows is by no means a complete list…

Beginning on January 9, 2017, the New York State Department of Health Rabies Laboratory will no longer routinely staff the laboratory on weekends or holidays unless the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control (BCDC) has approved a request for…

In a November 4 press release, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautioned that Candida auris had been detected for the first time in the US in four states: New York, Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey.These results follow CDC’s Clinical…

A videoconferencing site will be available at:NYS DOH David Axelrod Institute, Auditorium AB, 120 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY.The Board solicits, receives, reviews and recommends applications for biomedical research awards.To attend this meeting…

FERN was formed in response to the anthrax attacks that followed 9/11. It was then and is now a network of local, state and federal laboratories which contributes testing capability and capacity, relieving the burden to other agencies that also test…

Pushing the Boundaries of Cryo-Electron MicroscopyWe’ve all left a water bottle in the freezer overnight only to find it bulging the next morning. That’s what water does when it freezes. It expands, right?Not always.Did you know, it is possible to…

The New York State Multiple Sclerosis Research Fund was established in 2004 for the purpose of funding scientific research into the causes and/or treatment of multiple sclerosis. Funds may be obtained through grants, gifts, or bequests, and…

Laboratories applying for or holding a New York State (NYS) clinical laboratory permit must participate in proficiency testing (PT) as defined by NYS (NYS mandated PT).  NYS mandated PT includes all tests/analytes offered by the laboratory that…

How can scientists, who represent approximately 2.5% of the total workforce, communicate effectively with the rest of us? This was the topic of an interactive workshop held recently at the Wadsworth Center. The American Society of Microbiology…

A new search tool is available to help laboratories find providers and products that meet NYS proficiency testing (PT) requirements for analytes described in 42 CFR Subparts H and/or I. Laboratories are required to notify CLEP of their PT…

An article published recently in EBioMedicine describes a new multiplex serologic assay developed by Wadsworth Center’s Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory Director, Dr. Susan Wong, in collaboration with Dr. Pei-Yong Shi of the University of Texas…

Wadsworth Center One of Four Laboratories in the Nation Chosen to Pilot Use of a Web Application and Next Generation Sequencing to Fight HCV TransmissionThe CDC estimates that between 2.7 and 3.9 million people in the United States have chronic…

Drs. Derbyshire and Gray have backgrounds in prokaryotic and human molecular biology respectively, and now we combine our expertise and enthusiasm in deciphering the molecular biology of mycobacteria. We use the genetically amenable Mycobacterium…

   Todd Gray, PhDTodd likes to dream up new areas of investigation, and tinkers at the bench just enough to give those projects an initial push before handing them off. He enjoys the relative ease of Mycobacterium smegmatis as a…

Distributive Conjugal Transfer We have described a novel DNA transfer system in M. smegmatis that involves the transfer of chromosomal DNA between defined donor and recipient strains. The transconjugant genomes are a mosaic blend of the…

Video Gallery ESX-1 primarily associates with the old “non-septal” pole. M. smegmatis cells expressing a fusion of msmeg0046::yfp were imaged every 10 mins in a heated growth chamber. The fluorescent fusion…

Dr. Kannan, of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, is recognized as the 2017 recipient of the Lawrence S. Sturman Excellence in Research Award for his profound impact and contribution to the field of biomonitoring and environmental…