Robert L. Glaser, PhD
Research Interests
As Director of the Division of Laboratory Operations, Dr. Glaser provides overall programmatic, staffing, and budgetary guidance and direction to all programs within the Division, ensuring the best possible support services to all the Center's programs. The Division oversees the Wadsworth Center's operations at five facilities in the Albany area totaling ~900,000 square feet of space, including the Biggs Laboratory, David Axelrod Institute, Griffin Laboratories, and Life Sciences Innovation Building. The Division is comprised of the following programs:
- Facilities Management - engineering; maintenance; custodial and transportation services; scientific equipment maintenance
and repair. - Safety Office - biological, chemical, fire, occupational, environmental, radiation safety, regulatory compliance.
- Mail, Receiving, Shipping - receiving and ship out of mail, supplies and equipment.
- Asset Management - management of all equipment and instrumentation.
- Glassware and Laundry Services
- State Lab Order Desk - coordinate assembly and ship out of diagnostic sampling kits.
- Multimedia Services - oversee internal and external web sites, photography and design services.
Dr. Glaser joined the Wadsworth Center in 1993 as a research scientist with training and expertise in the areas of medical entomology and insect genetics. His research focused on the impact of genetic variation in mosquitoes on transmission of arboviral diseases, the role of bacterial symbionts in control of mosquito vector competence and using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system to study histones, transcriptional regulating, and the etiology of lysosomal storage diseases.