June 4, 2025: FMRG: Bio: Manufacturing Multi-dimensional Culture Systems with Integrated Measurement and Manipulation Technologies. Partners: Neural Stem Cell Institute, Binghamton University, Hudson Valley Community College, Bronx Community College, SUNY Polytechnic Institute. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2428289&HistoricalAwards=false 

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November 21, 2024: Sharfstein laboratory partnership with DeepSeq.AI profiled in UAlbany research news UAlbany research news

December 11, 2024: Fernando Pesantez Torres receives a NSF INTERN supplement to work with Applied Biophysics. Congratulations Fernando!

December 12, 2024: Susan Sharfstein, Benjamin Bayer, Francisco Conesa Buendía share their thoughts on Cell Culture Trends to Watch in 2025 with Bioprocess Online

December 29, 2024: Albany Times Union profiles research in the Sharfstein laboratory - Albany Times Union

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Recent publications

Journal Articles

  1. J. Allisha, J. Das, T. Dunnigan, S.T. Sharfstein, P. Datta, Stipulations of Cell and Gene Therapy and the ties to Biomanufacturing, Biotechnology Progress, (2025) in press https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.3521
  2. Sujith Chander Reddy Kollampally, Xulang Zhang, Nicholas Moskwa, Deirdre A. Nelson, Susan T. Sharfstein, Melinda Larsen, and Yubing Xie, Evaluation of Alginate Hydrogel Microstrands for Stromal Cell Encapsulation and Maintenance, Bioengineering, 11(4): 375 (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11040375,
  3. Oduah, S.T. Sharfstein, N. Seetharamu, S. Grossman, and L. Litovchick, Proteasome inhibition paradoxically degrades gain-of-function mutant p53 R273H in NSCLC and could have therapeutic implications, Frontiers in Oncology, 14: 1363543 (2024) doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1363543 .
  4. *S.C. Rose, M. Larsen, Y. Xie, and  S.T. Sharfstein, Salivary Gland Bioengineering, Bioengineering 11: 28 (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11010028
  5. Ramesh, P., Pena, R., Morrissey, J.M. et al. Cryoelectrospun elastin-alginate scaffolds as potential cell delivery vehicles for mesenchymal stromal cell therapy. Sci Rep 15, 19847 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-03822-x 

Book Chapters

  1. Hussain Dahodwala and Susan T. Sharfstein, “The ‘Omics revolution in CHO biology: Roadmap to improved CHO productivity” - revised, in Heterologous Protein Production in CHO Cells, Methods and Protocols, 2nd edition, Meleady, ed. Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press (2025). v2853, Ch. 9, p119-138.
  2. Ranya Pranomphon, Vijay Tejwani, Hussain Dahodwala, Montarop Yamabhai, and Susan T. Sharfstein, “Metabolic and process engineering to control glycan structures for biopharmaceuticals produced in cultured mammalian cells” in Bioprocessing, Bioengineering and Process Chemistry in the Biopharmaceutical Industry: Using Chemistry and Bioengineering to Improve the Performance of Biologics. Gadamasetti and S. A. Kolodziej, eds., Springer Nature, (2024), Ch. 6, p 135-168 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62007-2_6