Research Highlights

Learn more about the most recent discoveries and innovations happening at UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (CBLS).

Dr. Norma Nowak, one of the leaders involved with the Genomic Medicine Initiative.
Research News: Genomic Medicine
8/6/15
The University at Buffalo is uniquely positioned to help New York State become a national leader in genomic medicine.
UB receives $4 million NIH grant to study oral health in postmenopausal women
8/6/15
Study will lay foundation for research on oral microbiome and chronic diseases of aging
Yijun Sun, PhD (left), and Michael Buck, PhD, aim to better understand the interplay between the microbiome in the mouth and patients’ health.
Bioinformatics Aids $4 Million Oral Microbiome Women’s Health Study
9/17/15

Bioinformatics and genomics experts from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will contribute to a $4 million interdisciplinary study of bacteria in the mouth and periodontal disease in postmenopausal women.

When NFIX is eliminated and neural stem cells are allowed to differentiate, there is an increase in the fraction of oligodendrocytes (white), with no obvious change in astrocytes (green) or neurons (red). Cell nuclei are shown in blue. (Credit: Bo Zhou and Richard Gonostajski)
Brain equation: Subtract protein, generate myelin-making cells
8/19/15

A new way to generate oligodendrocytes has potential to enhance treatments for brain injury, MS, Alzheimer’s and more.

Pancreatic cancer treatments: US-Ireland research partnership takes novel approach
12/15/15
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers: in the United States, only 7 percent of patients survive five years after diagnosis.
Double Helix at Squire Hall on South Campus
Research Award: National Science Foundation
9/17/15
Stephen Koury and his colleagues in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, received the grant to educate regional high school teachers and recruit high school students to pursue careers in STEM fields.
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Research at UB: An Overview
8/6/15
The University at Buffalo (UB) is a premier research-intensive public university with innovative faculty and students who introduce new technologies to improve people’s daily lives.
Co-corresponding author Jun Qu
Research Publication: Proteomics
8/6/15
To explore the proteomics of the SLOS rat model, the UB researchers, led by co-corresponding author Jun Qu, used ion-current-based proteomic profiling, a relatively new and sophisticated methodology for studying proteins.
Research News: How do you turn a mosquito’s genes on and off?
7/28/16
Scientists are using machine learning to identify important sequences of DNA within the mosquito genome that regulate how the insect’s cells develop and behave.
Photo: Douglas Levere
UB lands $1.8M grant to test new seek-and-destroy cancer treatment

The five-year grant will support research that aims to use an untested method of delivering antibodies to target colon cancer cells that, if effective, could be applied to nearly any type of cancer.