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University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a promising new drug lead that works by inhibiting the sophisticated bacterial communication system called quorum sensing.

Research by a University at Buffalo planetary geologist suggests that generally accepted estimates about the geologic age of surfaces on Mars -- which influence theories about its history and whether or not it once sustained life -- could be way off.

University at Buffalo law student John Haberstroh will discuss "Japanese Wartime Forced Labor: Litigation by Korean and Chinese Victims" on Jan. 31 during the first lecture of the spring semester of the "Asia at Noon" brown-bag lunch series sponsored by the Asian Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Fertility researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that nicotine and cotinine, a substance produced by nicotine's breakdown, cause sperm to change in ways that could reduce fertility potential.

Binge drinking by African Americans who drink appears to negate the protective health effects seen in most groups who, as in this population, consume moderate amounts of alcohol in general, researchers at the University at Buffalo have found.

As the world moves into the information age, the international telecommunications network has become denser, more centralized and more highly integrated -- signs that point to globalization and an increase in Western cultural and economic influence. A study by an internationally recognized communication expert at the University at Buffalo, however, suggests that the decades-long tendency toward Internet dominance by the United States, Canada and Western Europe may be changing as the regions of the world begin to cluster into mutual-interest groups.

Poet, novelist and critic Nathaniel Mackey and Marjorie Perloff, one of the foremost and influential American critics of our time, will be among the literary figures who will speak and read this semester as part of "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS," the bi-annual series presented by the Poetics Program in the University at Buffalo Department of English.

University at Buffalo volcanologist Michael F. Sheridan has been near dangerous volcanoes before, but at 9 p.m. on Jan. 20, audiences across the U.S. will see just how close he got to the fiery blasts of Ecuador's Tungurahua when the show, "Ultimate Guide: Volcanoes" premieres on the Discovery Channel.

Michael E. Bernardino, M.D., announced today that he is resigning effective Feb. 14 as vice president for health affairs at the University at Buffalo and dean of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. At the same time, UB President William R. Greiner announced the appointment of Margaret W. Paroski, M.D., the medical school's senior associate dean for academic affairs and admissions, as interim vice president for health affairs and interim dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Three All-Americans, the most prolific scorers and offensive threats in the history of football and women's basketball at the University at Buffalo, and an outstanding coach/administrator will be inducted into the UB Alumni Association's Athletic Hall of Fame on Feb. 21.