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UB Neurosurgery Residents Achieve Among Highest Scores on National Board Exam
7/11/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Residents in the University at Buffalo’s neurosurgery program achieved among the 10 highest scores on the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) primary examination five times over the past 21 years, according to data compiled and released by the ABNS.
Why do females respond better to stress? UB animal study suggests it’s because of estrogen in the brain
7/9/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The idea that females are more resilient than males in responding to stress is a popular view, and now University at Buffalo researchers have found a scientific explanation. The paper describing their embargoed study will be published July 9 online, in the high-impact journal, Molecular Psychiatry.
O’Donnell named dean of UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
7/2/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — James M. O’Donnell, associate dean for research in the School of Medicine and assistant vice president for research in the Health Sciences Center at West Virginia University, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
UB’s new CTRC imaging center is Western New York’s first devoted exclusively to research
7/1/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo biomedical researchers now have round-the-clock access to the most advanced imaging scanners available, as a result of four major acquisitions in the new imaging facility in UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC).
Engineering students invited by Rep. Chris Collins to address Congress June 27 about hospital discharge app
6/25/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Listen to your mother.
UB Technology Incubator named world’s top life sciences university business incubator
6/17/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Technology Incubator has been named the world’s top life sciences university incubator by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, a Stockholm-based startup that provides expertise in starting and transforming incubators.
New study finds chemical TMT, even at low levels, may contribute to the global kidney stone epidemic
6/14/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A study by researchers at UB and three Chinese research institutions is the first to demonstrate that low-level occupational exposure to the industrial chemical trimethyltin chloride (TMT) may be a risk factor for nephrolithiasis, or kidney stones.
Dangerous strains of E. coli may linger longer in water than benign counterparts, study finds
6/13/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A toxin dangerous to humans may help E. coli fend off aquatic predators, enabling strains of E. coli that produce the toxin to survive longer in lake water than benign counterparts, a new study finds.
Media Advisory: Buffalo’s next high-tech entrepreneurs put ideas to the test at Pre-Seed Workshop
6/11/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ten budding entrepreneurs in the life sciences and high-tech fields will evaluate their ideas in a risk-free environment at a Pre-Seed Workshop hosted by the University at Buffalo’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
UB, Empire Genomics partner with Life Technologies to accelerate innovative, genetics-based clinical research in Western New York
6/5/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. and CARLSBAD, Calif. — Empire Genomics, Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) and the University at Buffalo will embark on a new partnership to develop world-class gene sequencing facilities for genetics-based clinical research on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

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