Success Stories

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
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.
Zurek Wins 2014 CMOA Award
Research News: Zurek Wins 2014 CMOA Award
6/23/15
Carnegie/DOE Alliance Center Academic Partner and UB Associate Professor, Eva Zurek wins the international "Promising Young Scientist Award" given to young scientists for outstanding achievements in chemistry and physics.
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.

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
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.
Sentient Science
Research Grant: Sentient Science and UB Receive $150,000 Phase 1 Grant
6/23/15
Sentient Science and the CMI faculty were recently awarded funding from the U.S. Navy Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) for their proposed Bioelectronic Fusion Sensor System. 
Research Publication: High-Throughput Quantum Chemistry
6/23/15
Lead candidates for high-performance organic photovoltaics from high-throughput quantum chemistry – the Harvard Clean Energy Project
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.

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.