Success Stories

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 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.
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
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.
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.

NSF.
Research Award: Collaborative Grant from the Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) Program of the National Science Foundation
6/23/15
August 26, 2014, Dr. Chong Cheng was awarded with a collaborative grant from the Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) program of the National Science Foundation. 
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.
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.