• Margarita Dubocovich.
    Dubocovich to receive Axelrod award from ASPET
    1/14/22

    An expert on the role of melatonin, the UB pharmacologist's work builds upon that of her mentor and colleague Axelrod, a Nobel Prize winner.

  • pile of edibles.
    Users call delta-8-THC delta-9’s ‘nicer younger sibling’
    1/13/22

    First-of-its-kind research with an industry partner comes when many states are restricting delta-8-THC while legalizing the more potent delta-9.

  • From left, KN95, N95 and surgical face masks.
    UB expert provides mask guidance
    1/11/22

    With omicron surging, UB infectious disease expert Thomas Russo says all masks are not created equal.

  • Nalini Ratha.
    Ratha named fellow of National Academy of Inventors
    1/11/22

    The Empire Innovation Professor of Computer Science and Engineering holds more than 85 patents as either an inventor or co-inventor.

  • Shopping cart filled with bottles of alcohol.
    Study explores pandemic-related shifts in alcohol sales
    1/10/22

    Trends examined with machine-learning analysis could help inform public health policies.

  • Various people—some wearing masks, some not—pictured in a city scape with coronavirus particles floating in the air.
    Grad students take part in national study on mask-wearing
    1/7/22

    Erie County results show that mask compliance was highest in June, when the region’s COVID-19 rate was low.

  • Drs. Jennifer Surtees and Don Yergeau sequence samples from Covid-19 tests.
    Omicron cases climb in WNY
    1/6/22

    Don’t be misled by reports of “mild omicron,” UB researchers caution.

  • Luquillo Beach, Puerto Rico.
    Study finds lower risk of breast cancer with more sun exposure
    1/6/22

    While recent recommendations have been to limit sun exposure to prevent skin cancer, there may also be a benefit to some sun exposure scientists say.

  • Lychee tree.
    Colorful story about colorful fruit
    1/5/22

    Radiant and flavorful, lychees were so beloved that they were domesticated not just once in ancient times, but independently in two different regions of China, a new study finds.

  • Jennifer Surtees, Gail Burstein and Carleen Pope.
    UB investment helped pave way for COVID sequencing
    1/5/22

    Work underway at UB’s CBLS has been key to the effort that sequences and analyzes as many as 1,000 viral samples every week.

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