• unhealthy mitochondria.
    Scientists examine how protein attacks cell’s powerhouses
    8/24/21

    UB biologists explore how alpha-synuclein, associated with Parkinson’s disease, damages mitochondria, organelles that produce most of a cell’s energy.

  • Dean Robert G. Shibley meets with Team UB-Alfred in UB's SMART Fabrication Factory to review progress of their ceramic facade prototype.
    Research team advances ceramic façade prototype
    8/20/21

    The UB project with Alfred University opens new possibilities in user-generated architecture and sculptural geometries in terra cotta.

  • Concept of a power pose—woman stands with her hands on her hips.
    Attractiveness pays off at work
    8/19/21

    But there's a trick to level the playing field, according to new research from the School of Management.

  • Concept of a net tethered to a satellite collecting "space junk.".
    Engineer studies net-shooting robots that corral space debris
    8/18/21

    Imagine a satellite shooting a web — like Spiderman — to capture and control debris, says UB grant recipient Eleonora Botta.

  • Concept of child neglect featuring a young child sitting alone at a window.
    UB researcher receives grant to study child neglect
    8/18/21

    While neglect represents about 75% of child protection cases, it remains understudied compared to other types of child maltreatment.

  • Illustration depicting coronavirus variants.
    Updates on delta variant, long COVID
    8/17/21

    UB researchers tackle two new topics emerging in discussions of COVID-19.

  • UB biochemist Jennifer Surtees and Donald Yergeau, associate director of genomic technologies in the Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, work together on genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV2.
    Delta dominates
    8/13/21

    Virtually all Western New Yorkers who are now infected with COVID-19 have the delta variant, UB scientists say, making vaccinations, masking and social distancing increasingly important.

  • Choir singing, conductor in foreground.
    What a song reveals about vocal imitation deficits for autistic individuals
    8/12/21

    The study's findings have broad implications when thinking about the challenges associated with autism.

  • Joseph Balthasar in the lab.
    UB receives grant to make cancer treatments less toxic
    8/10/21

    Using a new class of drugs developed at UB, researchers aim to prevent anticancer toxins from harming healthy tissue.

  • Pamela Paplham.
    Paplham named fellow
    8/10/21

    The UB faculty member is being recognized for her leadership and expertise by the American Academy of Nursing.

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