• Mother wearing a mask adjusts the mask her young daughter is wearing.
    Study aims to map the air pollution in front of our faces
    8/1/19

    A $528,000 NASA grant awarded to UB RENEW scientist Kang Sun will examine levels of pollutants in “near-surface” air pollution.

  • Karthik Dantu talks with a student in the lab.
    National awards highlight strength of UB’s investigators
    7/31/19

    Early-career faculty have received a record 11 National Science Foundation CAREER awards in 2019, along with a U.S. presidential early career award.

  • Sanjay Sethi and Tim Murphy.
    New approach to treating COPD
    7/30/19

    UB researchers have received an NIH grant to develop a method to selectively ‘disarm’ specific pathogens.

  • Woman with eyes closed sniffs a glass or red wine.
    Compound in red wine may lead to new anxiety treatments
    7/30/19

    A UB-led study found that resveratrol, found in grape skin, shuts down a depression-causing enzyme in brain.

  • University at Buffalo logo.
    Autschbach named UB Distinguished Professor
    7/26/19

    The designation recognizes full professors who have achieved true distinction and are leaders in their fields.

  • A frustrated- or disappointed-looking woman eating a healthy meal including broccoli in a kitchen setting.
    Give broccoli a chance
    7/26/19

    UB research shows how the taste of bitter foods changes as repeated consumption alters the constellation of salivary proteins.

  • Long table filled with fruits and vegetables.
    Veggie Van study awards funding
    7/24/19

    Nine partners — including two in Buffalo — will either start or expand a mobile produce market as part of a UB research project.

  • Dna genomes sequencing.
    Personalized approach for Alzheimer's
    7/22/19

    UB researchers’ insights into a target that succeeded in animals but failed in humans reveal a new paradigm for screening Alzheimer’s drugs.

  • The gene FGFR1 in its natural state and the gene when exposed to laser light, which causes the gene to activate and deactivate.
    Scientists wirelessly hack ‘boss’ gene
    7/19/19

    The advancement, made possible by tiny photonic implants, could lead to new treatments for cancer and mental disorders like schizophrenia.

  • Shermain Aponte (fourth from left), a University of Puerto Rico at Cayey student, is a participant in UB’s CHEM 360° summer research program. UB chemists supporting her include (from left to right, excluding Aponte): professor Diana Aga, Aponte’s faculty research mentor; faculty members Timothy Cook and Jason Benedict, the program’s organizers; professor Luis Colón, who helped recruit Aponte to the program; and PhD student Grace Guardian, a research mentor.
    Becoming a well-rounded scientist
    7/18/19

    The Department of Chemistry’s CHEM 360° initiative offers undergrads a summer of lab work, as well as instruction on ethics and social media.

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