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Study: How to freeze-dry a potential COVID-19 vaccine
12/1/21
In Science Advances, scientists report successfully freeze-drying specialized liposomes that could be developed for use in future vaccines.
Study: Older MS patients who discontinue medications experience worsening of their disease
12/2/21
A new study provides evidence that discontinuing medications in older and previously stable MS patients results in new disease worsening/progression.
Study: Employment outcomes worse in states restricting criminal records-based discrimination
12/6/21
Research contributes to a growing body of evidence suggesting that trying to address discrimination on the basis of criminal records without addressing parallel race-based discrimination typically fails to fix either problem, and could even worsen racial disparities.
Four UB life sciences spinoffs receive new NIH funding
12/7/21
The startups are advancing projects that could help fight diseases ranging from COVID-19 to cancer to diabetes.
UB professor鈥檚 book inspires new digital exhibition
12/3/21
Cecil Foster’s “They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada” is the focus of an in-depth multimedia exhibition at the Myseum of Toronto.
UB鈥檚 Elad Levy selected as president of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons
12/6/21
Elad I. Levy, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, has been named president-elect of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).
Nursing dean Marsha Lewis to retire
12/3/21
Lewis has guided the School of Nursing through 10 years of growth in its core mission of education, research and community service.
UB receives nearly $735,000 to expand dental care for patients with disabilities in WNY
12/13/21
Funding will help resume and expand a previous initiative between the UB School of Dental Medicine and nonprofit Arc GLOW that provided dental care to patients with disabilities in the university’s mobile dental clinic.
UB receives $2.3 million grant to help prevent life-threatening drug interactions
12/7/21
The NIH-funded research will examine how tyrosine kinases affect the removal of drugs by the liver.
Yang recognized by Society for Risk Analysis with achievement award
12/8/21
Janet Yang, professor of communication in the UB College of Arts and Sciences, has received the 2021 Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Risk Analyst Award by the Society for Risk Analysi.
New book outlines innovative model for training teachers
12/10/21
A new book, co-authored by UB and Buffalo Public Schools researchers and educators, aims to provide a new blueprint for residency programs that train community members to become teachers.
What鈥檚 next at the Large Hadron Collider? UB physicists are prepping for its new run
12/14/21
A new $1.65 million grant from the National Science Foundation supports the scientists’ collaborative work to answer fundamental questions about our universe.
UB spinoff Atrevida Science aims to modernize the wind turbine
12/15/21
With roughly $400,000 in federal grants, the company is developing a turbine blade that automatically adjusts to changing winds.
Study explores pandemic-related shifts in alcohol sales across 16 U.S. states
12/20/21
Trends examined with machine-learning analysis, which could help inform public health policies.
UB alum Lawrence Tabak named acting NIH director
12/16/21
UB alumnus Lawrence Tabak has been named the acting director of the NIH by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra.
UB鈥檚 Mark Hicar has been named fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
12/16/21
, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics in the Jacobs School, has been named a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Key UB investment a decade ago helped pave the way for COVID-19 sequencing in WNY
12/23/21
During the current surge of COVID-19 cases in Western New York, a dedicated team of UB scientists has been busy sequencing and analyzing as many as 1,000 viral samples every week.
Rick Gardner to lead UB鈥檚 economic development efforts
12/21/21
A senior product development and management executive, Gardner has overseen startup ventures at UB, will replace Christina Orsi.
Omicron variant has been detected in Erie County, UB scientists report
12/22/21
The highly transmissible omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has been detected in Erie County, 麻豆传媒o scientists and Erie County health officials reported today.
Seventeen research stories from a year of discovery at UB
12/27/21
From documenting inequality in Buffalo to identifying proven oral hygiene tools for happy gums, UB scholars’ work had local and international impact in 2021.
Ages 5 and older need to show proof of vaccination for UB games
12/27/21
UB’s updated policy will take effect Jan. 1. Children 5 through 11 will be required to have at least the first dose of the vaccine to attend all athletic events at UB.
COVID-19 vaccination is critical for anyone who is pregnant or trying to conceive, urge UB physicians
12/28/21
Physicians at the Jacobs School are urging anyone who is pregnant or trying to conceive to prioritize getting all three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they can.