Research and Facilities

Our research enterprise encompasses an array of basic, translational and clinical outcomes studies, supported by cutting-edge technologies and core instrumentation facilities.

Research Highlights

9/6/11

In our program, you will study with research scientists and doctors whose contributions to medical science have earned national and international recognition.

Researcher Spotlight

9/6/11

Meet some of the world-renowned researchers with whom you can collaborate in our state-of-the-art facilities and interdisciplinary labs.

Recent Faculty Publications

2/3/12

View a listing of our faculty’s most recent publications.

Research Centers

9/6/11

Our program encourages collaborative, multidisciplinary research in well-established centers where you can work with faculty across departmental boundaries.

Core Facilities

9/6/11

Our school’s shared core instrumentation and transgenic animal facilities support research by UB faculty and investigators at our affiliated institutions. These facilities not only house state-of-the-art equipment, but in many cases also provide data analysis, training and grant writing consultation.

Researcher Spotlight

Ion Channel Structure-Function

3/7/12

Kenneth Blumenthal, PhD, is an expert in protein structures. He researches structure-function relationships in ion channels using naturally occurring toxins as probes of ion transport and gating processes. One of his goals is to design drugs directed at the target channel.
Copper and Iron Transport

8/31/11

Daniel Kosman, PhD, studies how organisms acquire and metabolize iron and copper, intrinsically toxic metals essential to cellular respiration and oxygen transport. One of his goals is to develop antifungal drugs to treat infections in humans.
Bacterial Pathogenesis

3/7/12

Thomas Russo, MD, is internationally known for his work with strains of E. coli that cause infections outside the intestine and result in morbidity worldwide due to pneumonia, urinary tract infections and meningitis.
Diabetes

4/13/12

Suzanne Laychock, PhD, is investigating the cellular mechanisms regulating insulin secretion in pancreatic cells. Her group has used pancreatic cells in primary culture to develop in vitro systems that mimic aspects of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Brain Function and Disease

3/7/12

Gabriela Popescu, PhD, is studying NMDA receptors in the brain, which are involved in synaptic development, plasticity, memory and learning, as well as in pathologies such as stroke, neurodegeneration, chronic pain, addiction, schizophrenia and epilepsy.
Molecular Parasitology

4/13/12

Noreen Williams, PhD, studies parasitic protozoans, including Trypanosoma brucei, which causes African sleeping sickness, transmitted by the tse-tse fly; and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas’ disease, transmitted by the reduviid bug.

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