Department News

  • UB Professor’s Ontology Work Recognized in an International Standard
    4/28/22
    The International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission have approved Basic Formal Ontology as having met international standardization criteria for Top-Level Ontologies; this is the first piece of philosophy to have been accepted through a standardization process of this sort.
  • Easing Screening Process for COVID-19 Antiviral Drugs
    11/30/21

    A team of researchers in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have developed a new, high-throughput screening method designed to quickly screen antiviral candidates against the SARS-CoV2 virus.

  • MD-PhD Program Student Has Paper and Interview Published
    11/17/21

    A trainee in the MD-PhD Program has published a first-author paper in the Journal of Cell Science and was featured in one of the journal’s “First Person” interviews to highlight the study.

  • Human Growth Hormone Receptor Gene Studied
    11/5/21

    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers are involved in a study that delves into the evolution and function of the human growth hormone receptor gene and asks what forces in humanity’s past may have driven changes to this vital piece of DNA.

  • 10 Medical School Awardees Honored for Excellence
    11/3/21

    Nine faculty members and a staff member from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for notable achievement and service at the 18th annual University at Buffalo Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence. 

  • Startup’s AI-Based Software Complements Medical Imaging
    11/1/21

    A company founded by University at Buffalo researchers is looking to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to improve treatment of vascular lesions in the brain, starting with intracranial aneurysms.

  • Record 163 Posters Presented at Celebration of Scholarship
    9/20/21

    Four medical residents, three medical students and one postdoctoral associate earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the Office of Graduate Medical Education’s third annual Celebration of Scholarship.

  • UB Awards 278 Biomedical Science Degrees; 33 Earn PhDs
    6/7/21

    Thirty-three doctoral, 61 master’s and 184 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

  • Jacobs School Students Lauded for Academic Excellence
    4/30/21

    Fifteen students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored for outstanding achievements at the University at Buffalo’s 2021 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.