Nine faculty and one staff member from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for notable achievement and service at the 11th annual UB Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
Anthony A. Campagnari, PhD, professor of microbiology/immunology and medicine, will use novel biofilm and animal models to study key disease mechanisms and infection-causing phenotypes of a prominent middle ear pathogen.
Kenneth Seldeen, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Medicine, won first place for his research poster on vitamin D insufficiency and physical performance decline at the University at Buffalo's sixth annual postdoctoral research symposium.
Bioinformatics and genomics experts from the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will contribute to a $4 million, interdisciplinary study of bacteria in the mouth and periodontal disease in postmenopausal women.
The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences celebrated outstanding research, service and teaching achievements during its 2014 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards event May 29.
As part of its continued commitment to understanding and fighting heart disease, the American Heart Association (AHA) has awarded the University at Buffalo an additional $348,000 for student and faculty research projects.
Ira Jacob Blader, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, will build on prior research to identify and explore a key host cell pathway essential for the growth of the infection-causing parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
University at Buffalo experiments from a day care center have revealed that two common bacteria persist on various surfaces for extended periods of time.
With the ultimate goal of designing new immunotherapeutic strategies, Richard B. Bankert, VMD, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, and his team are working to re-activate cancer-killing T cells in a tumor’s microenvironment.
At the 2013 Honors Convocation ceremony, 156 medical students were recognized for their meritorious performance in coursework and outstanding achievements.