The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences celebrated scientific achievements, outstanding service and significant teaching contributions during its 2015 Faculty and Staff Recognition Awards event.
The University at Buffalo welcomed 46 exemplary medical students, residents, fellows and faculty members into its Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
University at Buffalo researchers have identified the minimum genetic requirement needed to generate retinal ganglion cells — key neuronal cells that connect the eye’s retina to the brain.
At the 2015 Medical Student Research Forum, aspiring physician-scientists showcased 45 original research projects they conducted at the University at Buffalo, its partner health care agencies and institutions nationwide.
For the ninth year, the Department of Ophthalmology has received an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness to support research on vision processes and disease.
University at Buffalo physician-scientists are engaged in 150 cutting-edge biomedical science research projects through the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System.
University at Buffalo researchers have discovered that two transcription factors regulate the formation of multiple early-stage neurons in the retina during embryonic development.
University at Buffalo researchers — including an ophthalmology resident — have successfully used a smartphone app to image the back of the eye, or fundus, in patients who can be particularly challenging to examine: newborns and children.
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.
