The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is mourning the loss of K. Nicholas Leibovic, PhD, professor emeritus of biophysics at the University at Buffalo, who died June 28 at age 105.
An interdisciplinary and international team of researchers is using a National Institutes of Health grant to investigate how astrocytes — star-shaped brain cells that support neurons — contribute to the link between prenatal viral infections and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, ADHD and schizophrenia.
The Office of Biomedical Education conducted its 10th annual PhD white coat ceremony May 21 to recognize 30 biomedical sciences students matching to their doctoral laboratories.
The UB chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science, or SACNAS, has received provisional approval as an official SACNAS chapter.
