Department News

Donation Creates Fund to Honor Holm, Commercialize Research
2/2/12
A $1 million donation honoring SUNY Distinguished Professor Bruce Holm, PhD, will help translate inventions and discoveries made by UB faculty into products and treatments.
CURCA Funds Students’ Research into the Heart and Brain
1/27/12
UB’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA) has awarded funding to two students conducting research in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
Pendergast Receives 2011 Stockton Kimball Award
11/23/11
David Pendergast, EdD, is regarded worldwide for his expertise in hyperbaric medicine and exercise physiology.
UB Experts on Parkinson’s Draw Capacity Crowd Before Fox’s Talk
10/26/11
Jian Feng, PhD, and Thomas J. Guttuso, MD, lectured on their research prior to a talk delivered by actor Michael J. Fox as part of the UB Distinguished Speakers Series.
Transgenic Mouse Model May Yield Clues to Understanding Autism
10/6/11
UB researchers have developed the first transgenic mouse model of a rare genetic disorder that could improve understanding of autism and lead to more targeted treatments.
Faculty Honored at Celebration of Excellence Event
9/19/11
Seven faculty were recognized for excellence and innovation at an event held during Inauguration Week.
Murphy, Hogan Share Dean's Award
6/17/11
Honored by Dean Cain for their respective efforts with the school’s CTSA application and LCME review.
Glenna Bett, PhD, Receives Gates Foundation Grant
5/11/11
Glenna Bett, PhD, will use her Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a device that could reduce perinatal deaths worldwide.
Exceptional Scholar, Teaching Innovation Awards
5/9/11
Three faculty in our school have received UB’s Exceptional Scholar or Teaching Innovation Awards for 2011.
Start-Up Company Targets Muscular Dystrophy
11/10/10
The FDA has designated a peptide from tarantula venom as an orphan drug. UB biophysicist Frederick Sachs, PhD, hopes it will lead to development of a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.