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The Office of Research and Graduate Education conducted its sixth annual white coat ceremony to recognize 19 students from the Class of 2021-2022 in the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences (PPBS) who are matching to their doctoral laboratories.

Twenty-eight doctoral, 62 master’s and 205 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

New research led by Jian Feng, PhD, professor of physiology and biophysics, has important implications for developing future treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD), a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement, often including tremors.

Sixteen students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored for outstanding achievements at the University at Buffalo’s 2022 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.

Two doctoral students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are among the recipients of the state’s second annual Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) awards.

Research in the laboratory of Zhen Yan, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of physiology and biophysics, has revealed the biological mechanisms behind a key risk gene that plays a role in a number of brain diseases, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Preclinical research in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences that investigated the origins of pain sensation has led to the development of a novel and durable treatment for inflammatory pain that could be a promising alternative to opioids.

Four researchers who worked in the laboratory of Zhen Yan, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of physiology and biophysics, are putting their scientific talents to use in new positions.

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.