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Three Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members performed surgeries that were broadcast live to the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) Conference in Las Vegas.

Alan J. Lesse, MD, senior associate dean for medical curriculum, simply could not wipe the smile off his face Monday morning.

Aesha Y. Desai, PhD, postdoctoral associate in the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, has earned an American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)/European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Minorities Affairs Committee Travel Award for her research in the role of nanophotonics in stem cell regulation.

The vision that was a decade in the making was celebrated on Tuesday with the grand opening of the spectacular new home of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

The value of interprofessional collaboration in dealing with the opioid crisis was highlighted as students and staff from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences joined other UB schools of study during a forum on opioid dependence.

Six years after the decision was made to relocate the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences downtown, the move-in is underway.

The late Peter Ayers Nickerson, PhD, a faculty member who spent nearly 50 years teaching in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has given $4.5 million to the school.

John E. Tomaszewski, MD, has been installed as the inaugural Peter A. Nickerson, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences.

Twenty-four faculty with varied research and clinical experience from 10 different departments have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.