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Jian Feng, PhD, will use a $1 million state grant to explore molecular signatures of neurons in two types of Parkinson’s disease patients.

We celebrated outstanding research, service and teaching achievements during our 2013 Faculty/Staff Recognition Awards event June 5.

UB researchers and their global collaborators are building a growing body of evidence that links changes in the brain’s thalamus region to MS.

Cevher Ozcan, MD, assistant professor of medicine, has won the 2013 Harold Brody/Medical Emeritus Faculty Society Award for Translational Research.

Richard B. Bankert, VMD, PhD, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Zhen Yan, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, have received 2013 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, delivered the 2013 Stockton Kimball Lecture “Reinforcement Pathology and Obesity” June 5.

A UB study shows that insulin injections exert a strong anti-inflammatory effect at the cellular and molecular level in Type 1 diabetics.

Teresa Quattrin, MD, is leading the local efforts of a nationwide TrialNet study in a quest to find ways to prevent, delay or reverse Type 1 diabetes.

Paul R. Knight III, MD, PhD, and Daniel J. Kosman, PhD, have been named State University of New York Distinguished Professors.

UB researchers have found that a protein complex in human breast milk can force drug-resistant bacteria to respond to antibiotics again.

Michael E. Cain, MD, vice president for health sciences, has been honored with a Leadership Buffalo Value Award for inclusion.

The UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute showcased award-winning studies and novel technologies developed jointly by UB researchers and collaborators.

Yijun Sun, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, is using a $519,000 award from the National Science Foundation to develop novel analytic methods for the study of microbial communities.

Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of medicine, is studying liraglutide, potentially a major new treatment for Type 1 diabetes.

UB researchers found that aerobic exercise may help restore normal cognitive function in patients who have suffered a concussion.

Virginia Havel, a PhD student in microbiology and immunology, has received an American Heart Association Founders Affiliate predoctoral fellowship.

Sarah X. Zhang, MD, is studying a possible mechanism underlying retinopathy and testing a novel protective agent to thwart it.

Researchers have discovered a new vaccine target for tuberculosis using a UB-patented adjuvant that boosts the potency of mucosal vaccines.

Barry S. Willer, PhD, has received the 2012 Research Award from the North American Brain Injury Society.