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UB team proposes rethinking crystal structure analysis
3/16/26
A setback in growing light-responsive crystals led UB chemist Jason Benedict and his team to a novel method for mapping molecular arrangements.
UB researchers to study how replacement ‘forever chemicals’ build up in fish
3/16/26
Scientists from UB's RENEW Institute will investigate how fluorotelomers — once thought to be safer PFAS alternatives — penetrate zebrafish cells.
Professor Troy Wood a part of a collaborative effort to use AI to help develop new class of powerful antibodies to treat HIV
3/16/26
UB researchers Gene Morse, Raymond Cha, Nicholas Smith, Qing Ma (not pictured) and Troy Wood collaborated with the NIH and others to uncover promising new antibodies to treat HIV.

Core Electron Bonding May Not Always Require Extreme Pressure
10/3/25
A UB study led by Prof. Eva Zurek provides new insights about core electrons, including their role in the B1-B2 transition that sees a compound's atomic crystal structure rearrange from the one seen in sodium chloride (pictured) to one seen in cesium chloride.
Heppner Named Associate Editor of Journal
9/25/25
David Heppner, Jere Solo Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, has been named an associate editor of the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Journal of Medicinal chemistry - regarded as the flagship journal for drug discovery research worldwide.

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