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    • Gokcumen’s research traces the source of salivary proteins
    • Medler challenges conventional notions of how taste works
    • Gunawardena's research devoted to understanding HTT’s role in cell biology and health
    • Why do scientists use baker’s yeast in the lab?
    • Victor Albert studies tandem gene duplication in Gardenia jasminoides
    • Hoekstra's bees are happy
    • Nicole Wong wins UB Graduate School’s Excellence in Teaching Award
    • Yuna’s world, and the world of FOXG1 research
    • Krabbenhoft co-curates the Fish and Climate Change Database (FiCli)
    • PLOS Genetics publishes research by Vincent Lynch
    • Biological Sciences majors win 2020 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence
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  • Invoking 25th Amendment will further divide nation
    1/11/21

    UB political scientist James Campbell likens invoking the amendment to remove President Trump from office to throwing gasoline on a bonfire.

  • Boosting student success in STEM-gateway courses
    1/12/21

    An NSF grant to UB psychologist Lora Park will focus on feedback strategies that may improve students’ confidence in classes such as intro calculus.

  • Increasing diversity in dentistry
    1/12/21

    Destination Dental School aims to remove barriers to careers in dentistry for students of color.

  • New insights on role of MLL4 gene in Kabuki syndrome
    1/13/21

    The research suggests that MLL4 controls the production of neurons that are vital to growth.

  • Accuracy an issue for doctor rating websites
    1/13/21

    A School of Management study finds the main concern is the absence of negative reviews.

  • UB students, faculty in health fields getting vaccinated
    1/14/21

    Those with frontline and other patient care responsibilities are among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

  • CDS’ Tjaden gets grant to study Parkinson’s patients
    1/14/21

    The $3.1M NIH grant will support work to examine why patients treated with deep brain stimulation can have unpredictable speech after DBS surgery.  

  • New form of brain protein has clinical implications
    1/15/21

    A UB study shows the absence of a single interaction within a brain receptor reduces its activity, a discovery that advances understanding of how certain brain diseases arise.

  • 2020 a milestone year for Black Lives Matter movement
    1/15/21

    UB faculty members Kelly Patterson and Michael Mwenso review the year and predict what's ahead for 2021.

  • What to know about South Campus vaccination site
    1/15/21

    Don’t get too excited about Harriman Hall serving as a NYS-run COVID-19 vaccination site. There are a few key things to know.

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