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Professor Troy Wood a part of a collaborative effort to use AI to help develop new class of powerful antibodies to treat HIV
4/13/26
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.
UB researchers to study how replacement ‘forever chemicals’ build up in fish
4/13/26
Scientists from UB's RENEW Institute will investigate how fluorotelomers — once thought to be safer PFAS alternatives — penetrate zebrafish cells.
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.

Prof. David Heppner receives ACS Portoghese Lectureship Award
5/9/25
University at Buffalo medicinal chemist David Heppner has received the 2025 Philip S. Portoghese Lectureship Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS). The annual award goes to two early-career investigators who have had a major impact on medicinal chemistry research. It is named in honor of Phil Portoghese, editor-in-chief of the ACS Journal of Medicinal Chemistry from 1972 to 2011.
Prof. Luis Colón will receive the President’s Medal at the College of Arts and Sciences’ graduate ceremony.
5/9/25
SUNY Distinguished Professor Luis A. Colón, A. Conger Goodyear Professor, will receive the President’s Medal in recognition of extraordinary service to the University. Colón is a groundbreaking scientist who has made significant contributions to ultra-high-pressure and selective chemical separations. His research has led to the creation of hybrid silica adsorptive materials used in chromatographic techniques for chemical and biochemical analyses.

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