Upstate to begin testing ticks from public on June 1

Upstate Medical University’s Citizen Science Tick Testing Program helps researchers who are studying the geographic expansion of ticks and tick-borne disease in New York.

Link found between pet ownership and health

Two University at Albany studies exploring the relationship between pet ownership, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and health, found that pets may provide protective health benefits in some instances, while increasing risk in others.

SUNY College of Optometry researcher aims to stop blindness in its tracks

Professor Miduturu Srinivas is studying gap junction channels to uncover new therapies for patients with cataracts, retinopathies and glaucoma.

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These tiny, self-assembling traps capture PFAS

Future research could explore whether the molecular traps can be used to remediate water and improve detection of these toxic chemicals.

Turning Trash Into Cheap Energy With New Technology

In order to continue to power all our gadgets, tools, vehicles, homes, and more, and to make an impact on climate change, we need to find sources of sustainable energy that can power our lives. Creative and scientific minds are finding a source for this clean energy in biomass, or organic material that contains stored […]

These tiny, self-assembling traps capture PFAS

Future research could explore whether the molecular traps can be used to remediate water and improve detection of these toxic chemicals.

UB spinoff Ferric Contrast wins $750,000 in federal R&D funding

The company is developing iron-based contrast agents for MRI.

UB’s Peter Rogerson elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Rogerson — an expert in geography and biostatistics — has been a member of UB’s faculty since 1986.

Scientists generate millions of mature human cells, far more than have ever been produced

A UB team has developed a method that dramatically ramps up production of mature human cells in mouse embryos. 

UB to host COVID-19 chat series for kids

UB will call on faculty, staff and students to answer kids’ most pressing questions about the COVID-19 pandemic through a live, virtual chat series.

UB-led team developing 3D-printed, reusable N95-like respirators

Prototype submitted for emergency FDA approval; could help ease shortage of life-saving PPE.

For two UB scientists, love means studying their daughter’s rare disease

Biologist Soo-Kyung Lee had researched a gene crucial to brain development. Then, her baby, Yuna, was born with a mutation in that gene.

Study: Mapping 16 years of ice sheet loss

UB climate scientist Beata Csatho contributed to a study that used NASA space laser missions to measure ice loss from Greenland, Antarctica.

Methadone dosing could be far more precise: UB study shows how

A new study on how methadone is metabolized reveals how more individualized prescribing could better serve patients.

Turning Trash Into Cheap Energy With New Technology

In order to continue to power all our gadgets, tools, vehicles, homes, and more, and to make an impact on climate change, we need to find sources of sustainable energy that can power our lives. Creative and scientific minds are finding a source for this clean energy in biomass, or organic material that contains stored […]

Seeking Solutions to Alzheimer’s Disease Through Focused Research

There is currently no known cure for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of dementia. This malady causes sufferers to endure increasingly debilitating cognitive and behavioral problems, eventually reaching the stage where patients can no longer recognize familiar faces or accomplish simple daily tasks. AD is the sixth leading cause of death in the […]

Developing Solutions to Growing Environmental Health Care Problems

As Margaret Mead once said, “We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.” The growing environmental health field is concerned with what effects an increasingly-altered environment has on human health, including possible influences and toxins and how to control exposure to these hazardous physical, chemical, and biological agents in air, water, soil, and […]

Driven by Personal Loss, Researcher Embarks On A Quest For a Better Breast Cancer Treatment

Research at SUNY sees many outcomes that provide huge benefits to society, especially in health care. Breast cancer is one area of health care that is advancing, thanks to the quality research taking place around it. Academics and scientists across the SUNY system have long been at work finding all kinds of breakthroughs in the […]

Preventing, Treating, and Ending the Opioid Epidemic

We hear about opioids  a lot these days through the news and social media, and the figures are grim. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 130 Americans die  every day from an opioid overdose, and the number of overdose deaths involving opioids was six times higher in 2017 than it […]

Experts and Researchers Come Together to Learn More About Lewy Body Dementia

We knew him from popular films like Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Morning Vietnam, and Jumanji, along with his long career in stand-up comedy. His untimely death shocked us all, and it wasn’t until much later we finally began to learn more about the causes. The late comedian Robin Willliams died tragically in 2014 of suicide, brought […]

Building Stronger Communities and Critical Infrastructure With Future-Focused Research

Changes in local weather patterns caused by a warming planet are posing unforeseen risk to the systems and structures that allow society to function. In New York State, unprecedented flooding in New York City and the Mohawk River Valley heavily damaged transportation systems. Destructive hurricanes in Long Island and the Catskill Mountains destroyed power supplies. […]

Water Quality Research Is Helping To Protect Our Public Health

The numbers tell the story. Although water is the most abundant resource on the planet, just 3% is fresh water, and just 1% of that is available for drinking. It’s clear that water sustainability – the greatest guarantee for its availability – requires responsible and proper management. Our waterways are essential to the many various […]

Turn Your Ideas into Market Ready Products with the 2019 Technology Accelerator Fund

Across the SUNY system, there are great minds doing great things in research. New ideas in computer technologies, medical goods, educational resources, and more are being developed by the great minds in SUNY research. Since its launch in April 2011, the Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF), which is jointly funded by the State University of New […]