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UB Biologists Discover Enzyme Degrades Protein that Suppresses or Promotes Cancer

This is the first study to show that treatment of cultured cancer cells with chemotherapeutic drugs can cause destruction of the Wilms' tumor 1 by an enzyme called HtrA2/Omi," says Stefan Roberts, PhD, assistant professor of biological sciences.

Claude Welch

Claude E. Welch, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science - The responsibility to act when it comes to spreading and upholding human rights falls on everyone.

William Pelham

William E. Pelham Jr., UB Distinguished Professor in the departments of Psychology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, is one of the leading experts in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Sean Bennett

Predicting where soil erosion occurs—and thus how to prevent it—is a serious challenge. That’s why UB geographer Sean Bennett has constructed various systems to model it.

Vasiliki Neofotistos

"I'm interested in questions of power in societies, conflict resolution and policy making," says Neofotistos, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology.

Matthew Disney

Matthew Disney's (Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry) research shows that rational drug design can greatly expedite the discovery of new drugs that could be effective against RNA-mediated diseases, such as myotonic dystrophy.

Doreen Wackeroth

Doreen Wackeroth, associate professor of physics, used funding from the education and outreach portion of a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to launch the Physics & Arts Summer Institute.