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Making Safer Masks
9/22/20
SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses spread via droplets and short-range aerosols generated when infected people talk, exhale, cough, or sneeze. Face masks are effective in limiting transmission. However, most medical-grade face masks are not self-sterilized or reusable. Their widespread use consumes tremendous resources and generates a corresponding amount of waste.
Urgent treatment for COVID-19
9/22/20
The human immune system has a capacity to fight off numerous infections, and there are worldwide efforts to combat COVID-19 through vaccine development. The Park lab, in collaboration with other labs at UB, is developing drugs to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 and treat individuals with severe COVID-19 infection.
Inhibition Strategies to Reduce Coronavirus Entry Into Host
9/21/20
The Neelamegham lab is developing molecular strategies to inhibit SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Advancing Covid-19 diagnostics
9/18/20
UB CBE alumnus Mingfu Chen, MS 2015 from the Blaine Pfeifer research group, is responsible for the execution of advancing diagnostic biosensor research at Boston University (BU), where he now works as a biomedical engineer.
Haiqing Lin Captures AIChE Innovation Separations Award
8/20/20
Haiqing Lin was recognized for his continuous contributions to the development of high-performance membrane materials for CO₂ capture from fossil fuel-based processes and the impact on industrial membrane technology.
Gang Wu Selected for The UB Exceptional Scholar – Sustained Achievement Award
8/5/20
UB CBE professor Gang Wu has been selected as a 2019-2020 recipient of UB's Exceptional Scholar - Sustained Achievement award.
Can direct air capture make a real impact on climate change?
7/6/20
NPR’s “The World” podcast interviewed Monica Lupion, assistant professor of teaching in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, for a story about Climeworks, one of the first and best-known companies to direct air capture — or pull carbon dioxide directly out of ambient air for storage or use, which can help lower emissions in the atmosphere.
SUNY Distinguished Professor Stelios T. Andreadis awarded $2.4 Million NIH Grant
5/18/20
SUNY Distinguished Professor, Stelios T. Andreadis was awarded $2.4M R01 grant from the National Heart and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health to investigate the role of the immune system in successful implantation of tissue engineered vascular grafts that were developed in his laboratory.

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