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Niagara University Receives New York State Biodefense Award to Develop Novel Anti-Viral Therapy

July 25, 2024

Niagara University has been selected to receive a grant from the New York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund. The award of nearly $261,500 will be used to formulate a general anti-viral therapeutic using CholestosomeTM technology, a molecule delivery system developed at Niagara by Dr. Mary McCourt, professor of chemistry.

(Front row, l-r) Adrian Martinez; Dr. Lauren Rosch, assistant professor of chemistry; Elise Spence; and Raegan Lawton. (Back row, l-r) Zachary Holmes; Dr. Luis Sanchez, associate professor of chemistry; and Daniel E. Potoczak, instrument technician.

Chemistry Students Present at 2024 WNY American Chemical Society Symposium

April 18, 2024

Four undergraduate students from NU's Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Physics presented the results of their research work at the 2024 WNY ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium at The State University of New York at Buffalo on Saturday, April 13.

Alexandra Kiedrowski received an award for best poster in environmental biology for her research with Dr. William Edwards and Dr. Cassandra Marnocha at the annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference on April 13, 2024.

Niagara University Hosts 78th Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference

April 16, 2024

Approximately 170 students and faculty from 16 universities, including 19 students from Niagara University’s departments of biology, chemistry, and psychology, participated in the 78th annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference on April 13 at Niagara University. This marks the fifth time Niagara has hosted the forum.

NU Alum Returns to Monteagle Ridge for Seminar Series

March 27, 2024

Dr. Steven Lewis, '12, a former Niagara University biochemistry major and current postdoctoral researcher in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, returned to his alma mater to present several lectures as part of NU’s biomedical research laboratory seminar series.

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