On Nov. 25, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the University at Buffalo (UB) will receive $50 million from New York State to establish a biofabrication and imaging research hub.

The funding will support faculty research in engineering, medicine, structural biology, biomedical informatics, dental medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, life sciences, and arts and sciences. The hub will help researchers make advancements in regenerative medicine, advanced therapeutics, drug discovery, medical devices and other fields that save lives and treat disease.

The $50 million investment is part of the capital support the State University of New York received from the 2025-26 state budget. UB will commit $16.7 million to the project, which will expand the university’s research into diseases such as multiple sclerosis, stroke and Alzheimer’s, with a focus on the link between the biology of aging that leads to such neurological conditions.