November 25, 2025
FROM THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE:
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a $50 million investment to construct a new biofabrication research and imaging facility on the State University of New York at Buffalo campus that will help discover new medicines and cures to save lives. The new facility will act as a hub for faculty from multiple disciplines – including engineering, medicine, structural biology, biomedical informatics, dental, pharmacy, life sciences, and arts and sciences – to collaborate on research in regenerative medicine, advanced therapeutics, drug discovery, and medical devices.
“Investing in a new biofabrication research and imaging hub at the State University of New York at Buffalo will help ensure our state is a leader in this essential, life-saving field,” Governor Hochul said. “The research and advancements that will come out of this facility will not only help New Yorkers have a better quality of life going forward, but will also support innovative and better health for people around the world. I applaud the State University of New York at Buffalo for leading in this cutting-edge research and know that this investment will help turbo-boost innovation.”
The $50 million investment is made possible by the capital support SUNY received from the 2025-26 enacted state budget. The new facility will contain enhanced imaging capabilities, expanding the State University of New York at Buffalo’s research in neurology to include the study of diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, strokes, and Alzheimer’s, with a focus on the link between the biology of aging that led to certain neurological conditions. The State University of New York at Buffalo is also committing $16.7 million to support faculty research.
SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. said, “Under Governor Hochul’s leadership and with investment from the Governor and State Legislature, SUNY campuses like the State University of New York at Buffalo continue to be at the vanguard of cutting-edge research and scholarship. We are excited about this investment into the university, which will allow faculty to keep building on their existing biotech research, and expand to include new areas, in service of improving health outcomes. Thank you to Governor Hochul and the State Legislature for their comprehensive support of SUNY’s research and innovation goals.”
The SUNY Board of Trustees said, “Thank you to Governor Hochul for her ongoing investment in research at SUNY campuses. This new facility at the State University of New York at Buffalo will help SUNY, and New York State, maintain our position as a leader in research while also working to improve the health of all of humanity.”
