The New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (COE) was created in Buffalo, New York in 2002 as part of more than $200 million dollars in investment from state, federal, industry and philanthropic sources to create a hub of life sciences expertise and innovation in Upstate New York. The COE brings a strong foundation in life sciences research and discovery to its mission and collaborative efforts with industry, government and researchers around the world to improve the health and well-being of the population. COE research institutions have been around for more than 100 years with the University at Buffalo (UB) as the lead academic organization, and Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute as research partners.

The rich history of discovery among scientists at CoE research institutions include:

• BAC Libraries for Sequencing the Human Genome


• Platinum Coil for Inoperable cranial Aneurysms


• Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test


• Surfactant Replacement Therapy for Neonatal Respiratory Distress


• Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer


• Beta-Interferon Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis


• Nicotine Replacement Therapy


• Sickle Cell Screening Test


• High-Throughput Crystallization Method


• Timed-Release Insulin Therapy

The COE and its research partners are completing the process of moving into 400,000 square feet of state-of-the-art research facilities in three new interconnected buildings, known as the Buffalo Life Sciences Complex, on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, which is a thriving area of clinical, research and academic operations employing over 8,000 people daily. The COE includes over 100 scientists with biological, physical and computational expertise engaged in interdisciplinary translational research with COE collaborators.

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE HIGHLIGHT

Center of Excellence Executive Director Honored

06/26/2009 - BATAVIA -- The newest business park in Genesee County will help technology companies put the pedal to the metal in the management of growth and development of products. That was the message Dr. Bruce A. Holm delivered at Friday's groundbreaking for a new facility named in his honor, the Dr. Bruce A. Holm Upstate MedTech Centre in the town of Batavia. Holm is the executive director of the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences at the University at Buffalo. The MedTech Centre in Batavia is modeled after UB's Center for Excellence, to provide help to high technology firms as they expand. The Center for Excellence promotes scientific research that helps diagnose and treat diseases and medical conditions. It works in partnership with local governments, academia, research facilities and private industry to promote economic development in Upstate New York.

The Med Tech initiative is the brainchild of the Genesee Economic Development Center and has been in the works for about six years. Holm and GCEDC Executive Director Steve Hyde both cited a long list of partners committed to it, among them UB, GCC, University of Rochester Medical Center, United Memorial Medical Center, Empire State Development Corporation, Buffalo-Niagara Enterprise, Greater Rochester Enterprise, National Grid, United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Program, Five Star Bank, Genesee County, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties and the town of Batavia.

Hyde said Holm, a distinguished professor at UB in two areas, pharmacology and toxicology and of pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, is "a pioneer and leader in life sciences innovation and commercialization here in Western New York."  [Read On...]

Featured Researcher

UB Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT) Co-Director and CoE Collaborator Honored

President Barack Obama announced on September 17, 2009 that Esther S. Takeuchi, Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and UB CAT Co-Director, has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor awarded for technological achievement. Takeuchi, a UB faculty member since 2007, is the first UB professor to receive this honor. She will receive the medal from Obama at a White House ceremony to be held Oct. 7, 2009 [Read On...]

 

 

News

Turning Research Into Practicality is Focus of Roswell Park Workshop
11/4/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The daylong 'translational research workshop' brought academics and industry representatives together to tackle the difficulties and opportunities of commercializing medical research..." [Read On...]

UB Engineering Professor Honored at White House
10/08/2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - "President Obama honored Takeuchi for inventing the battery that powers many of the world's implanted medical devices, but he just as easily could have lauded her as living proof that the American dream still comes true..." [Read On...]

Life Science Careers Touted: UB leads consortium promoting variety of job possibilities in Western New York
10/6/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "A program designed to bring careers in the life sciences within reach of more Western New York job-seekers was rolled out Tuesday by a consortium of agencies and businesses led by two branches of the University at Buffalo.  The program is called iSciWNY... " [Read On...]

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Events

November 19 - "Vybion: The Successful Morphing of a Contract Research Organization into a Therapeutics Company" featuring Lee Henderson, CEO, Vybion Inc. Click here for more information.

December 10 - "The Passport of a Life Sciences Entrepreneur," featuring Shreefel Mehta, Ph.D., MBA.  Click here for more information. 

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