Education

One of the goals of the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (CoE) is to provide educational programs that assist in the development of a cadre of scientists and technical personnel who will work in all areas of life sciences research and industry. In order to accomplish this goal, the CoE supports initiatives involving academic programs at the K-12, undergraduate and graduate levels. Beyond training in traditional and new interdisciplinary scientific areas, local academic institutions have expanded their management programs to develop entrepreneurial and business talent to assist in the commercialization of life sciences technologies. Further, the CoE contributes to workforce development programming to promote the talent needed in both private and public sectors.

Education Highlight

Bank of America will donate $250,000 for life sciences at UB

08/21/2007 - BUFFALO NEWS -- Bank of America announces $250,000 grant to the University at Buffalo designed to provide start-up funding and initial support for the Career Pathways in the Life Sciences Program. The goal is to create a trained technical work force to attract and support biotechnology and life sciences companies. The Career Pathways in the Life Sciences Program will be offered by UB's Educational Opportunity Center located in downtown Buffalo, with 200 individuals being trained under a curriculum developed by the university's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.  UB's NYS CoE currently is conducting a needs assessment to identify the specific industry sectors that have the most immediate need for job development and the specific training that will be required, and, in turn, will develop curriculum for the program.

Buffalo Niagara's ability to educate and create a technical workforce is key to attracting new biotech and life sciences industries to the region, creating a biotech haven that will fuel the region's new economy and revitalizing downtown Buffalo and neighborhoods around the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, home to the Center of Excellence.  Economic development and community leaders are focusing efforts on life sciences as the future of the regional economy.  But while the area has scientists and researchers, officials said there's a shortage of the nonprofessional technical staff the companies need. ....[Read On...]

Featured Researcher

Sherryl D. Weems, Ed. D
Director of the University at Buffalo, Educational Opportunity Center

Dr. Sherryl D. Weems has been the Director of the University at Buffalo, Educational Opportunity Center for over ten years. She is an original founding Board member of Buffalo Prep and still serves on the Advisory Board. She also is on the Board of Directors of the Arts in Education Institute of Western New York. Her other volunteer activities include the Urban Education Institute Policy Board and the IQ Task Force at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Weems has received numerous awards of appreciation and recognition including the Rev. Martin Luther King Human Relations Award for SCLC and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the State University of New York Office of Special Programs.

[Educational Opportunity Center Website ]

 

News

Reception to Honor UB's Inventors, Entrepreneurs
05/04/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo and its Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR) will recognize the research and commercialization achievements of faculty members at the annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception to be held from 4-6 p.m. May 5 in The Buffalo Club, 388 Delaware Ave...[Read On]

Study Describes Mechanism Linking Alcohol with Risk of Breast Cancer
04/30/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The known association of alcohol consumption with an increased risk of breast cancer has been linked by researchers at the University at Buffalo to a process that causes genes that promote normal cell growth to produce proteins that precipitate unregulated cell growth, an action known as hypermethylation...[Read On...]

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Events

May 6 - Dr. Austin Clean Room Program
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear one of the world’s foremost Cleanroom and Contamination Control Experts.  Dr. Austin has published six textbooks on clean rooms and personally authored each of the clean room standards adopted by ISO.   This program will take place from 2-6pm Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Center for Genetics & Pharmacology, Zebro Room, 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY.   Register at www.thepartnership.org/events. See flyer for more information.

May 8 – HWI Seminar Series
Please join Dr. Michael Rossman from Purdue University for a presentation on “Symmetry and asymmetry in the control of viral assembly, maturation and infection”. Program begins at 2:30pm with a reception to follow. Series is held at the Hauptman-Woodward Institute 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203. 


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