LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION PROGRAM
The New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences is proud to announce the launch of the Life Sciences Education Program. The program seeks to increase awareness of and involvement in life sciences. More importantly, the COE looks to establish workforce talent development opportunities through the dissemination of information, materials, and educational experiences to broad audiences ranging from the general public to select adult and student populations.
The project utilizes collaborative efforts between our lead academic institution, the University at Buffalo, and our two research partners, the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute and Roswell Park Cancer Institute, to deliver a community-wide program that facilitates learning and involvement with audiences being both contributors and recipients in the program. The program will address a range of life sciences education and workforce development needs in both science and the industry.
The program begins with life sciences demonstrations and tours of the COE. The COE tour will launch you into a world of discovery, right in your own backyard. What are bioinformatics and life sciences? What kind of cutting edge research is happening here? How does all this exciting work lead to new inventions that make our lives better everyday? Take the COE tour to find out more!
Tour stops involve hands-on learning activities including:
Karyotyping
How do we look for genetic diseases in humans? Try karyotyping, one of many techniques that allow scientists to find several thousand possible genetic diseases.
DNA Isolation
DNA contains all the genetic instructions for human growth. Try one of the methods that allows scientists to study DNA. .
Visualization
Scientists love to see their work come alive, just like you. Experience what computer technology can do to help researchers understand large amounts of biological information through 3-D and other visualization tools.
Commercialization
Science and business – what do they have to do with each other? Find out how researchers and industry work together to create new health care products and services which make people healthier.
For a more detailed description of the objectives, strategy, and plan for the Life Sciences Education Project, please click here.
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.
To view the complete list of events and event details, please visit our Events page
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