LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION PROJECT DETAILS
Project Objective:
To increase awareness of and involvement in life sciences and more importantly, workforce talent development opportunities through the dissemination of information, materials and educational experiences to a broad audience ranging from the general public to select targeted adult and student populations.
Implementation Strategy and Plan:
This project will utilize collaborative efforts to develop a community-wide program that facilitates relevant audiences being contributors and/or recipients, as appropriate. The program will be implemented in a staged approach to gain experience among the contributors working together to develop program components that a) address a range of life sciences education and workforce development areas from the scientific to the industry end of the spectrum and b) are flexible enough to address a broad array of audiences.
Life Sciences COE Tours & Demonstrations:
Tours and demonstrations will be conducted at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, where there is a focus on scientific discovery and workforce and economic development in life sciences. A sequence of tour ‘stops’ will be created to provide the program content to each of the target audiences. Content will be adjusted appropriately for each audience who will participate in the tours. There will be varying levels of tour ‘guides’ and hands-on demonstrations available:
- Tour stops that address the following topics: DNA Isolation, Karyotyping, Commercialization, and Computer Visualization.
- Tour stops plus one-two high technology research and industry experts and/or demonstrations
- Tours stops plus three-five high technology research and industry experts and demonstrations
Life Sciences Experience Outside COE:
High School Students AP Biology Program: This program will involve a target group of 2-4 high school AP Biology classes, who receive a multi-day bioinformatics/life sciences program experience in their classroom. The program will be based on an activity called “Fowl Play”, provided by Dr. Mark Gallo of Niagara University. To visit Dr. Gallo’s “Fowl Play” website, 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.
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