INDUSTRY
An important aspect of the CoE is its interactions with industrial partners, to whom it offers extensive research and development expertise and facilities, as well as accelerated discovery and commercialization path that facilitates introduction of new products and services that enhance the field of medicine. The promise of personalized medicine ultimately depends upon the close working relationship between researchers working in labs and those who ultimately bring new discoveries to patients, health care providers and other constituents across the world.
The CoE’s industry collaborations are targeted to these primary life sciences industry sectors
The CoE has already initiated a number of high profile, high-potential interactions with the life sciences industry involving both domestic and global partners in collaborations that blends the strengths of the CoE’s translational research programs, facilities and commercialization resources with the industry goals of private sector partners. To learn more about industry collaborations with the CoE, click here.
NEW YORK STATE RESOURCES FOR INDUSTRY
Governor Paterson recently released the New York State Directory of Small Business Programs to State Legislators and County and Local Elected Officials, small businesses, small business organizations, and entrepreneurs. The directory was created by the Empire State Development (ESD) staff. This innovative directory functions like a portable website and organizes listings for 143 programs from 28 State agencies that assist small businesses. Each program listing includes an interactive URL that will take you directly to the agency webpage for that program which enables you or your business client to get more detailed information and download needed forms or applications. To access this directory, please click here.
New York First website launched in October 2010 (www.nyfirst.ny.gov), an innovative business website geared toward the needs of companies within New York State and those who are considering relocating here. With New York First, the full scope of what our State offers its entrepreneurs and potential corporate partners can now be found at one centralized, easy-to-navigate website.
INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS
2011 Pre-Seed Workshop
Seven Teams Seek to Convert High-Tech Ideas into Start-ups
6/22/2011 - BUFFALO, NY --"Every business starts with an idea, but it’s a long way from the moment of inspiration to becoming a Google or a General Motors.
Prospective entrepreneurs have enough questions about how to get started, find customers and — especially — win over investors to fill a technology research park.
Over three recent days, inventors and would-be business founders received a wealth of coaching and feedback from a roster of industry experts at a pre-seed workshop on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
'This is an early-stage filtering process to determine if these businesses can move forward and—if so —what are the key issues and challenges they need to address,' said Marnie LaVigne, director of the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, which hosted the event.
Tuesday, seven teams that hope to translate a high-tech idea into a start-up company made presentations to panels of business leaders who offered blunt critiques and suggestions.
It was the last day of the three-day workshop, part of a program that started six years ago in Rochester and now is held across the state.
This is the 41st such workshop in New York — the fourth in Buffalo — and 246 business-concept teams have gone through the program, LaVigne said..." [Read On...]
Featured Researcher
David Hangauer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
University at Buffalo
Senior Vice President - Kinex Pharmaceuticals
Presenting Company - 2010 Explore Buffalo Niagara Investor & Entrepreneur High-Tech Forum
Dr. Hangauer is a leader in the field of structure based drug design. Following graduate studies at the University at Buffalo, he spent ten years at Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories where he directed a variety of drug discovery projects. In 1989, Dr. Hangauer returned to academia and joined the chemistry faculty at SUNY Buffalo where he has had a productive career that has focused on developing protein kinase inhibitors.
Dr. Hangauer's expertise is highly sought by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide, underscoring his level of expertise and his recognition as a major contributor to commercial drug discovery efforts.
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Events
To view the complete list of events and event details, please visit our Events page.
"Smart Solutions for Small Businesses" featuring
David Oestreicher
from ROI Financial Group, COE Corporate Sponsor. Click here to register.
"Ideas into Revenue: Why Starting a Company Makes Sense" featuring Dr. Thenkurussi Kesavadas, UB faculty and founder of Simulated Surgical Systems. Click here to register.
2012 Venture Forum - May 16-17, 2012, Buffalo, NY. To learn more, visit www.brightbuffaloniagara.com
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News
UB's New Medical Research Building Will Benefit Patients and the Region
2/2/2012 - BUFFALO, NY - "The stage is set for some important medical advances at the University at Buffalo's Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC)..." [Read On...]
Donation in Name of Holm Could Net UB $2M
1/23/2012 -
BUFFALO, NY - "An anonymous donation from a University at Buffalo faculty member, which could eventually total as much as $1 million, is intended to establish a research fund in honor of the late UB faculty member Bruce Holm..." [Read On...] Buffalo News article.Tech Transfer Tactics article. UB News article.
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