News Archive
Family Medicine, Millard Fillmore College Among UB Gateway's New Tenants
1/18/2012 - BUFFALO, NY - "The University at Buffalo's downtown campus is growing..." [Read On...]
New Bioanalytical Instrumentation Updates International Pharmacology Training Lab
1/12/2012 - BUFFALO, NY - "Chiedza Maponga '88, director of the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) pharmacy program..." [Read On...]
UB Restructures Research Office to Emphasize Economic Development
1/11/2012 - BUFFALO, NY - "The University at Buffalo has reorganized its research office..." [Read On...] Business First article. Technology Transfer article.
Murphy Named Director of UB's New Clinical and Translational Research Center
12/29/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "UB has named Timothy F. Murphy, MD, director of UB's Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC)..." [Read On...]
Waters Gifts Research Equipment to University at Buffalo to Combat HIV/AIDS
12/21/2011 - MILFORD, MA - "UB's School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences acknowledged Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) for its donation of a state-of-the-art..." [Read On...]
Milestone for UB
12/14/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "By putting pen to paper, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has released the critical seed money that will allow the University at Buffalo to move ahead with its ambitious UB 2020..." [Read On...]
With NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Funding, UB to Move Ahead with UB 2020 Plan for Academic Excellence and Relocation of Medical School
12/13/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Approval today of the University at Buffalo's NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant application by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher provides a critical piece of funding needed for UB to move ahead with its UB 2020 plan for academic excellence..." [Read On...]
WNY Wins on State Development
12/9/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Ninety-six projects in Western New York will get state government cash or tax breaks after the region was selected Thursday, along with three other areas, in a new competitive program for economic development..." [Read On...]
Medical Campus Gets Charging Stations for Plug-in Cars
12/1/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Sprinkled throughout the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus are 21 electric charging stations for plug-in cars that many are betting will be the wave of the future..." [Read On...]
Popular Upstate New York Investor Forums to Host Joint Event in Buffalo Niagara in 2012
11/16/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Two annual investor forums in Upstate New York will partner in 2012 to host a single event: a two-day forum in Buffalo that will connect early-stage, high-tech companies with angel investors and venture capitalists..." [Read On...]
Public Policy Institute study shows the Biopharmaceutical Sector Should Be a Growth Engine for New York
11/16/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing holds great promise for economic growth in New York. If properly developed and supported this sector could be the engine driving an economic resurgence in New York..." [Read On...]
Regional Economic Development Council Announces Excelsior Jobs Program Priority Projects
11/15/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "The Western New York Regional Economic Development Council unveiled its recommended Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits priority projects. The Excelsior projects have the potential to create and retain 833 jobs..." [Read On...]
ICON PLC and Empire Genomics Partner for the Delivery of Personalised Medicine Services
11/9/2011 - DUBLIN, IRELAND - "ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR, a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, and Empire Genomics, a leading provider of genomic technologies that enable personalised medicine to be realised, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance..." [Read On...]
Medical Campus Reaches 'Critical Mass'
11/7/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Construction workers are all over the High Street area near downtown Buffalo, which is arguably the center of construction activity in Erie County. Some crews are completing a new vascular center behind Buffalo General Hospital, which includes an emergency room scheduled to open Friday. Others are helping to build a nearby nursing home..." [Read On...]
Arrival of Wrabetz and Feltri Moves Work of Kelly Institute Forward
11/3/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "The mission of the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute (HJKRI) is moving forward with great fervor with the recent arrival of highly regarded neuroscientists Lawrence Wrabetz and Laura Feltri..." [Read On...]
Fostering Partnerships so Graduates Stay Put
10/30/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Higher education is big business in the Buffalo Niagara region. But it could be bigger. A lot bigger. After all, colleges and universities - and the gradutes and ideas they produce - can be a powerful force in a local economy..." [Read On...]
UB Forum on Tech Business Ends Today
10/27/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "The 2011 Technology-Based Economic Development Conference is wrapping up today at the University at Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. The annual conference looks at ways science, technology and entrepreneurship can transform economies in New York State..." [Read On...]
Dr. Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Prize Winner, is dead at 94
10/24/11 - BUFFALO, NY - "Herbert A. Hauptman, Ph.D., Buffalo's only Nobel-Prize winner, died Sunday. He was 94. He earned the world's most prestigious science award - the Nobel Prize for Chemistry - in 1985 for pioneering work on crystal structures..." [Read On...]
UB Program Boosts Translational Sciences Throughout Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
10/17/11 - BUFFALO, NY - "Clinical and translational science is designed to speed the time it takes to propel important new medical tests, treatments and cures..." [Read On...]
Treating MS with Brain Stem Cells
10/13/11 - BUFFALO, NY - "The prospect of doing human clinical trials with stem cells maybe growing closer..." [Read On...]
Cleveland BioLabs Awarded $5M Grant
9/23/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "A Buffalo biotech firm has received a $5 million grant from the Russian government to support cancer research..." [Read On...]
UB Receives Record $40M Gift
9/21/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "An anonymous donation of $40 million to the University at Buffalo will be used to jump-start the institution's brand-new Clinical Translational Research Center..." [Read On...]
Wilson gives $1M to UB Sports Medicine
9/20/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "The Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University At Buffalo has received $1 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation..." [Read On...] Or read the UB press release
Gillibrand Seeks to Empower Women in Business
9/17/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - " Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand called for a revival of the "Rosie the Riveter" campaign Friday to galvanize women to become economically empowered during a round-table discussion with local female business owners and entrepreneurs..." [Read On...]
UB Joins Research Universities Nationwide in Pledge to Expand Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
9/16/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - " UB President Satish K. Tripathi was one of more than 100 university leaders across the country who gave support this April to a letter from the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke..." [Read On...]
Medical Acoustics, UB Reaching COPD Patients
9/6/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "The Lung Flute, one of Popular Science magazine's best 100 innovations of 2009...is distributed by Medical Acoustics, a Western New York firm that has partnered with the University at Buffalo... " [Read On...]
Ceno Tech inks $200K Bahrain contract
8/12/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "A Buffalo biotechnology company says a new contract with a Persian Gulf aerospace company could open up new markets..." [Read On...]
Tripathi praises signing of NYSUNY 2020
8/11/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "President Satish K. Tripathi applauded Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signing on Tuesday of legislation to implement the NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program and institute a rational tuition plan for SUNY..." [Read On...]
Behind the scenes with Melissa Hagen
8/5/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Landing the perfect job in Buffalo: In 2005, Melissa Hagen and her husband, Douglas, a computer programmer, packed up and left the area so he could take a job with a defense contractor in Washington, D.C..." [Read On...]
Summer program helps students develop leadership skills
7/26/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Leaders in Training summer camp is working with University at Buffalo’s iSciWNY to educate the students about careers in life science..." [Read On...]
To help doctors and patients, UB researchers are developing a "vocabulary of pain"
7/18/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "University at Buffalo psychiatrist is attempting to help patients suffering from chronic pain..." [Read On...]
UB CAT/NYSTAR approve PSM Adaptive Computation project
7/7/2011 - SYRACUSE, NY - "The University at Buffalo Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT) and the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) have approved funding for Blue Highway...'" [Read On...]
Oishei Foundation grant expands bioinformatics hub at UB
7/7/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "Funding to support new hires, addressing critical skills gap in region..." [Read On...]
Buffalo Life Sciences Ambassador: Dr. Allen Barnett, President Emeritus for Kinex
7/1/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "The completion of the Center of Excellence has provided an excellent place for..." [Read On...]
Pre-Seed Workshop 2011 Press
6/22/2011 - Seven teams to seek feedback from experts on business plans at end of three day
workshop
6/14/2011 - UB experts to help start-ups
6/10/2011 - At Pre-Seed workshop, local inventors discover whether the business world is right
for them
Researchers image electron clouds on the surface of graphene, revealing how folds in the remarkable material can harm conductivity
6/28/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - "A research team led by University at Buffalo chemists has used synchrotron light sources to observe the electron clouds on the surface of graphene..." [Read On...]
UB sets sights on new medical school
6/26/2011 - BUFFALO, NY - "The University at Buffalo is moving full speed ahead with plans to build a new $375 million medical school downtown within the next five years..." [Read On...]
Kinex raises $5 million
6/23/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - "Kinex Pharmaceuticals has raised $5 million by selling stock in the Buffalo drug development company to wealthy investors..." [Read On...]
Batavia: UB entity is Upstate Med and Tech Park tenant
6/21/2011 - BATAVIA, N.Y. - "The University at Buffalo Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering
Technology has a satellite office in the Upstate Med & Tech Park..."
UB hosts computer workshop for High School students
6/20/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - "The University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research, one of the leading supercomputing sites..." [Read On...]
Bright Forum brings Great Lakes high-tech investors and entrepreneurs to Buffalo for a day of networking and deal-making
6/9/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - [Read On...]
Media Advisory: Bright Forum brings Great Lakes High-Tech Investors and Entrepreneurs to Buffalo for a day of networking and deal-making
6/6/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - [Read On...]
UB promotes development efforts at Partners Day
6/4/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - "Event touts collaborations with businesses, agencies..." [Read On...]
UB proposes plan to build downtown medical campus, pursue academic excellence and create jobs
5/24/2011 - ALBANY, N.Y. - "University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi today submitted a proposal to the NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant program in support of a $375 million plan to help revitalize Buffalo's economy by relocating UB's medical school to downtown Buffalo..." [Read On...]
Duffy hears update of UB 2020
5/12/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - "Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy received a briefing on UB 2020 last week during a visit to UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and
Life Sciences..." [Read On...]
UB to honor M&T as vital partner
5/12/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -
"UB will honor M&T Bank as a vital partner at this year’s UB Partners Day..." [Read On...]
Entrepreneurship Competition awards more than $10,000 to Info Tech
company
5/3/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - "More than $10,000 in seed funding was awarded to an
information technology company..." [Read On...]
UB's Ross Eye Institute awarded $1.95 million 5-year grant to research retinal development
4/26/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - [Read On...]
UB Launches Life Sciences Academy at West Seneca Central School District
4/21/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - "The iSciWNY workforce development program is collaborating with the West Seneca Central School District to create a first-of-its-kind..." [Read On...]
More than $10,000 in start-up funding at stake in UB competition
4/20/2011 - BUFFALO, N.Y. - "The team that presents the best plan for launch of a
viable new business will receive $10,000 in start-up funding in the
final round of the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship
Competition (Panasci TEC)..." [Read On...]
High-tech investor forum retools
3/25/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "A two-year-old initiative to spur financial investment in Western New York’s high-tech sector is rebranding itself this year to attract a wider scope of investors, entrepreneurs and community supporters..." [Read On...]
Bright Buffalo Niagara Offers Events and Resources for Regional High-Tech Economy
3/17/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "A consortium of over 15 regional organizations has launched Bright Buffalo Niagara, a community-driven initiative that will host a series of events for investors, entrepreneurs and other professionals looking to build a high-tech economy..." [Read On...]
UB battery researcher with more patents than any other woman is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
3/3/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "Esther Takeuchi, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Greatbatch Professor of Advanced Power Sources at the University at Buffalo, will be one of nine living inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame..." [Read On...]
Improving diversity in the academic sciences is goal of NIH grant
2/23/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "The University at Buffalo, in partnership with the University of Rochester and Upstate Medical University, has been awarded a $2 million grant to establish a mentoring program to promote career success among diverse and differently abled junior faculty members in the academic sciences..." [Read On...]
IMMCO moves lab division to downtown medical corridor
2/22/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "An Amherst-based diagnostic products and services company that bought a laboratory division from Upstate New York Transplant Services has now spent $1 million to relocate that business to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus... " [Read On...]
Life sciences decoded
2/18/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "Marnie Lavigne can’t cure cancer. But she works with people who perhaps someday will be able to do it.“When I talk to my colleagues,” LaVigne says, “I say to them, ‘You can cure cancer and I can’t, but I can help get that drug, that miracle, out to the public...." [Read On...]
Academic-Industry Collaboration Behind Growth of Medical Device Company
2/17/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "The success of Buffalo-based Medical Acoustics, a medical device company expecting to turn a profit for the first time in 2011, exemplifies how partnerships with universities like UB can help businesses bring new products to market..."
[Read On...]
Bruce A. Holm, UB Senior Vice Provost & Co-Developer of Life-Saving Drug, Dies at Age 52
2/10/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "A key figure in the University at Buffalo's efforts to develop high-technology and life-sciences research in the region..." [Read On...]
School District Trains, Aims to Implement Life Sciences Courses
2/3/2011 - WEST SENECA, NY "Over the course of the last week, faculty throughout the West Seneca Central School District have attended two orientation programs that will eventually prepare them to foster learning for students seeking careers in the life sciences industry..." [Read On...]
White House to Launch Job - Creating Start - Up Effort
1/31/2011 - WASHINGTON, DC "The White House will announce an effort on Monday to encourage job-creating start-up businesses in hopes of reducing the country's stubbornly high unemployment rate." [Read On...]
In Harmony: Academic-Industry Collaboration Behind the Growth of Medical Acoustics LLC
1/18/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "The success of Buffalo-based Medical Acoustics, a medical device company expecting to turn a profit for the first time in 2011, exemplifies how partnerships with universities like the University at Buffalo can help businesses bring new products to the market." [Read On...]
HEPAiRx Product Launched
1/13/2011 - SYRACUSE, NY "The first and only patented indoor air quality product in America that is dedicated to improving the health of occupants by using fresh, outside air is now available." [Read On...]
Tax Credit Works for Honeywell
1/11/2011 - BUFFALO, NY "A whole lot more of New York’s industrial facilities could resemble Buffalo’s Honeywell Specialty Materials plant if Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Rep. Brian Higgins succeed in expanding tax credits for research and development." [Read On...]
Computing for a Cause: UB's Geeks Help Disabled Veterans Talk, Surf the Web, Gain Independence
12/21/2010 - BUFFALO, NY " Computer science might not be the obvious major for students looking to change the world. But two teams of University at Buffalo students are proving that programming can translate into compassion." [Read On...] To view story in NYSTAR
Newsletter, click here. To watch a video on this story, click here.
Hearing Planned on $80M Medical Project
12/14/2010 - BUFFALO, NY "The Buffalo Planning Board is expected to hold a public hearing on a planned $80 million privately-developed office building that will help anchor the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus." [Read On...]
UB CAT Supports Western New York Life Sciences Industry with more than $440,000 for 18 companies
11/23/2010 - BUFFALO, NY "The University at Buffalo Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT) is distributing more than $440,000 to help 18 companies in Western New York develop promising life sciences technologies in the 2010-11 fiscal year." [Read On...] To view story in NYSTAR Newsletter, click here. For more information, click here.
Medical Acoustics awarded $75K for testing
11/16/10 - BUFFALO, NY "Medical Acoustics LLC was approved for a new $75,000 state grant to support a new clinical trial.
The grant comes through the University at Buffalo Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT), funded by the NYS Foundation for Science Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR)." [Read On...] To view story in NYSTAR Newsletter, click here.
Taking an innovative approach to growth
11/14/2010 - BUFFALO, NY "The Innovation Center in downtown Buffalo has become a magnet for emerging companies focused on life sciences and biotechnology." [Read On...]
To Promote HIV Research in Africa, NIH Awards UB Pharmacology Lab $2.3 Million
11/08/2010 - BUFFALO, NY " For more than 10 years, the University at Buffalo's HIV Clinical Pharmacology Research Program has helped fight the global AIDS epidemic by hosting visiting pharmaceutical scientists from countries like Zimbabwe and Nigeria in order to teach them how to conduct clinical trials and research on HIV/AIDS." [Read On...]
For more information, click here.
Finding hope in a spider's bite
11/07/2010 - BUFFALO, NY "Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a cruel disease. By age 10, affected children, almost always boys, usually need braces to walk. By their teen years, most depend on a wheelchair. And as they grow into manhood, they lose their ability to breathe. Few survive beyond their 30s. There is no cure, and the standard treatment of steroids can slow -- but not stop -- the progressive muscle weakness, forcing families into a race against time." [Read On...] For a full news release, click here.
Medical campus get $4 million
11/06/2010 - BUFFALO, NY "The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus has received a $4 million grant from Empire State Development to help start-up companies at the Innovation Center in downtown Buffalo build out research and development space." [Read On...] For additional information, click here.
OncoMed Partners with UB to Meet Growing Demands in Oncology Pharmacy
11/05/2010 - BUFFALO, NY " When one of the nation's largest providers of oncology pharmacy services, OncoMed, decided to expand from a New York City suburb into a new facility on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus last month, an important factor was the potential to partner with the University at Buffalo." [Read On...]
Biomedical firms get grants
11/04/2010 - BUFFALO, NY " Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, announced more than $1.85 million in federal tax credits to support biomedical research at several area companies." [Read On...]
UB to recieve millions for cyclotron
10/28/2010 - BUFFALO, NY " Rep. Louise M. Slaughter today announced a $4.6 million appropriation from the U.S. Department of Defense to UB to purchase a cyclotron to support the university’s $118 million Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC)." [Read On...]
Learning curve: More students are finding community colleges are the way to go
10/11/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Charlie Aquilina worked intermittently on small construction projects and was especially skilled at installing in-ground pools. But six years of inconsistent paychecks and manual labor were enough for him. ""I didn't want to do that the rest of my life--and I couldn't, because it was hard, physical work,"" said Aquilina, who lives in Akron." [Read On...]
UB speaks award to move discoveries from bench to bedside
10/7/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Scientists and administrators across campus are putting finishing touches on an application for a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health." [Read On...]
Nobel news encourages UB spinoff
10/05/2010 - BUFFALO, NY --" A University at Buffalo spinoff company that already has won more than $600,000 in state and federal grants...might find even more interest now that the scientists who first isolated the substance have won the Nobel Prize in physics." [Read On...]
For additional news information on Graphene Devices click here.
Buffalo company on a growth spurt
10/1/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- " Ceno Technologies is ready to expand on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. The life sciences company operates from the University at Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences." [Read On...] To view video news spot, please click here.
Tech co. ready for 'breakout year'
10/01/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Scottpatrick Sellitto has a jittery excitement about him that is contagious. He rattles off details about more than a dozen projects under development at the life sciences company he runs on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. You can almost feel the energy radiating from him." [Read On...]
Business incubator process gets boost
9/28/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Fledgling companies in New York State often have trouble attracting investment at a critical step in their development — after they launch, but before they generate revenue." [Read On...]
Click here to listen to the WIVB, Channel 4 news spot
High-Tech start-ups could get a boost
9/24/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "A Cleveland-based nonprofit with a record of success turning that community's medical research into high-tech businesses is joining forces with a consortium of 19 western counties in the state in an attempt to replicate the experience here." [Read On...]
Click here to listen to the WIVB, Channel 4 news spot
UB takes bioinformatics to Timon High School
9/24/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Bioinformatics isn’t standard high school material, but it could be for some students at Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School." [Read On...]
Holm named to post in research office
9/23/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Bruce A. Holm has been named senior vice provost in the Office of the Vice President for Research, Provost Satish K. Tripathi has announced." [Read On...]
$445,000 federal grant awarded for regional project to support & develop new high tech businesses in western & central New York
9/22/10 - BUFFALO, NY -- “Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27), Senator Charles Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28) and Congressman Chris Lee (NY-26) announced $445,000 for a new joint initiative covering nineteen counties in Western and Central New York to support new economy business development and job growth across the region.” [Read On…]
High-tech regional jobs effort launched
9/22/10 - BUFFALO, NY -- “A public-private group of area economic development organizations will use a new $445,000 federal grant to support entrepreneurs and boost job growth. The Erie County Industrial Development Agency is working with Cleveland-based JumpStart Inc. through the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) on the joint initiative, which covers 19 counties in Western and Central New York.” [Read On…]
UB, Dell to team up on medical project
9/18/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- " Computer giant Dell Inc. is teaming up with the University at Buffalo for a major medical research project that’s expected to bring Dell’s founder to Buffalo next week to make the announcement." [Read On...]
$30M Project headed to medical campus
9/17/2010 - BUFFALO, NY --"A $30 million technology research project to track and study chronic kidney disease among individuals with drug addictions will result in dozens of new jobs on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and advances at an East Side hospital." [Read On...]
Med Tech Park Grand Opening is Friday
8/17/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The two-story, 43,000-square-foot Med Tech Center is officially known as the Dr. Bruce A. Holm Upstate MedTech Centre. Holm is executive director of the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences at the State University at Buffalo." [Read On...]
Noted Researchers Join Kelly Institute
8/12/2010 - BUFFALO, NY --"Lawrence Wrabetz, head of the myelin biology unit at San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy, has been appointed director of the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute (HJKRI) at UB." [Read On...]
Computing Expansion
7/18/2010 - BUFFALO, NY --"The University at Buffalo's downtown supercomputer center is an impressive electronic powerhouse. The center, which has won $11.45 million in grants in the past year, helps university professors and other researchers run myriad projects. But with supercomputer centers around the world chasing funding and talent, there is no room for complacency." [Read On...]
Start-ups Seek Help of 'Angel' Investors
6/25/2010 - BUFFALO, NY --"As fledgling companies try to take off, “angel” investors can play a pivotal role." [Read On...]
Explore Buffalo Niagara Investor and Entrepreneur High-Tech Forum featured in Buffalo News, YNN/Time Warner Cable and WIVB, Channel 4!
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Growth in Local Life Sciences Boosted by Familiar Voices
6/24/2010 - BUFFALO, NY--"As the local life sciences industry attempts to grow, having a booster such as Terry McGuire in its corner is a plus. He is the co-founder and managing gerneral partner of Polaris Venture Partners. The $3 billion venture capital fund with offices in Boston and Seattle helps develop life sciences and information technology companies...." [Read On...]
SensGard headphones get help from UB
6/16/10 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Rob DiNardo and Greg Post were in a bind.They wanted to expand the markets for the hearing protection headphones that SensGard, their small suburban Rochester company makes, but they faced significant hurdles on their path to what they hoped would be higher sales and new customers..." [Read On...] To view story in NYSTAR Newsletter, click here.
UB Biochemist Receives Award to Facilitate Stem Cell Research
6/02/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- A UB biochemist in UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences and his colleagues have recieved $3.5 million from the Empire State Stem Cell Board to establish a Western New York Stem Cell Culture and Analysis Center...." [Read On...]
3 firms cited on fastest-growing list
5/12/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Three Buffalo-area companies have been included on a new national list of the nation's 100 fastest-growing inner-city businesses. AEP Books and Media, Allied Mechanical and Schutte-Buffalo Hammermill made the 2010 Inner 100 ranking of companies by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Bloomberg Business Week magazine..."[Read On...]
Designation gives UB role in improving patient safety, reducing medical errors
4/7/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The Medication Management Research Network (MMRN) at UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences has a new role in helping to improve patient safety in Western New York as a result of its recent designation by the federal government as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO)..." [Read On...]
More Than $10,000 at Stake in UB Competition
4/6/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Five teams of students and alumni from the University at Buffalo will compete for cash and services in excess of $10,000 in the final round of the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition...." [Read On...]
Venture Capital Fund Urged: State Money Sought for Start-Up Firms
4/1/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Robert J. Martin [COO of Buffalo Bio Blower] spent the better part of two decades helping fledgling companies find the funding they so desparately needed..." [Read On...]
Federal Designation Gives UB Program New Role in Improving Patient Safety and Reducing Medical Errors
4/1/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The Medication Management Research Network at the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences has a new role in helping to improve patient safety in Western New York, as a result of its recent designation by the federal government as a Patient Safety Organization...." [Read On...]
UB Program Helps Owners Grow Companies
3/21/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The problem with running your own business is that, all too often, it runs you..."[Read On...]
EC Officials Face Skeptics on eHealth Details
3/16/2010 - HEALTHCARE IT NEWS-- "As medical information technology and electronic patient records are becoming ever more important, efforts are being made to harmonize standards internationally. Through the work of Werner Ceusters and Barry Smith, the University at Buffalo is actively involved in these efforts...." [Read On...]
Research from State University of New York, Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics Has Provided New Information About Myotonic Dystrophy
2/12/2010 - TOP NEWS, US -- "The nanoparticles are a part of a new family of materials that are being created in the labs of Esther Takeuchi, Distinguished Professor and Greatbatch Professor of Advanced Power Sources PhD, at the State University of New York..." [Read On...]
$300K Grant For UB Researcher
1/22/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "A Saudi Arabian university is giving $300,000 in grant money to a University at Buffalo cancer researcher..."[Read On...]
Entrepreneurial Programs Means Business
1/8/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Launched in September, industry experts and other lecturers covered a range of topics for new owners of life sciences companies..." [Read On...]
Michael Green (CEL High-Tech 2009), CEO of TheraSyn DM LLC was featured in a 3/4/10 Business First article titled “Biotech Companies Grow Up – Life Sciences innovators tap into the Center of Excellence”. CEL High-Tech is a new program launched in the fall of 2009. It is a partnership between CEL and the Center of Excellence. Read more about Michael and other Life Science entrepreneurs.
Michael Zwick (CEL High-Tech 2009), CEO of AndroBioSys was featured in an article titled “Capital Access Challenges Biotech Firms, Researchers” in the 3/4/10 Business First paper. CEL High-Tech is a new program launched in the fall of 2009. It is a partnership between CEL and the Center of Excellence. Read more about Michael and his company.
Empire Genomics on Move to New Site
1/18/2010 - BUFFALO, NY "A Buffalo life sciences firm has signed a lease enabling a move to larger offices. Empire Genomics expects to move during the first quarter to a 6,500-square-foot space at 700 Michigan Ave. in facilities formerly occupied by PersonaDX, another life sciences firm that shut down last year." [Read On...]
Empire Genomics On Move to New Site
1/15/2010 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Empire Genomics expects to move during the first quarter to a 6,500-square-foot space at 700 Michigan Ave. in facilities formerly occupied by PersonaDX, another life sciences firm that shut down last year..." [Read On...]
Entrepreneurial Programs Means Business
1/11/2010 - BUFFALO, NY --"While explaining her experience as a scientist trying to bring her new product idea to market, Mary McCourt was stuck on a word. In December, she completed the University at Buffalo School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership’s new 10-week workforce development program, High Tech Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership..." [Read On...]
Godfather Works Toward Cure for MD
12/7/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Meet Rosie - the unusual lab assistant who has been the focal point of some miraculous research at UB. Dr. Fred Sachs discovered that tarantula venom...[Click here to watch video]
UB CAT Co-Director Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
11/23/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Esther S. Takeuchi, Greatbatch Professor in Power Sources Research in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest rank in the SUNY system..." [Read On...]
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..."
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New High-Tech Entrepreneurship Program Launched for Life Sciences
10/20/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The University at Buffalo School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences have launched a new workforce development program, the High-Tech Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership..." [Read On...]
HIV/AIDS Funding to UB Will Help Zimbabwe Dramatically Increase Reserach and Treatment Capacity
10/20/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "New funding for an innovative University at Buffalo program that trains Zimbabwe's clinician scientists and translational pharmacologists will bring additional health care professionals and researchers to Buffalo to be trained to fight the war on AIDS in Zimbabwe... " [Read On...]
UB CAT Co-Director and 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...]
UB's iSciWNY Will Help Grow a High-Tech, Life Sciences Workforce
10/6/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The University at Buffalo introduced today iSciWNY, a comprehensive life-sciences workforce development program dedicated to preparing all Western New Yorkers, not just scientists, for new positions in Buffalo Niagara's growing life sciences industry..." [Read On...]
iSciWNY Trains for Life Sciences Job
10/6/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "UB’s iSciWNY will use workshops, training programs, an interactive Web site and a career pathways kit to demystify the life sciences industry for Western New Yorkers..." [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...]
UB Trains Job Seekers in Life Sciences
10/6/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "You might be suprised to hear western New York is home to more than 120 life science companies and many of them are hiring. And that's right, you don't need an advanced degree to land one of those jobs..." [Read On...]
UB Launches Life Sciences Program
10/6/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The free program -- dubbed iSciWNY -- was formally announced Tuesday morning at UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences in downtown Buffalo. It will combine workshops, training programs, a Web site and an information kit about the life sciences industry, with the intent to reach out to workers of all skills and levels who are interested in the sector... " [Read On...]
UB Lecture Zeroes in on a Capital Idea
9/25/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Launching a successful life sciences company requires three ingredients: science, talent and capital. ... " [Read On...]
UB Professor to Recieve Innovation Award from Obama
9/18/2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - "President Obama on Thursday announced that he will present the nation's top innovation award to a professor at the University at Buffalo who, while working at Greatbatch Inc., invented the tiny batteries that power pacemakers and implantable defibrillators..." [Read On...]
Prevent Periodontitis to Reduce the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer
9/8/2009 - PHILADELPHIA, PA -- "Chronic periodontitis, a form of gum disease, is an independent risk factor for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This suggests the need for increased efforts to prevent and treat periodontistis as a possible means to reduce the risk of this form of cancer... " [Read On...]
Life Sciences Certificate Program for Professionals Offered
8/21/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "This professional development program will help prepare employees of life sciences companies to take more supervisory roles in their companies..."[Read On...]
Chemists Rationally Design Inhibitors Against an RNA Molecule that Causes Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
8/7/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The work is a major step forward in a multi-year effort by Matthew Disney, Ph.D....to develop a chemical code that would enable rational design of binders to any RNA structure..." [Read On...]
UB Start-Up Provides Innovative Sperm Analysis
7/27/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Couples struggling with fertility problems have a new option for accessing their ability..." [Read On...]
Joint Effort Tackling Heart Disease in WNY
7/22/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "A collaboration involving physicians, researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students from three prominent regional institutions is intent on improving hearing health in Western New York, an area with a heart disease death rate that is twice the national average..." [Read On...]
Distinguished UB Researcher Named Inaugural Head of Medical School's Clinical and Translational Research Program
7/17/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Timothy F. Murphy, M.D., University at Buffalo Distinguished Profeesor of Medicine and an internationally recognized expert in respiratory tract bacterial infections, has been appointed to the new position of senior associate dean for clinical and translational research in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences..." [Read On...]
Students Try Their Hands at Targeting Tumors with Potent Computing Power
7/4/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "A group of budding scientists got a chance Friday to use top-of-the-line computer technology to develop plans for treating cancer.." [Read On...]
Business Park Called an Economic Boon
6/27/2009 - BATAVIA, NY -- "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.." [Read On...]
Work Starts on Upstate MedTech Centre
6/26/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "A new Batavia center that focuses on the MedTech fields will bear a familiar name." [Read On...]
UB, Niagara University, Heart Center of Niagara Collaboration Makes Progess in Project Aimed at Tackling Heart Disease in WNY
6/26/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "A collaboration involving physicians, researchers, graduate students and undergraduate students from three prominent regional institutions is intent on improving heart health in Western New York." [Read On...]
Start-ups, Investors Mingle
6/25/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "Money was on the minds of most at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery as local high-tech start-up entrepreneurs." [Read On...]
Fueling High-Tech Funding Pipeline
6/24/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The High-Tech Forum (was) designed to foster networking opportunities and support for local entrepreneurs." [Read On...]
Investors Get Advice on Selling Creations
6/10/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The Ph.D.s were the students Tuesday at the University at Buffalo's downtown campus." [Read On...]
Nanoparticles Used to Stimulate Growth of New Neurons in Adult Brain
5/20/2009 - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- "University at Buffalo researchers have identified a new mechanism that plays a central role in adult brain stem cell development [Read On...]"
Univ Buffalo Deploys Netezza Data Warehouse Applicance To Speed Research
5/18/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "The Netezza system will enhance our disease and drug discovery research efforts [Read On...]"
Media Advisory: How Can Green Energy Bring More Green -- the Other Kind -- to Buffalo Niagara?
5/14/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Dozens of investors and venture capitalists from around the state will learn about pioneering clean energy technologies being developed in Buffalo Niagara by researchers at the University at Buffalo and local companies when they attend the Explore Buffalo Niagara 2009 Investor and Entrepreneur Energy Forum..." [Read On...]
$35,000 Awarded in UB Entrepreneurship Competition
4/28/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Two teams won more than $35,000 in cash in the University at Buffalo's Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC) for their innovative ideas in online English tutoring and chemical detection systems..." [Read On...]
UB Educational Opportunity Center to Hold Orientation Program on Careers in Life Sciences
4/17/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "iSciWNY is the area gateway to the life sciences industry in Western New York... " [Read On...]
Safely Sedating ICU Patients For Less
4/8/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "A new, recently licensed medical device developed by UB researchers would introduce into intensive-care settings the powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients that works so well in the operating room " [Read On...]
Using Nanoparticles to Fight Drug Addiction
3/27/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "A precise, new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon as the result of research conducted at UB..." [Read On...]
To Fight Drug Addiction, UB Researchers Target the Brain with Nanoparticles
3/23/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "A precise, new nanotechnology treatment for drug addiction may be on the horizon as the result of research conducted at the University at Buffalo..." [Read On...]
UB To Receive Stem Cell Research Funds
3/13/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "UB's vibrant interdisciplinary environment helped our scientists develop innovative projects that will allow us to understand the basic biology of stem cells and provide a platform for future therapies..." [Read On...]
UB Research Expenditures Continue to Increase, Reach New Record High
3/12/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Research funding is responsible for more than 3,000 jobs on UB's North (Amherst), South (Main Street) and Downtown campuses..." [Read On...]
UB to Receive $4.9 Million in Stem Cell Research Funds from New York State
3/11/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "UB's vibrant interdisciplinary environment helped our scientists develop innovative projects that will allow us to understand the basic biology of stem cells and provide a platform for future therapies..." [Read On...]
Patented Inventions Double at UB
3/05/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "More than 40 UB researchers were honored for their efforts to bring their research out of the lab and into the marketplace at the UB Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception..." [Read On...]
UB and AHRM, Inc. Help Buffalo Join the Electronic Medical Revolution
3/03/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "AHRM, Inc. (formerly the contract research organization component of PharmIdeas USA Inc.) relocated to Buffalo from North Carolina in 2007 to develop new medical technologies in partnership with UB Center of Excellence researchers..." [Read On...]
UB-Designed Ventilator Can Safely Sedate ICU Patients For Less
2/25/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "A new, recently licensed medical device developed by University at Buffalo researchers would introduce into intensive care settings the powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients..." [Read On...]
Boosting Bio-Tech in Buffalo
2/06/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Since its inception in 2001, the Center of Excellence has worked with over 50 companies, providing research and development support..."
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Six Teams Receive IRDF Awards
1/28/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "The goal of the IRDF is to encourage collaboration among faculty across disciplines for new research projects that ultimately will attract external grant support..." [Read On...]
Speaking The Same 'Language'
1/28/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "To tackle an increasing global infectious-disease burden and rising rates of drug-resistant infections, UB philosophers are working with medical researchers to develop the first-ever infectious disease ontology.." [Read On...]
City Steadily Builds a Future in Biotechnology
1/23/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "As anyone in the bioinformatics field knows, innovation takes time. Ideas morph into products, which go through tests. Then come some adjustments, and if all work out, the product hits the market.. " [Read On...]
AndroBioSys Inc. Secures $500K
1/09/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "The new funding follows approvals this fall for phase one grants through the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program...both will enable the company to continue its prostate cancer research..."[Read On...]
UB's Supercomputers Going 'Green'
1/09/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Computational scientists at UB's Center for Computational Research (CCR) have found a way to do more cutting-edge science while consuming less power..." [Read On...]
Hauptman Closer to Breast Cancer Cure
1/08/2009 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Identifying the third enzyme culminates 40 years of research at Hauptman-Woodward..." [Read On...]
Empire Genomics Signs Two Deals
11/21/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Two new partnerships are expected to boost contracts at a Buffalo life sciences firm..." [Read On...]
Invitrogen Foundation Supports UB's Life Sciences Initiatives in Buffalo
11/07/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "The Invitrogen Foundation headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., has given the University at Buffalo $50,000 to support..." [Read On...]
$7.6 Million Contract Establishes International HIV/AIDS Clinical Pharmacology Quality Assurance and Control Program at CoE
10/01/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "We are excited about this opportunity to use our expertise and facilities to help fight the global AIDS epidemic," said Dr. Gene Morse. [Read On..]
Initiative to Develop Groundbreaking Medical Devices, Boost Industry
09/17/2008 - BUFFALO, N. Y. -- "Launch made possible by $3 million Oishei Foundation grant..." [Read On...]
CoE Researchers Apply Systems Biology and Glycomics to Study Human Inflammatory Diseases
10/28/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It's an extremely valuable way to apply engineering principles to biology, it's critical to merge both approaches...[Read On...]
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus to Revamp Trico Site
07/19/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Armed with a $4.5 million cash transfusion, the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is pushing ahead with a key physical expansion. Patrick Whelan, BNMC chief operating officer, said funding approved last week by the Empire State Development Corp. will aid a $12 million effort to turn a portion of the former Trico windshield wiper plant into a high-tech innovation center...[Read On...]
Quantum Rod System May Safely 'Sneak' Drugs, Diagnostics into Brain
07/16/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A unique nanoparticle system developed by University at Buffalo scientists takes advantage of the versatility of bioconjugated quantum rods to ferry novel diagnostic and therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier, according to recent in vitro findings. Described in a paper published in Bioconjugate Chemistry, the system uses the rod-shaped semiconductor nanoparticles that are bioconjugated, or coupled, with biomolecules capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier...[Read On...]
New Center for Protein Therapeutics Formed by UB Pharmaceutical Scientists
07/15/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Pharmaceutical researchers at the University at Buffalo have joined forces with scientists from several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to tackle fundamental research questions that need to be answered to advance development of promising protein-based drugs. Their research will be carried out in the Center for Protein Therapeutics, which began its work July 1...[Read On...]
Insulin Suppresses Receptors that Cause Cascade of Inflammation, Study Shows
07/11/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. --
Researchers at the University at Buffalo -- the first to identify the anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective properties of insulin -- now have discovered one pathway through which the hormone produces this effect. Insulin appears to suppress a particular group of inflammatory mediators known as toll-like receptors, or TLRs, which are critical to the inflammatory process. TLRs are a variety of pattern-recognition receptors that identify bacterial and viral products and other pathogens. UB researchers have found that insulin interferes with the expression of several types of TLRs, likely by suppressing a specific transcription factor known as PU.1, which is known to regulate TLR expression....[Read On...]
Nutrient-Rich Diet Might Cut Cervical Cancer Risk
06/18/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Eating a high-fiber, fruit- and vegetable-heavy diet might dramatically reduce your risk of developing cervical cancer, according to a recent study in the journal, Nutrition and Cancer...The study focused on 239 women being treated for cervical cancer at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. Researchers compared these subjects to 979 randomly selected control patients from the same hospital. All of the women filled out a questionnaire detailing their health and medical history. The women were also asked about the types of foods and drinks in their diet before their cancer diagnosis....[Read On...]
UB Recognizes Faculty Entrepreneurs
06/12/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Edmund Egan and Bruce Holm are the first winners of the UB Faculty Entrepreneur Award, an annual award created by the university to recognize faculty members who demonstrate the vision and perseverance to translate their discoveries and inventions into products that save lives, relieve suffering or otherwise improve the well-being of individuals and communities...[Read On...]
Jacobs Family Gives UB $10 million for new Heart and Vascular Center
06/12/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- One of Western New York’s wealthiest families has thrown its money behind plans for a new heart and vascular center in Buffalo. Jeremy M. Jacobs, chairman of Delaware North Cos., and his wife, Margaret, donated $10 million Wednesday to the University at Buffalo to help recruit and retain top-notch researchers in heart and vascular diseases. The gift, the single largest donation in UB’s history, also jump-starts a philanthropic effort to help raise money in the community for a heart center on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus...[Read On...]
Businesses Describe How They Profit From Partnering with UB
06/06/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- At today's University at Buffalo Business Partners Day 2008, UB announced a slate of new, improved ways for business, government and community organizations in Buffalo Niagara and throughout the upstate region to access UB's vast array of top-notch technical resources and talent...In one workshop, information technology services and solutions companies CTG and PharmIdeas discussed a partnership with UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences that has created new ways to handle biomedical information...[Read On...]
$2M Investment Comes to SmartPill
06/04/2008 - BUFFALO, NY – SmartPill Corp.'s plan to move component assembly to Buffalo from Los Angeles this year has received a boost from key investors. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Wednesday afternoon that the New York State Common Retirement Fund and High Peaks Venture Partners of Troy will together invest $2 million in the medical technology company located on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus...[Read On...]
Three Drug Combo Helps Cancer Survival
06/02/2008 - WASHINGTON D.C. – Using a therapy with a drug combination of three different medications is showing promise in treatment of advanced Pancreatic cancers. This new study that was led by scientists at Roswell Park Center Institute in Buffalo New York was released and the benefits of the three-drug combination appears to be marked...[Read On...]
Rath, Moog Inc. To Be Honored at UB Business Partners Day
05/23/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- State Senator Mary Lou Rath and Moog Inc. will be honored at the University at Buffalo's Business Partners Day luncheon to be held at noon on June 6 in the Hyatt Regency. Edmund Egan, president and chief executive officer of ONY, Inc., and Bruce Holm, executive director of UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, will receive the first University at Buffalo Faculty Entrepreneur Award...[Read On...]
Session preps innovators for investors
05/23/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Matthew Disney recognizes the fundamental difficulty of being a scientist with an idea to sell. "As a scientist, you see the problem," the University at Buffalo chemist said. "A businessman focuses on the opportunity." Hosted by the University at Buffalo state Center of Excellence in Life Sciences and Bioinformatics, the program was meant to help the researchers determine whether they are ready to move their products or services toward commercialization, including enticing investors...[Read On...]
NYS Center of Excellence workshop plants seeds for growth of technology
05/17/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Even the best inventions need a strong business model in order to flourish in the marketplace. That was the thinking behind the “Pre-Seed Workshop” that wrapped up Friday, analyzing the commercial potential of technology ideas generated by researchers and inventors...[Read On...]
NCI Awards Grant for Photodynamic Therapy Research
05/07/2008 - BUFFALO, NY – The National Cancer Institute has awarded Ravi, Pandey, PhD, a five-year, $2.9 million grant to identify multifunctional photosensitizers for image-guided photodynamic therapy of brain and other tumors...[Read On...]
County Executive Chris Collins to Kick Off 'Pre-Seed' Workshop
05/06/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Erie County Executive Chris Collins will make opening remarks at a dinner to kick off a 'pre-seed' workshop for Western New York researchers and entrepreneurs considering the launch of a technology-based business....[Read On...]
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...]
4 Faculty Members Receive SUNY Research Awards
04/17/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Four University at Buffalo faculty members were among 20 of their colleagues from SUNY campuses across the state who were honored for their research and scholarship at the SUNY Research Foundation's annual awards dinner held on Monday in Albany...[Read On...]
Common Plant Component Shows Potential as MS Treatment
04/17/2008 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Plant sterols, known to help reduce high cholesterol, also may be effective in treating the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS), novel research by University at Buffalo investigators has shown. The study, lead by Forum M. Desai, a student in the UB Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, has shown that Beta-sitosterol, a compound found in most vegetables and fruits, can reduce secretion of several proinflammatory factors known to be involved in damage to the brain's myelin...[Read On...]
Medcotek Licenses UB Teleradiology Technology
04/09/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Local company Medcotek, Inc., has signed a licensing agreement with the University at Buffalo for use of a new technology that will advance the company's entry into the lucrative teleradiology market. Developed by Vipin Chaudhary, Ph.D., UB associate professor of computer science and engineering, the new 3D viewer and data-transmission system is designed to improve the transmission and diagnosis of x-rays and other radiological images sent over the Internet, a process known as teleradiology. A shortage of radiologists nationwide has created demand for teleradiology technologies, particularly in remote areas where the shortage is acute, according to Medcotek CEO Frederic Zeigler...[Read On...]
Stem Cells from Hair Follicles May Help "Grow" New Blood Vessels
03/28/2008 Buffalo, N.Y. -- For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients' heads, according to new research published earlier this month by University at Buffalo engineers. In the current paper, the UB researchers demonstrate that stem cells isolated from sheep hair follicles contain the smooth muscle cells that grow new vasculature...[Read On...]
Three UB Faculty Members Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
03/21/2008 Buffalo, N.Y. -- Three University at Buffalo faculty members have been named SUNY Distinguished Professors for having achieved national or international prominence and an established reputation in their fields of expertise. Stephen Rudin, professor of radiology and director of the Division of Radiation Physics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was made by the SUNY Board of Trustees at its meeting on March 11..[Read On...]
Composite Nanotechnology Carrying Radioactive Gold Slows Tumor Growth
03/12/2008 Buffalo, N.Y.-- In laboratory studies conducted at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), researchers discovered that nanocomposite particles carrying radioactive gold directly to tumors reduced cancer growth by 45% in just eight days...[Read On...]
Defense Funding Backs CUBRC Research
02/24/2008 Buffalo, N.Y. -- CUBRC will receive $1.6 million in federal funding to help develop a new generation of anti-viral drugs. Funding comes through the Department of Defense for the "Defense Against Viral Infection" (DAVI) program at CUBRC's Medical biotechnology laboratories at the University at Buffalo Center for Bioinformatics and Life Sciences downtown...[Read On...]
New Method Enables Design, Production of Extremely Novel Drugs
01/23/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new chemical synthesis method based on a catalyst worth many times the price of gold and providing a far more efficient and economical method than traditional ones for designing and manufacturing extremely novel pharmaceutical compounds is described by its University at Buffalo developers in a review article in the current issue of Nature. ..[Read On...]
Buffalo Life Sciences Buildings Win Leed Silver Certification
01/18/2008 Buffalo, N.Y. -- The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), the University at Buffalo, and Roswell Park Cancer Institute today announced that UB’S New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences and Roswell Park’s Center for Genetics and Pharmacology have been honored by the nation’s leading evaluator of environmentally sustainable buildings. The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) recently awarded LEED Silver certification to the $113 million, state-of-the-art buildings which occupy 300,000 square feet in the Buffalo Life Sciences Complex on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. [Read On…]
Rep. Slaughter Announces $3 Million for Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute
01/10/2008 BUFFALO, NY – Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter (D-Fairport), Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, today joined Dr. George DeTitta, CEO of Hauptman Woodward, Dr. Wayne Schultz, research scientist and head of the structural biology lab, and research scientist Dr. Timothy Umland, to announce $3 million in federal funds. [Read On…]
Can Technology Reduce Clinician Medication Errors?
01/03/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y -- Medication errors are one of the most serious problems occurring in doctor's offices and out-patient clinics, and older persons with chronic conditions are the most vulnerable.
An experimental information technology (IT) intervention designed to help reduce such errors, developed by Gurdev Singh, Ph.D., director of the Patient Safety Research Center at the University at Buffalo, will begin this spring in eight ambulatory medical offices throughout Western New York.
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High-Fat, High-Carb Meal More Destructive to the Obese
12/19/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Eating a high-fat, high-carbohydrate meal causes oxidative stress and release of proinflammatory factors into the blood stream, resulting in damage the blood-vessel lining, which sets the stage for plaque formation and vessel blockage, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have reported...[Read On..]
3 Faculty Members, Former Dean Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
12/06/2007 - Buffalo, N.Y. -- Dr. Frederick Sachs, faculty at the NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences has been named one of three SUNY Distinguished professors, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system. [Read On...]
Gift Funds L. Nelson Hopkins III, M.D. Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery
12/06/2007 - Buffalo, N.Y. -- Inspired by the work of internationally known pioneering neurosurgeon L. Nelson "Nick" Hopkins III, M.D., has made a gift of $1.5 million to the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences [Read On...]
Study on Toxin that Tainted Spinach Reveals Treatment Possibility
12/03/2007 - Buffalo, N.Y. --
A discovery by University at Buffalo biologists that may explain the evolution of a lethal toxin is providing new information that could lead to more effective treatments for humans who fall victim to it. [Read On...]
Landmark Trial to Evaluate Cardioprotective Properties of Insulin
11/09/2007 - Buffalo, N.Y. --
The ability of insulin to limit heart-tissue damage during a heart attack will be tested in a landmark clinical trial led by Paresh Dandona, M.D., Ph.D., University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Toxicology in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences...[Read On...]
The OBO Foundry: Coordinated Evolution of Ontologies to Support Biomedical Data Integration
11/07/2007 - The value of any kind of data is greatly enhanced when it exists in a form that allows it to be integrated with other data. One approach to integration is through the annotation of multiple bodies of data using common controlled vocabularies or 'ontologies'...[Read On...]
UB researchers receive Oishei grant
11/06/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo will deepen its studies in psychiatry with a $148,328 grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation. The funding will be used to establish a multidisciplinary task force for ontology-based IT support for large-scale field studies at UB...[Read On...]
UB's Ira G. Ross Eye Institute Opens on Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
11/01/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The institute, located on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, is an integral part of the university's major initiative to create a more vibrant presence in downtown Buffalo as it grows by 40 percent between now and the year 2020...[Read On...]
Jorge José Named AAAS Fellow
10/25/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Jorge V. José, Ph.D., vice president for research at the University at Buffalo, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science...[Read On...]
Commission hears UB testimony
10/18/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The role of UB as a major player in bioinformatics and life sciences innovation in Western New York was one of the topics of discussion during a public hearing convened Oct. 11 by the New York State Commission on Higher Education. Bessette told the commission that UB's New York State Center for Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences has supported the spin-off of medical technologies from three prominent life-sciences companies that grew from research at UB and the Center of Excellence...[Read On...]
Higher Ed Helps Boost Buffalo's Economy
09/2007 - Buffalo Life Sciences Complex dovetails with local and New York State initiatives to rebuild the city's industry-based economy and yields long-term benefits for Buffalo that far exceed the initial costs of its development...[Read On...]
Expanded UB Neuroimaging Analysis Center Unveiled at Buffalo General Hospital
09/28/2007 -
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- An expanded Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, an internationally renowned research center of the University at Buffalo that works with clinicians and researchers around the world to advance the understanding of diseases of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve, was unveiled today in Buffalo General Hospital...[Read On...]
UB Buying M. Wile Co. Building
09/27/2007 - Buffalo, N.Y. -- The university is increasing its investment in downtown Buffalo with the purchase of the former M. Wile Co. building, now known as Century Centre 2, located a block south of its New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences...[Read On...]
UB Increases Investment in Downtown Buffalo, BNMC Secures Space to Grow Life Sciences Economy
09/21/2007 - Buffalo, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and its partner the University at Buffalo today emerged in federal bankruptcy court as the successful bidders for two major properties in downtown Buffalo...[Read On]
Researchers Genetically Engineer Microorganisms into Tiny Factories
09/18/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Microorganisms may soon be efficiently and inexpensively producing novel pharmaceutical compounds as the result of research being conducted by University at Buffalo researchers. See how Center of Excellence partner, First Wave Technology, is collaborating with the UB group...[Read On...]
Square Pegs in Round Holes?
09/13/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The idea of analyzing data combined from multiple clinical trials (i.e., meta-analysis) is an attractive strategy for monitoring and assuring drug safety. While each clinical trial is designed to answer a specific question (or questions) in a specific patient population, a meta-analysis of the pooled data from multiple clinical trials potentially provides a more complete picture of the risk-to-benefit tradeoffs...[Read On...]
$1 Million Grant To Fund Protein Therapeutics Research, Facilities
09/07/07 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS) has received a major investment that will allow it to enlarge its research program in protein therapeutics, the most rapidly expanding class of treatments for diabetes, cancer and other diseases...[Read on… ]
Nanotechnology Identifies Peptide "Fingerprint" in Both Forms of ALS
09/04/07 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A nanotechnology developed by a University at Buffalo professor has enabled researchers to identify a molecular signature common to both familial and sporadic cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease.[Read on...]
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...[Read On...]
Roswell Park Technology Fuels Third Biotech Company
08/02/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and AndroBioSys, Inc. (ABS) today announced a licensing and investment agreement that gives ABS exclusive rights to patented technology held by James Mohler, MD and Gary Smith, MD. [View News Release]
Top Scientist and Prolific Inventor is Strategic Hire for UB
07/31/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The renowned inventor of the tiny batteries that have helped make implantable cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators and other medical devices a life-saving reality for millions of patients has accepted a faculty position in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. [View News Release]
Surprisingly, Chemists Find, Some Solvents Can Alter Chemical Bonds
07/24/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New University at Buffalo research demonstrates that some solvents can significantly enhance certain acid-base interactions and strengthen the bonding interaction between two molecules when one is electron-deficient and one is electron-rich. [View News Release]
Flavonoids in Orange Juice Make It a Healthy Drink, Despite the Sugar
07/17/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Orange juice, despite its high caloric load of sugars, appears to be a healthy food for diabetics due to its mother lode of flavonoids, a study by endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo has shown. [View News Release]
HWI Researchers Determine Structure of Protein from Pathogen Associated With CF and TB
07/13/2007 - BUFFALO, NY -- Hauptman-Woodward Institute scientists Dr. Andrew Gulick, Eric Drake and Dr. Manish Shah, in collaboration with researchers at the University at Buffalo and the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and
Life Sciences have made this significant discovery which was published in the current issue of the Journal of
Biological Chemistry. [View News Release]
Area firm plans to market genetic tests for illnesses by examining your genetic code, doctors could see looming problems, and treat them early
07/12/07 - BUFFALO NEWS - A Buffalo company that sprouted from Roswell Park Cancer Institute has announced plans to make good on the vision of personalized medicine. Empire Genomics, founded by genome project researcher Norma Nowak, plans to market genetic tests for over 200 maladies — and create 60 jobs over five years in the process. We’re going to take scientific discoveries . . . and translate them into products that help people,” said Candace Johnson, chairwoman of the pharmacology and therapeutics department at Roswell Park, during a press conference Thursday in Buffalo’s medical corridor. [View Full Story ]
Roswell Park and Empire Genomics Agree on Memorandum of Understanding
07/12/2007 - BUFFALO, NY -- Empire Genomics, LLC, a new firm in the field of molecular diagnostics and genomic-based testing, offers a wide range of products and services on its molecular karyotyping platform technology that is used to identify and quantify chromosomal abnormalities. Empire Genomics hopes this technology will lead to an exciting new era of personalized medicine.[View Press Release]
Engineered Blood Vessels Function like Native Tissue
07/05/07 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Blood vessels that have been tissue-engineered from bone marrow adult stem cells may in the future serve as a patient's own source of new blood vessels following a coronary bypass or other procedures that require vessel replacement, according to new research from the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. [Read on]
Workshop in Computational Science Challenges High School Students
06/27/2007 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A dozen lucky high school students are spending two weeks this summer at the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research, part of the university's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, during its annual high school workshop in computational science, from June 25 to July 6. [Read on...]
Kinex Pharmaceuticals Files Investigational New Drug Application
06/20/07 - Kinex Pharmaceuticals LLC, announced today that the Company has filed its first Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for KX2-391, an internally developed small molecule, oral, anticancer product candidate. [View Press Release]
KX2-391 Allowed to Proceed to Phase 1 Trials
6/19/2007 - Kinex Pharmaceuticals was notified today, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that its Investigational New Drug, KX2-391, can proceed into Phase 1 Clinical Trials...[Read On...]
Buffalo.edu:Licensing, Research Agreements Completed Between UB and Reichert, Inc.
06/15/07 - The University at Buffalo's Office of Science Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR) has announced that licensing and research agreements have been completed with Reichert, Inc., paving the way for developing and marketing a cell volume cytometer (CVC), whose applications include the detection of drug/cell interactions, bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics and cancer cell susceptibility to chemotherapeutic agents. [Read on…]
UB CAT Supports Researchers' Collaboration with Industry
06/14/07 -
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The UB Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT) is funding University at Buffalo researchers working with 13 life sciences companies and organizations in Buffalo Niagara as part of $1 million in annual support provided by the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) to the UB CAT. [Read on...]
Faculty Member Honored at SUNY Research Foundation Dinner
05/17/07 - Four UB faculty members were among 30 State University of New York faculty members honored on May 2 at a dinner held in Albany by the SUNY Research Foundation. Receiving the Research and Scholarship Award from the SUNY Research Foundation was Mulchand S. Patel, UB Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and associate dean for biomedical research and education, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. [Read on…]
Biospace.com: Trinity Biotech Announces Agreement With the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI)
Trinity Biotech PLC, a leading developer and manufacturer of diagnostic products for the point-of-care and clinical laboratory markets, today announced an agreement with the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) in connection with its work on behalf of the International Drug Purchase Facility (UNITAID) [Read on...]
$40,000 Awarded in UB Technology Entrepreneurship Competition
05/04/07 - For the second year in a row, providing products and services to biotechnology firms was the common denominator for the two teams that won more than $40,000 in cash and services in the University at Buffalo's annual Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC).
Panasci TEC, now in its fourth year, awards seed money and business services to the teams that present the best plan for launch of a viable new business. Serving on the panel of judges was Marnie LaVigne, Ph.D., Director, Business Development, New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. [Read On…]
North Carolina Company to Relocate to the Center of Excellence
03/15/07 - Medcotek, Inc. is relocating to the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences as the result of a strategic partnership. [Read on...]
"CCR Increases Computing Power, Interactions with Researchers"
02/22/07 - Over the past year, the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research has quadrupled computing power, upgraded its high-performance storage system and installed a new state-of-the-art visualization room. [Read on...]
"Roswell Park Attracts Top Researcher Along With Cleveland BioLabs"
01/26/07 – Roswell Park Cancer Institute proudly announced an agreement with renowned researcher Dr. Andrei Gudkov, Ph.D., that will not only bring Dr. Gudkov’s expertise to Roswell Park, but will also relocate his company to Buffalo as well.
"LinuxWorld: Buffalo: The land of chicken wings, snowstorms — and grid computing?"
01/24/07 - The Center for Computational Research (CCR) at the State University of New York’s University at Buffalo operates a 1,200-server system… [Read on…]
"Toronto Company Locates In Buffalo Niagara to Partner with Region's Biotech Industry"
01/22/07 - PharmIdeas, a provider of economic, data and clinical research analysis for pharmaceutical companies worldwide, has relocated an office to the region to establish partnerships with the University at Buffalo and benefit from the region's biotech assets. [Read on…]
Roswell Park Establishes Life Sciences Company in Buffalo
01/18/07 – Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Boston-based Venzyme Accelerator announced today the formation of PersonaDX, Inc. a new life sciences company, that will be based in Buffalo. [Read on…]
"The Unexpected Importance of Basic Scientific Research in Improving Public Health"
12/10/06 - Dr. Herbert Hauptman, The 1985 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and President of the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, published an essay in the Sunday, December 10, 2006 edition of The Buffalo News.
"CUBRC Announcement of Major Contract Award "
11/01/06 - CUBRC President and CEO Tom McMahon announced today the award of a major contract from the U.S. Department of Defense, worth up to nearly eight and a half million dollars over two years, the first four million of which has already been awarded.
The Spectrum: "At biotech center, future is now"
10/25/06 - The University at Buffalo student newspaper, The Spectrum, put the CoE on the front page of the Wednesday, October 25, 2006 edition of the paper. The feature tells of how the entire university and the Western New York community are rallying behind the CoE. [Full Article]
"Population Diagnostics and Empire Genomics to Create Expansive Relationship for Large Scale Molecular Diagnostics & Personalized
Medicine Development Program"
10/11/2006 - Population Diagnostics, Inc. (PDI) announced that it has agreed to terms with Empire Genomics LLC
(EG) to establish an infrastructure for PDI to begin commercializing at full scale its core technology platform. The core technology of PDI will facilitate the company's primary objective, which is to
develop novel predictive tests for the molecular diagnostic and personalized medicine markets.[Full Article]
"Hybrid Nanoparticles for Multimodal Medical Imaging"
09/29/06 - With a $1.1 million grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation, researchers in the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics are turning their expertise in nanomedicine to the development of new, nanoparticle-based multi-probe systems, launching a new generation of medical imaging. [Read on…]
Business Facilities: New York is #1 for biotechnology
09/13/06 - Business Facilities magazine recently ranked New York as the top biotech state in the country in its 2006 industry rankings report. The 2006 rankings reflect states’ greatest overall strengths and growth in the biotechnology industry. New York improved its ranking from second in 2005, taking the top spot from Illinois, which fell out of the top 10. The Business Facilities analysis demonstrates the incredible strengths and depth of resources New York has in the biotechnology sector. [Read The 2006 Business Facilities Rankings Report: Biotechnology]
"Sensors Could Detect Traces of Chemicals on Passengers"
08/14/06 - At the University at Buffalo's multidisciplinary Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS), researchers from several academic departments, including the CoE’s Dr. Alexander Cartwright and Dr. Albert Titus, have proposed development of a biometric sensor that could detect such traces on the fingers of airline passengers. [Read on...]
"Device Could Do "Battle" with Hospital Infections"
08/03/06 - An innovative University at Buffalo air sterilization technology that the U.S. Department of Defense is funding to protect troops on the battlefield soon may be protecting hospital patients from deadly infections, thanks to recent funding from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR). [Full Article]
Pharmaceutical Commerce: "Biopharma Site Selection: The Heat of Competition Keeps Rising"
08/01/06 - Thomas Kucharski and Dave Tyler of the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, a premier COE corporate partner, were recently featured in an article describing regional initiatives to attract life sciences companies. The strategy and successes of the Buffalo-Niagara region in growing our life sciences economy are also highlighted.
New York Times: "What does Bioinformatics Mean? To an Ailing Industrial Region, the Answer is Jobs"
07/11/06 - The New York Times profiled the CoE in the Sunday, July 9, 2006 edition of the paper. [Full Article]
"New York State Center of Excellence In Bioinformatics & Life Sciences Gala Opening and Symposium"
This link contains all the information and past web pages associated with the CoE's Grand Opening events from June 2006. The events include the Ribbon-cutting Ceremony, Academic and Industry Symposium, and the Public Open House, among others. [Click Here]
"Center of Excellence Concludes Grand Opening Events"
07/06/06 The New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences recently wrapped up a month-long celebration designed to commemorate our grand opening as New York State’s premier life sciences hub. Countless individuals worked non-stop, hosting a wide variety of events designed to introduce the community to the CoE’s science, mission, and hope. Click the articles below to read about all the excitement at the CoE’s grand opening.
[Center of Excellence and Roswell Park Cancer Institute Center for Genetics and Pharmacology Celebrate Grand Opening]
[Biotech Center Opens New Era]
[At Center of Excellence, Buffalo Students Glimpse Their Future]
[Center of Excellence Will Investigate Complex Diseases]
[The Center of Excellence Brings New Life Downtown]
[Expatriates Focus on Boosting Life Sciences in Buffalo]
"FOXnews.com: Radio-Transmitting 'Smart Pill' to Report From Inside Body"
07/06/06 Buffalo-based SmartPill Corp. was recently featured on the FOX News Channel's popular morning show, "FOX and Friends".
"Gill's Research Shows Microbes Essential to Human Health"
06/22/06 An article in The London Telegraph reports on research by Steven Gill, associate professor of oral biology, and others that shows that microbes provide an essential support system for the human body. [Full Article]
"Adult Stem Cell Research at UB Targets Damaged Hearts"
6/12/06 - A specialist in stem cell biology at the University at Buffalo has received a $1.98 million grant from National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of bone marrow-derived adult stem cells to treat the serious heart malfunction known as hibernating myocardium. [Full Article]
"Center of Excellence Rollout Off to a Strong Start"
6/12/06 - New York State’s premier life sciences hub got up and running on June 2 following a historic ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by over 600 people from the science, government, and business sectors. Since then, the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (CoE) has been working non-stop, hosting a wide variety of events designed to introduce the community to the CoE’s science, mission, and hope.
"Canty to Head UB's New Cardiovascular Medicine Division"
6/06/06 - John M. Canty, Jr., M.D., Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Professor of Medicine, has been named chief of the new Division of Cardiovascular Medicine [Full Article]
"Magnetic Field Acts as "Remote Control" to Deliver Nanomedicine"
6/06/06 - A nanoparticle-based drug delivery concept in which an applied magnetic field directs the accumulation in tumor cells of custom-designed, drug-filled nanocarriers [Full Article]
"At UB Center of Excellence, Buffalo Students Glimpse Their Future"
6/05/06 - Two hundred Buffalo Public Schools middle and high school students were welcomed to a tour and scientific demonstrations in UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
[Full Article]
"UB's Center of Excellence and Roswell Park Cancer Institute Center for Genetics and Pharmacology Celebrate Grand Opening"
6/02/06 - Creation of a life-sciences industry and economy for Buffalo Niagara took an historic step forward today with the grand opening of the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Center for Genetics and Pharmacology
[Full Article]
"Biotech center opens new era"
6/02/06 - A strategic plan calls for the center -- built with tens of millions of dollars in public and private investment-- to house 200 researchers, plus their staffs, within three years [Full Article]
"UB's Center of Excellence Will Investigate Complex Diseases"
6/02/06 - By bringing together talented researchers from related scientific disciplines in an environment that fosters collaboration and innovation, the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences will focus its resources on developing new treatments for serious and complex diseases [Full Article]
"UB Scientist Publishes First Human Microbiome Analysis"
6/01/06 - Researchers have completed the first analysis of the genes of a community of human microbes, an accomplishment that has far-reaching implications for clinical diagnosis and treatment of many human diseases [Full Article]
"UB Offers Free Lectures at Center of Excellence"
5/31/06 - Three free public lectures in the UBThisSummer Lecture Series will be held at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences [Full Article]
"Dermatology prof discusses new sunscreens"
5/22/06 - New sunscreens offer better and longer protection [Full Article]
"1918-19 epidemic survivors may be key on bird flu"
5/21/06 - Researchers are asking people who survived the Spanish flu in 1918 to donate blood in the hopes to develop more effective vaccines [Full Article]
"Symposium to Examine 'Frontiers in Biological Systems' "
5/16/06 - The New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, will open in June with a full schedule of scientific and community events, including a science and industry symposium featuring world renowned researchers in the fields of genomics, neuroscience and biomedical informatics. [Full Article]
"Pharmacy School, Pfizer Create Strategic Alliance"
2/9/06 - $7.5 million provided for education and research in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics [Full Article]
"DOD Funds National Information Fusion Center"
2/21/06 - CUBRC and UB team up to provide the U.S armed forces with critical technologies to enhance major national security initiatives [Full Article]
"Rules to Target RNA are Focus of Study"
12/15/05 - Dr. Matthew Disney, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, awarded $50,000 to develop a set of tools for targeting RNA [Full Article]
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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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