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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. ...[Read On...]

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
619/2007 - 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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Events

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

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

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