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Research Partners

University at Buffalo (UB) - New York State's premier public center for graduate and professional education, as well as the state's largest and most comprehensive public university. A member of the State University of New York system (SUNY), UB is comprised of three campuses; North Campus in suburban Amherst, South Campus in Buffalo's University Heights district, and the CoE in downtown Buffalo.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) was America's first cancer center. Over its long history, RPCI has made fundamental contributions to reducing the cancer burden and has successfully maintained an exemplary leadership role in setting the national standards for cancer care, research and education.

Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute - The Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI) is an independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research facility located in the heart of downtown Buffalo's medical campus. For half a century, HWI scientists have been committed to improving human health through study, at a molecular level, of the causes and potential cures of many diseases.

State and Local Government, Organizations, and CoE Related Links

New York State - Official website of New York State.

  
City of Buffalo - The home city of the Center of Excellence.

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus - A non-profit corporation dedicated to the cultivation of a world-class medical campus for clinical care, research, education and entrepreneurship in downtown Buffalo. The CoE resides on the Medical Campus.

New York State Centers of Excellence - The state's five Centers of Excellence support high technology ventures through a collaborative approach among the State, academia, private venture capital companies, and other private and public sector parties.

The State University of New York (SUNY) - Central resource for the nation's largest comprehensive system of public higher education, offering programs at 64 geographically dispersed campuses.

New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research (NYSTAR) - NYSTAR works to further high-technology academic research and economic development in New York State.

NYSTAR Centers for Advanced Technology (CAT) - Centers for Advanced Technology support university-industry collaborative research and technology transfer in commercially relevant technologies.

CoE Corporate and Community Partners

Bank of America - Bank of America, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of the largest financial services companies in the United States.  This company serves clients in more than 150 countries and has a relationship with 99 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 83 percent of the Fortune Global 500. 

National Grid - National Grid is one of the world's largest utilities, focused on delivering energy safely, reliably, efficiently and responsibly. National Grid owns and operates gas and electricity transmission and gas distribution networks in the UK and US and electricity distribution networks in the US.

Buffalo Niagara Enterprise - The BNE is an organization of public and private entities which acts as a business gateway for companies entering the Buffalo-Niagara region.

Applied Sciences Group - Applied Sciences Group provides technically superior software engineering solutions for applications involving research, industrial and manufacturing environments, design-oriented engineering services, technical project management and training.

Buffalo BioSciences - Buffalo BioSciences develops and implements comprehensive business strategies that accelerate the commercialization of Life Science technologies.

ComDoc - ComDoc is one of the largest independent communication and document solution providers in the USA.

 

Superior Group - The Superior Group, headquartered in Buffalo, NY, has offices located throughout the United States, and also in Canada, Europe, and Asia.  Over the years, this company has evoled into an international force in the staffing and technical services industries.




SofTrek - SofTrek Corporation is a long-standing Oracle Certified Solutions Partner with two primary offerings: PledgeMaker Fundraising Software and appitat IT outsourcing.

News

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..." [Read On...]

UB 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...]

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...]

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Events

November 19 - "Vybion: The Successful Morphing of a Contract Research Organization into a Therapeutics Company" featuring Lee Henderson, CEO, Vybion Inc. Click here for more information.

December 10 - "The Passport of a Life Sciences Entrepreneur," featuring Shreefel Mehta, Ph.D., MBA.  Click here for more information. 

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