LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION PROJECT DETAILS
Project Objective:
To increase awareness of and involvement in life sciences and more importantly, workforce talent development opportunities through the dissemination of information, materials and educational experiences to a broad audience ranging from the general public to select targeted adult and student populations.
Implementation Strategy and Plan:
This project will utilize collaborative efforts to develop a community-wide program that facilitates relevant audiences being contributors and/or recipients, as appropriate. The program will be implemented in a staged approach to gain experience among the contributors working together to develop program components that a) address a range of life sciences education and workforce development areas from the scientific to the industry end of the spectrum and b) are flexible enough to address a broad array of audiences.
Life Sciences COE Tours & Demonstrations:
Tours and demonstrations will be conducted at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, where there is a focus on scientific discovery and workforce and economic development in life sciences. A sequence of tour ‘stops’ will be created to provide the program content to each of the target audiences. Content will be adjusted appropriately for each audience who will participate in the tours. There will be varying levels of tour ‘guides’ and hands-on demonstrations available:
- Tour stops that address the following topics: DNA Isolation, Karyotyping, Commercialization, and Computer Visualization.
- Tour stops plus one-two high technology research and industry experts and/or demonstrations
- Tours stops plus three-five high technology research and industry experts and demonstrations
Life Sciences Experience Outside COE:
High School Students AP Biology Program: This program will involve a target group of 2-4 high school AP Biology classes, who receive a multi-day bioinformatics/life sciences program experience in their classroom. The program will be based on an activity called “Fowl Play”, provided by Dr. Mark Gallo of Niagara University. To visit Dr. Gallo’s “Fowl Play” website, click here.
News
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 marketing and outreach efforts for UB's iSci: Career Pathways in the Life Sciences program..." [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...]
$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...UB is establishing a Dept. of Biomedical Engineering with a focus on developing groundbreaking medical devices and therapies to address society's most pressing health problems..." [Read On...]
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Events
January 21 - RPI Biotechnology & Entrepreneurship Video Conference Seminar
Free video conference at the CoE with guest speaker Jason S. Slotnik, Esq. from Hogan & Hartson LLP. Mr. Slotnik is an expert in the field of Health Care Reimbursement.
January 29 - Life Sciences Commercialization Series
Join us for our first lecture in the 2009 season featuring two presenters from Greatbatch: James Kubiak, Product Line Director, Emerging Technologies, Cardiac and Neurology and Greg Vanderhorst, VP of Sales and Marketing. Click here for more information.
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