EVENT SCHEDULE

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Complete details on each of the events follows the schedule below.

2008 Events

JUNE

June 5 - 2008 Life Sciences Industry Summit
The 2008 Life Sciences Industry Summit is a premier one-day gathering for key industry professionals to interact and discuss issues of strategic importance to the future of the life sciences industry.  Attend comprehensive sessions within several compelling seminar tracks.  For more information or to register please visit the website http://www.biotech.sunysb.edu/educWork/summit2008/index.html.

June 6 – UB Business Partners Day
Learn how the university advances economic growth and business development in its partnerships with industry throughout Buffalo Niagara. View exhibits and attend workshops where you’ll discover the groundbreaking research as well as the successful university collaborations with business, government, and community entities.  Workshops and Exhibits scheduled from 8:30 a.m.-noon, with sessions focused on how your business can benefit by becoming a partner with UB, are free and open to the public.  Workshops will take place at the Hyatt Regency, 2 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo.

Luncheon Program, scheduled from noon to 1:30PM, will be $50 per person and is entitled Building the Knowledge Economy in Upstate New York.  The keynote speaker will be Daniel C. Gundersen, Upstate chair of Empire State Development. To register for the luncheon and learn more about the workshops visit www.buffalo.edu/YourBusiness.

June 10 - Life Science Downtown Buffalo Showcase & Expo
2008 Life Science Downtown Showcase will highlight life sciences companies and the development of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.  Companies include Hauptmann Woodward Institute, Kinex Pharmaceuticals, Pneuma Partners, SmartPill Corporation and more.  The cost is $15 for Members and $25 for Non-Members.  Registration begins at 12:30pm and the Keynotes speaker begins at 1:00pm.  There will also be Walking Tours: 3 Tours per location (1:45, 2:30, and 3:15).  The company presentations are from 4:15pm-5:15pm including Kinex  Pharmaceuticals, Pneuma Pharmaceuticals and Hunters Hope.  The evening will conclude with a networking receptions from 5:15pm – 6:00pm.  To register or for more information please visit http://www.thepartnership.org/Home/GetInvolved/Calendar.

June 13 -Bioinformatics and Technology Applications in Medication Management UB Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
The Steering Committee of the CoEBLS Medication Management Research Network (MMRN) is planning a one-day symposium to discuss the current opportunities to integrate electronic health records, ePrescribing software, bar code technology, biomedical ontology, and digital, personalized medical records in a statewide initiative.  The outcome of the meeting will be to develop a vision and operational plan for interoperability among regional hubs across New York State leading to an integrated MMRN.

June 19 – HWI Seminar Series: The Past, Present and Future of the Protein Data Bank
Please join Dr. Helen Berman from Rutgers University for her presentation beginning at 4:00pm.  Program is free and open to the public with a reception to follow. Series is held at the Hauptman-Woodward Institute 700 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14203.  

SEPTEMBER

September 23 - MedTech08 Biosciences Summit
Growing, Changing, Booming: Adapting healthcare to the needs of an aging population.  Join us at The Lodge in Skaneateles NY for this exciting daylong event packed with industry leaders sharing their strategies for successfully adapting to the aging boomer demographic.  To learn more and register, Click here.

September 25 - Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation
Join us for our September Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Hear about the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region's life sciences economy. Stay tuned for the specific program topic to be announced.

September 25 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at Ulrich's Tavern, 674 Ellicott Street, at the corner of Ellicott and Virginia Streets. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

OCTOBER

October 23- Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation
Join us for our October Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Hear about the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region's life sciences economy. Stay tuned for the specific program topic to be announced.

October 23 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at the DoubleTree Club Hotel, 125 High Street. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

October 27-28 - AACR Centennial Symposium
Roswell Park Cancer Institute is hosting the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Centennial Symposium, entitled “The Future of Cancer Research: Science and Patient Impact”, this fall.  Registration is now open, to learn more Click Here.

NOVEMBER

November 20- Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation
Join us for our November Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Hear about the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region's life sciences economy. Stay tuned for the specific program topic to be announced.

November 20 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at Ulrich's Tavern, 674 Ellicott Street, at the corner of Ellicott and Virginia Streets. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

DECEMBER

December 11 - Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series Presentation
Join us for our December Life Sciences Commericalization Lecture Series presentation. Hear about the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region's life sciences economy. Stay tuned for the specific program topic to be announced.

December 11 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking. Invite friends to this FREE event! Refreshments include beer and chicken wings. 5-7pm at the DoubleTree Club Hotel, 125 High Street. Sponsored by the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

News

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...]

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Events

September 23, 2008 - MedTech08 Biosciences Summit
Growing, Changing, Booming: Adapting healthcare to the needs of an aging population.  Join us at The Lodge in Skaneateles NY for this exciting daylong event packed with industry leaders sharing their strategies for successfully adapting to the aging boomer demographic.  To learn more and register, Click here

October 27-28, 2008 - AACR Centennial Symposium
Roswell Park Cancer Institute is hosting the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Centennial Symposium, entitled “The Future of Cancer Research: Science and Patient Impact”, this fall.  To learn more and register, Click here.

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