INDUSTRY
An important aspect of the CoE is its interactions with industrial partners, to whom it offers extensive research and development expertise and facilities, as well as accelerated discovery and commercialization path that facilitates introduction of new products and services that enhance the field of medicine. The promise of personalized medicine ultimately depends upon the close working relationship between researchers working in labs and those who ultimately bring new discoveries to patients, health care providers and other constituents across the world.
The CoE’s industry collaborations are targeted to these primary life sciences industry sectors
The CoE has already initiated a number of high profile, high-potential interactions with the life sciences industry involving both domestic and global partners in collaborations that blends the strengths of the CoE’s translational research programs, facilities and commercialization resources with the industry goals of private sector partners. To learn more about industry collaborations with the CoE, click here.
INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS
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. The workshop is being held in the University at Buffalo's New York State Center of Excellence in Life Sciences and Bioinformatics, the dinner will precede two days of intensive programming to determine whether the researchers are ready to pursue the next steps in commercializing their high-technology product and service concepts, including how to seek outside funding for their ideas, inventions or start-up business.
"This workshop is an excellent way to launch new businesses and spur the commercialization of new technologies in Western New York," Collins said. "With Western New York's premier research institutions and its ambitious spirit of entrepreneurship, we are making great strides in establishing a high-tech industry in our region."
Six teams of researchers and inventors will partner with a business coach, legal and tech-transfer experts and MBA students from the UB School of Management at the workshop. The teams will simulate the start-up of a business as a way to analyze the commercial merit of the researchers' technology. "This workshop is a proven way for potential entrepreneurs to decide whether or not they should move forward with their ideas and how to do so," said Marnie LaVigne, Ph.D., director of business development with UB's Center of Excellence and the UB Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT)...[Read On...]
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The residents of Erie County elected Chris Collins as the seventh Erie County Executive on November 6, 2007. A businessman with 35 years of private sector experience, Collins ran against the political establishment of both parties and won with 64 percent of the vote. Collins ran as a chief executive, highlighting the dangers of electing another chief politician.
As County Executive, Collins is focused on his Three Rs - reforming Erie County government, rebuilding the local economy, and ultimately, reducing taxes. Collins is committed to running Erie County like a business, making it more effective, efficient and responsive to hardworking taxpayers.
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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