INDUSTRY COLLABORATION & PARTNERS

The CoE engages in interactions with industry collaborators across numerous life sciences areas - biotechnology, biomedical informatics, diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, research and development - that relate to the translational research capabilities of the CoE. By combining its resources with those of industry collaborators, the CoE furthers the goal of creating new life sciences technologies that improve the health and well-being of the population.

The CoE is already working with numerous industry organizations in synergistic relationships, including Cognigen Corporation, Dell, General Electric Global Research, Hewlett-Packard, Invitrogen Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Pfizer Inc, Silicon Graphics Inc, SofTrek/Appitat, Stryker Corp, Sun and Tata Consultancy Services. At the same time, the CoE is launching a new Corporate Partner & Sponsors Program to expand its industry relationships.

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New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences invites you to join our Partner Program If you are from a life sciences or related organization, you are ideal for the Corporate Partner Program. If you are not from a life sciences organization, but want to support the growth of life sciences, you are ideal for the Community Partner Program. Click on the Programs above for more details on these opportunities or to request more information, click here.

 

Thank you to the Members of the Center of Excellence Corporate & Community Partner Program!

                                                     

                                                                                     

                                                                  

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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