CORE RESEARCH GROUPS

Cancer Biology

This group identifies targets to inhibit tumor growth and cell proliferation. The group focuses on tumor growth related to neurological cancer, melanoma and lung cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.

Group Director:
Candace L Johnson, Ph.D.
Senior VP of Translational Research
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

 

 

 

 

 

Cardiovascular Disease

This group conducts animal and human research related to cardiovascular disease areas such as heart failure and sudden death.

Group Director:
John Canty, M.D.
Albert & Elizabeth Rekate Chair in Cardiovascular Disease
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo

 

 

 

Developmental Genomics

This group is dedicated to understanding fundamental developmental and disease processes by the analysis of gene expression patterns and genetic perturbation of model organisms.

Group Directors: Richard Gronostajski, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo..	Satrajit Sinha, Ph.D.        Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Marc Halfon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Science.	Michael Buck, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
Lee Ann Garrett Sinha, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo.

 

 

 

 

 

Informatics and Ontology

This group develops powerful tools for information integration and reasoning in all domains of clinical and translational research, including clinical trial data management and electronic health records.

Group Directors: Barry Smith, Ph.D. SUNY Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the National Center for Ontological Research, University at Buffalo	Werner Ceusters, M.D. Professor of Health Sciences and Coordinator of Bioinformatics for the UB Health Science Faculties, University at Buffalo
Louis J. Goldberg, Ph.D. Professor in the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences and Dean Emeritus of the UB School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo

 

 

Neurodegenerative Disease

This group investigates disease mechanisms of several neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Krabbe's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Neurovascular Diseases.

Group Directors: Jian Feng, Ph.D. Associate Professor Physiology and Biophysics School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo

Zhen Yan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Physiology and Biophysics School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo

 

 

Pathogens and Biodefense

This group investigates virulence factors for bacteria and viruses important in human disease and in biodefense.

Group Directors: Steven Gill, Ph.D. Associate Professor Oral Biology School of Dental Medicine University at Buffalo	John Hay, Ph.D. Grant T. Fisher Chair & Professor of Microbiology & Immunology University at Buffalo
Anthony Campagnari, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology & Immunology University at Buffalo	Thomas Russo, MD Professor of Medicine University at Buffalo

 

 

 

Translational Pharmacology

This group will foster innovative translational pharmacology research in the areas of drug development, applied translational pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and pharmacogenomics and proteomics with an emphasis in oncology, neurology, infectious diseases and inflammation and cardiovascular disease.

[About the Translational Pharmacology Core]

Group Director:
Gene D. Morse, Pharm.D.
Professor and Associate Dean, Clinical and Translational Research
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University at Buffalo

 

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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