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Research Partners

University at Buffalo (UB) - New York State's premier public center for graduate and professional education, as well as the state's largest and most comprehensive public university. A member of the State University of New York system (SUNY), UB is comprised of three campuses; North Campus in suburban Amherst, South Campus in Buffalo's University Heights district, and the CoE in downtown Buffalo.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) was America's first cancer center. Over its long history, RPCI has made fundamental contributions to reducing the cancer burden and has successfully maintained an exemplary leadership role in setting the national standards for cancer care, research and education.

Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute - The Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI) is an independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research facility located in the heart of downtown Buffalo's medical campus. For half a century, HWI scientists have been committed to improving human health through study, at a molecular level, of the causes and potential cures of many diseases.

State and Local Government, Organizations, and CoE Related Links

New York State - Official website of New York State.

  
City of Buffalo - The home city of the Center of Excellence.

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus - A non-profit corporation dedicated to the cultivation of a world-class medical campus for clinical care, research, education and entrepreneurship in downtown Buffalo. The CoE resides on the Medical Campus.

New York State Centers of Excellence - The state's five Centers of Excellence support high technology ventures through a collaborative approach among the State, academia, private venture capital companies, and other private and public sector parties.

The State University of New York (SUNY) - Central resource for the nation's largest comprehensive system of public higher education, offering programs at 64 geographically dispersed campuses.

New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research (NYSTAR) - NYSTAR works to further high-technology academic research and economic development in New York State.

NYSTAR Centers for Advanced Technology (CAT) - Centers for Advanced Technology support university-industry collaborative research and technology transfer in commercially relevant technologies.

CoE Corporate and Community Partners

National Grid - National Grid is one of the world's largest utilities, focused on delivering energy safely, reliably, efficiently and responsibly. National Grid owns and operates gas and electricity transmission and gas distribution networks in the UK and US and electricity distribution networks in the US.

Buffalo Niagara Enterprise - The BNE is an organization of public and private entities which acts as a business gateway for companies entering the Buffalo-Niagara region.

Applied Sciences Group - Applied Sciences Group provides technically superior software engineering solutions for applications involving research, industrial and manufacturing environments, design-oriented engineering services, technical project management and training.

Buffalo BioSciences - Buffalo BioSciences develops and implements comprehensive business strategies that accelerate the commercialization of Life Science technologies.

CTG - CTG delivers information technology services that provide real business value to customers.

ComDoc - ComDoc is one of the largest independent communication and document solution providers in the USA.

Oracle - Oracle's business is information - how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it. The world's largest enterprise software company, Oracle is the only vendor to offer solutions for every tier of business - database, middleware, business intelligence, business applications, and collaboration.

SofTrek - SofTrek Corporation is a long-standing Oracle Certified Solutions Partner with two primary offerings: PledgeMaker Fundraising Software and appitat IT outsourcing.

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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