New Technology
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From Lab to Market: Interdisciplinary, Translational Research
Creating New Technologies in the Life Sciences Industry
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NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHT
Medcotek Licenses UB Teleradiology Technology
04/09/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Local company Medcotek, Inc., has signed a licensing agreement with the University at Buffalo for use of a new technology that will advance the company's entry into the lucrative teleradiology market. Developed by Vipin Chaudhary, Ph.D., UB associate professor of computer science and engineering, the new 3D viewer and data-transmission system is designed to improve the transmission and diagnosis of x-rays and other radiological images sent over the Internet, a process known as teleradiology. A shortage of radiologists nationwide has created demand for teleradiology technologies, particularly in remote areas where the shortage is acute, according to Medcotek CEO Frederic Zeigler.
Medcotek relocated from North Carolina to Buffalo last year to work with Chaudhary and benefit from UB's supercomputing and biomedical expertise. The company currently is located in UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. The company has begun marketing a prototype of the new technology, which has capabilities that far exceed those of teleradiology products currently on the market, Zeigler said...[Read On...]
Featured Researcher
Vipin Chaudhary , Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Vipin Chaudhary is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences at University at Buffalo, SUNY. Earlier, he spent several years at Wayne State University where he was the Director of Institute for Scientific Computing and Associate Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. He currently maintains an adjunct position at Wayne State University in the Department of Neurological Surgery.
In 2005, he founded Micass LLC that is focused on Computer Assisted Surgery Systems. Earlier he was the Senior Director of Advanced Development at Cradle Technologies, Inc. where he was responsible for advanced programming tools and architecture for multi-processor chips. His current research interests are in the area of Computer Assisted Diagnosis and Interventions; Medical Image Processing; Grid and High Performance Computing and its applications in Computational Biology and Medicine; Embedded Systems Architecture and Applications; and Sensor Networks and Pervasive Computing.
[ Medcotek Website]
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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