http://www.buffalo.edu/news/list-page.html?key=d-bioinformatics en-US Copyright 2008, University at Buffalo 2008-05-17T10:20:53-04:00 apage@buffalo.edu apage@buffalo.edu http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9368 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. 2008-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 93680009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8821 A nanotechnology developed by a University at Buffalo professor has enabled researchers to identify a molecular signature common to both familial and sporadic cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. 2007-09-04T00:00:00-04:00 88210009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8712 A dozen lucky high school students are spending two weeks this summer at the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research, part of the university's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, during its annual high school workshop in computational science, from June 25 to July 6. 2007-06-26T00:00:00-04:00 87120009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8681 The UB Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT) is funding University at Buffalo researchers working with 13 life sciences companies and organizations in Buffalo Niagara as part of $1 million in annual support provided by the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) to the UB CAT. 2007-06-14T00:00:00-04:00 86810009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8504 Medcotek, Inc., a North Carolina medical-technology company, is relocating to the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences as the result of a strategic partnership between local companies Buffalo BioSciences and E-Capital Financing. 2007-03-15T00:00:00-04:00 85040009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8447 Over the past year, the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research has quadrupled computing power, upgraded its high-performance storage system and installed a new state-of-the-art visualization room. If that wasn't enough, it also moved its entire infrastructure, including a 2,000-processor supercomputer, from the university's North Campus into UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus in downtown Buffalo. 2007-02-22T00:00:00-04:00 84470009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8366 In what can be described as a "win" for Buffalo Niagara's emerging biotechnology industry, an international pharmaceutical consulting company has relocated an office to the region to establish partnerships with the University at Buffalo and benefit from the region's biotech assets. 2007-01-22T00:00:00-04:00 83660009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8265 In their continuing search for promising targets for treating mental disorders, a group of neuroscientists at the University at Buffalo has identified a pathway critical to the functioning of antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs and drugs for anxiety disorders. 2006-11-17T00:00:00-04:00 82650009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8101 Only one drug is approved to treat persons with mild to moderate Alzheimer's symptoms, despite the fact that the brain protein at the core of this disease, the NMDA receptor, is known to play a central role in several acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions that impair learning and memory. Gabriela Popescu, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry at the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is hoping to help change that situation. 2006-08-02T00:00:00-04:00 81010009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8051 An article in the Sunday edition of the <i>New York Times</i> describes how UB's New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences is helping to create a new biotech industry in Buffalo. 2006-07-12T00:00:00-04:00 80510009