New York State Center of Excellence
Bioinformatics & Life Sciences

The UB CAT is located at the NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (CBLS), providing opportunity and infrastructure linking academic research with commercial interests. UB CAT facilitates commercialization of life sciences inventions that grow the New York State economy.

We can help you find the resources you need to grow your life sciences business, whether you’re in the start-up phase, or a thriving firm continuing to innovate. We specialize in R&D assets that help you bring new and improved technology-based products and services to market, with many in-house and partner business development programs that give you the connections you need to succeed in today’s global marketplace. 

The CBLS is home to over 250 scientists and research staff with biological, physical and computational expertise, all of whom are engaged in interdisciplinary biomedical research with collaborators from across the region, the country and the globe.

We are proud to house some of the finest technology in the Buffalo Niagara region for your research, including the Center for Computational Research, Genomics and Bioinformatics core, and the Proteomics and Bioanalysis core.

We are your front door for life sciences & bioinformatics resources. Contact us today, and let us help you get the information you need.