STOR Attends Biotechnology Conference
Biotechnology Industry Organizations’ annual conference, BIO2006, was one of the world’s largest gatherings of biotechnology leaders in the world, attracting approximately 18,000 life sciences professionals, and UB STOR was there. STOR partnered with the Research Foundation of the State University of New York (SUNY) and the Buffalo-Niagara region to showcase the University’s research and innovative discoveries in the field of biotechnology.
Woody Maggard, Associate Vice Provost and Associate Director, Jeffrey Dunbar, Intellectual Property Director, and Lorraine Stinebiser, Community Relations and Outreach Manager, attended the conference held in Chicago during April 10-12, 2006.
“BIO is a great opportunity to meet with a number of companies who may be looking to establish a location in the region, partner with our faculty for sponsored research, or potentially license technologies,” noted Maggard. “STOR has participated in BIO for the past four years, and feel it is a great opportunity for UB.”
The Research Foundation of SUNY organized individual meetings with decision makers in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries in an effort to develop licensing and other commercialization opportunities. Dunbar met with more than a dozen companies, including biotechnology and pharmaceuticals companies from the U.S., Japan, United Kingdom, Australia Canada and Belgium, to discuss the university’s biotechnologies available for licensing.
“Licensing executives from many top companies in the industry attend BIO,” said Dunbar. “Having time to meet face-to-face at the conference is invaluable in establishing a productive licensing relationship with them. We were able to discuss specific UB technologies that fit their research and development profiles, and gain a better understanding of their pipeline.”
Next year’s BIO conference will be held in Boston during May.