Genomics” has revolutionized the biological and biomedical sciences, perhaps the pharmaceutical sciences most of all.  While much public press has concentrated on pharmacogenetics and “personalized medicine” this is the one area where advances may be the least certain.  Pharmacogenetics seeks to provide patients efficacious therapeutic agents with minimal adverse drug reactions based on their genotype.  However, the complexity of the human genome and the extensive genetic diversity among human populations often results in confusing relationships between patient drug response and genotype.  Pharmacogenetics will contribute greatly to improved theapeutics but it requires a more realistic understanding of the role environmental factors, multiple genes with multiple arients, and hman population genetic structure play in predicting individual drug efficacy and toxicity.

Dr. Brazeau is a Research Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UB, and director of the Pharmaceutical Genetics Lab.   His research interests include population genetics of natural populations, DNA forensics, and the evolution of reproductive strategies in marine invertebrates.

RSVP by November 18, 2009

$15 Members
$20 non-Members
$  9  Students
$  5  Lecture only (no buffet)

Presented by the Friends of the Health Sciences Library

To register or get more information, contact Linda Lohr at 716-829-3900 x136,   lalohr@buffalo.edu.

The Multimedia Development Lab is a work space for creating presentations,
websites, tutorials, analog to digital conversions, and any other visual
and/or audio projects you can think of.  The MDL comes equipped with three
PCs, one Mac, two flatbed scanners, a slide scanner, a multi-CD duplicator
tower, and a VHS video converter.  For software, there is Adobe Creative
Suite 3 (Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Indesign,
and Photoshop), MS Office 2003.  We also have software to convert your
media for online use, be it web pages or video streaming.

Why do we need a Multimedia Development Lab?

By far the most important aspect of any project today is the ability for it
to be used in a digital format.  At the MDL, we provide you with equipments
to digitize documents, pictures, or even x-rays so they can be shared
electronically.  Even older outdated media formats can be digitized and
updated to be of use again, e.g. image slides and old VHS.  On any given
project, even a simple presentation, many different resources are used in
its creation.  At the MDL, we have everything you need in one area on the
South Campus so you can finish a project from beginning to end.

Who can use the Multimedia Development Lab?

Any UB faculty, staff, or students can use the MDL.  Please contact Lori
Widzinski (829-3900 x138) or Chris Cheung (829-3900 x139) for access.

Where is the MDL located?

The MDL is located in the Digital Media Resources Center in the basement of
the Health Sciences Library.

When is the MDL open?

The MDL is open Monday to Friday 8:30 to 5:00.