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Partnering with SUNY

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The State University of New York (SUNY) is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States educating nearly 463,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs, and more than 1.8 million NYS citizens in professional development and personal enrichment programs, on 64 college and university campuses, and online through Open SUNY. There are nearly 3 million SUNY alumni worldwide.

Hosting some of the world’s premier research institutions, SUNY is New York’s premiere economic driver and workforce developer, performing as a catalyst for effective public/private partnerships that support existing industry, create new businesses, generate new jobs, and train the talented, college-educated workforce of tomorrow.

Across New York State, SUNY faculty, staff and students are conducting groundbreaking biotechnology and life sciences research. Part of a sponsored programs portfolio of nearly $1 billion, this activity offers a valuable resource and opportunity for industry to connect with faculty to commercialize innovations for the public benefit.

Through SUNY’s Networks of Excellence, SUNY, supported by the SUNY Research Foundation, is seamlessly merging research, industry, and academia to shape New York’s research and economic future.

For more information on how to partner with SUNY, please contact theResearch Foundation for SUNY’s Office of Innovation and Partnerships at:

(518) 434-7061 • innovationandpartnerships@rfsuny.org

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The State University of New York’s Networks of Excellence assemble scientists and scholars from SUNY campuses to collaborate on joint research programs spanning health, neuroscience, energy and the environment.

Across New York State, SUNY faculty, staff and students are conducting groundbreaking biotechnology and life sciences research. Part of a sponsored programs portfolio of nearly $1 billion, this activity offers a valuable resource and opportunity for industry to connect with faculty to commercialize innovations for the public benefit.

Projects listed on the following pages reflect the cutting-edge collaborative research developing every day across SUNY campuses — in health and neuroscience — as part of SUNY’s Networks of Excellence.

SUNY Health maximizes SUNY’s diverse strengths in biomedical research, effectively integrating assets in structural biochemistry, RNA research for drug design, personalized medicine, clinical research and Big Data to support multi-scale clinical trials and public health research.

SUNY Health

SUNY Brain advances the frontiers of neuroscience research to discover new ways to treat, prevent and cure brain disorders by leveraging interdisciplinary neuroscience research across SUNY campuses spanning neuroclinical services, analytic sciences, technical platforms and informatics.

SUNY Brain

www.sunynetworksofexcellence.org

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SUNY BrainUniversity at Albany

Mapping Brain Activity Contributes to Death in a Novel Mouse Model of SUDEP Bruce J. Herron

Binghamton University

Trans-generational Effect of Alcohol Exposure Nicole Cameron

Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Interplay of Emotion and Attention Brandon E. Gibb

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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A Psychophysiological Approach for User Authentication Zhanpeng Jin

Pain Logger: A Low-cost, Wearable EEG Sensing System to Detect and

Quantify Chronic Pain in Daily Life Zhanpeng Jin

Psychiatric Vulnerability in the Adolescent Brain: A Machine Learning- based Approach for Optimizing the Discovery of Brain-based Risk Markers for Psychiatric Illness Vladimir Miskovic

University at Buffalo

Mitochondrial Transporters/Ion Channels and Neurodegenerative Disease Michael D. Garrick

Self-powered Smart Tooth for Vagus Nerve Simulation M. Amin Karami

Effect of Body Cancer on Brain Function Robert S. Miletich

Establishing New Therapy for Children with Rett Syndrome by Targeting Downstream Pathways of Mutant MeCP2 Protein Michael K. Stachowiak

Multidisciplinary Approach to the Identification of Novel Indicator Combinations able to Assess Increased Risk of Vascular Pathologies Moises Sudit

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Multimodal Functional Brain Mapping for Presymptomatic Diagnosis in Leukodystrophy Lawrence Wrabetz

College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering

Ultrasensitive Magnetic Nanodevices for Brain Mapping Nathaniel Cady

College of Optometry

SUNY Ultra-thin Multielectrode Probe for Recording and Electrical Stimulation Jose Manuel Alonso

A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Myopia Stewart Bloomfield

Mapping Superior Colliculus Activity in Naturalistic Contexts: A Neuro-computational Approach Robert McPeek

Downstate Medical Center

Development of an in vitro Platform for Multi-Scale Brain Network Research, Computational Modeling and Nanotechnology Integration Randall Barbour

Drug Design for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Alejandro Ivan Hernández

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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Early-developing Brain Exposure to Sevoflurane: Profiling MicroRNA and Messenger RNA Expression for their Effects on Aberrant Behaviors Ira S. Kass

Cell-Type Classification of Neonatal Motor Circuits Which Controls Bimanual Independence in Adults Hsiu-Ling Li

Mapping Neural Transformations for Context-based Perceptual Adjustments Youping Xiao

Purchase College

Vocal Pitch Imitation in Speech and Music: Shared Neural Resources? Meagan Curtis

Stony Brook University

Role of the Glymphatic Pathway in Glaucoma Helene Benveniste

Inducing Neural Plasticity to Improve Urinary Function after Spinal Cord Injury William F. Collins

The Brain Circuitry of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Christine DeLorenzo

The Impact of Ketosis on Brain Functioning Christine DeLorenzo

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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Role of Ribbons in Tonic and Phasic Signal Transmission by Visual, Auditory, and Vestibular Receptor Neurons Gary Matthews

Wireless Recording and Optogenetic Stimulation of Perirhinal Cortex in Awake Behaving Mice Lorna Role

Upstate Medical University

Protein-Protein Interaction and Drug Development for Autism Stephen V. Faraone

Next Generation Ultra-High-Resolution and Sensitivity Wearable PET Scanner for Brain Imaging (BET) Andrzej Krol

Mapping Functional Connectivity of the Color Representation in Primate Striate Cortex Daniel Ts’o

Non-invasive Assessment of Parkinson’s Disease Pathology via Retinal Imaging Daniel Ts’o

Interocular Balance in Cortex after Short-term Visual Deprivation Daniel Ts’o

Membrane-permeable Transcriptional Regulators for Retinal Repair Michael E. Zuber

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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University at Albany

Drug Discovery and Development of Novel Antibiotics Against Gram-positive Pathogens Paul Agris

A Novel HIV Vaccine — From Mice to Macaques Arlene Ramsingh

Planning Network to Improve Health of New York State’s American Indians Lawrence Schell

Binghamton University

3D Printing Tissues and Organoids for Personalized Organ Transplantation Kaiming Ye

SUNY Health

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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University at Buffalo

Solid Supported Isocyanide Ligands for Removal of Transition Metal Complexes from Solution Steven Diver

Histatin-based Peptide Compositions for Prevention and Treatment of Fungal Infections Mira Edgerton

“Big Data” Modeling and Inference for Knowledge and Discovery in Medical and Public Health Research Marianthi Markatou

Development of Antisense Molecules as a Novel Class of Antimicrobial Agents Timothy Murphy

Monomeric Streptavidin (mStrav) with High Biotin Binding Affinity Sheldon Park

Novel Photodynamic Therapy for Treating Inaccessible and Thick Tumors Paras Prasad, Artem Piss, Aliaksandr Kachynski, Tymish Ohulchanskyy &

Andrey Kuzmin

Toward an Optimized Hammerhead Ribozyme Therapeutic for Orphan Hereditary Retinal Degeneration and Age-Related Macular Degeneration Jack Sullivan

Planning Grant to Produce a Road Map to the Creation of the SUNY-wide Centralized “Big Data” Repository (CIDR) of SUNY Electronic Health Record Data Peter Winkelstein

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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UB1201: Composition and Method for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Aiming Yu

College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering

Drug Discovery and Development of Novel Antibiotics Against Gram-positive Pathogens Nathaniel Cady

Development of the SUNY sxRNA Anti-Viral Action Network Team (SsAVANT) Scott Tenenbaum

Cornell University

Development of Hand-held Biosensors for Rapid Diagnosis and Study of Neural Disease and Neurotoxins Alexander Travis

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Discovery of Drugs Targeted to Ligand-Gated Ion Channels for CNS Robert Oswald

Downstate Medical Center

SUNY-HD (SUNY-Health Disparities): A SUNY Network of Health Disparities Research Daniel Cukor

Targeting Dynamic Signaling Complexes as Novel Gender-Specific Pharmacotherapy for Pain/Addiction and Gynecologic Malignancies Alan Gintzler

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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Rockefeller Institute of Government

Developing and Evaluating a Network of Locally-based Health Care Leadership and Innovation Teams Thomas Gais

Stony Brook University

The Endocannabinoid Transporter: A New Target for Addiction Therapy Dale Deutsch

Development of Novel Molecular and Cellular Tools to Detect, Assess Prognosis, and Guide Therapy of GI Cancers in Racial and Ethnic Minorities Ellen Li

SUNY HealthNow Network of Excellence in Child Health Services Research Planning Grant: Informing Child Health Service Delivery and Policy Through Population-based Research Susmita Pati

Effect of PI3K Modulation on Ventricular Repolarization in Humans Eric Rashba

Exploration of Lipid Transport Proteins as Drug Targets for the Treatment of Tuberculosis Jessica Seelinger

Upstate Medical University

SUNY Network Aging Partnership (SNAP): Investigating Frailty and Enhancing Lifespan Across the Health Spectrum Sharon Brangman

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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Study of Retinal Development on Biomimetic Tissue Scaffolds Toward Generation of Engineered Retinal Sheets Arlene Viczian

Effects of Air Pollution Exposure in the Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer Guirong Wang

For more information on these SUNY faculty members, visit our Find A SUNY Scholar faculty profile pages at bit.ly/sunyscholar

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For more information on how to partner with SUNY, contact theResearch Foundation for SUNY’s Office of Innovation and Partnerships at:

(518) 434-7061 • innovationandpartnerships@rfsuny.org

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For more information on the State University of New York, visit:

www.suny.edu

For more information on The Research Foundation for SUNY, visit:

www.rfsuny.org

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For more information on the SUNY Networks of Excellence, please visit:

www.sunynetworksofexcellence.org

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