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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • July 11, 2006
    The Sunday NY Times includes an article on the economic impact of bioinformatics, particularly the impact of the much-lauded Center of Excellence at SUNY Buffalo, which owes its existence to several political heavyweights: US Senators Clinton and Schumer, and Governor Pataki.

    ```Bioinformatics seems to be a word people remember because they don't know what it means,' said Bruce A. Holm, the executive director of the Center of Excellence and a senior vice provost at the University at Buffalo, part of the State University of New York.

    ``The center, proposed by Gov. George E. Pataki in his 2001 State of the State address, has received $89.4 million from the state, $27.7 million from the federal government, and $60 million in private investment.''

    Full story (free registration required):
    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/nyregion/09biotech.html

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