Biozona Weekly: New laws aid algae research; Biodesign wins $30M contract; Gilbert lands VA clinic
Top bioscience news, April 13-28: New laws position Arizona to be algae leader ¶ ASU Biodesign wins $30M DoD contract for health-monitoring chip ¶ Gilbert lands new VA clinic. (Plus 6 more stories.)
Biozona Weekly: C-Path featured; new angel fund debuts; NE Phoenix bio campus approved
Top bioscience news, March 26-April 17: Dr. Carolyn Compton speaks on C-Path’s outlook ¶ ASU alumni form a new angel fund supporting early-stage high-tech companies ¶ Phoenix City Council approves a new bioscience campus in northeast Phoenix. (Plus 4 more stories.)
Biozona Weekly: Record STEM grant for CAC; new law to protect university research; PCH/Mayo liver partnership
Top bioscience news, March 14-April 6: Central Arizona College earns its largest-ever HIS-STEM grant from the U.S. Department of Education ¶ Gov. Jan Brewer signs a bill into law that facilitates industry-university partnerships ¶ Phoenix Children's Hospital and Mayo Clinic partner on new liver-transplant program. (Plus 9 more stories.)
Biozona Weekly: Arizona STEM Network launches; NantCare comes to Phoenix; Op-eds for UA COM expansion
Top bioscience news, February 17-28: With a second multi-million-dollar grant, SFAz is rolling out the Arizona STEM Network statewide ¶ NantCare, a newly acquired telehealth firm associated with Patrick Soon-Shiong, has moved to Phoenix ¶ Op-eds by a state legislator and a university president argue for continued funding for the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix (Plus 9 more stories.)
C-Path announces hiring of new president and CEO Carolyn Compton
Carolyn Compton, an internationally recognized cancer pathologist who previously led important units at the National Institutes of Health, has been hired as the new president and CEO of the Tucson-based Critical Path Institute. Dr. Compton replaces Raymond Woosley, a longtime fixture in Arizona's bioscience community, who founded C-Path in 2005 to help make development of health-care innovations safer, faster, and cheaper.








