Application season open for Natl. Youth Science Camp

Two graduating high-school students will represent Arizona at the 2009 National Youth Science Camp, hosted by the National Youth Science Foundation. The all-expenses-paid honors program runs July 1-25, 2009. Contact Melissa Tarango for more info: 602-542-4043. Applications are due Jan. 23, 2009.

2007 Annual Report

Arizona is uniquely positioned to carve a niche in the emerging area of genetic and molecular diagnostics in its quest to become a global bioscience research and commercialization center.

Read more in our 2007 Annual Report, Defining Our Niche.

High School Bioscience Programs

How is Arizona preparing its future bioscience workforce? A new report provides a snapshot of high school bioscience education programs in Arizona. To download, click here. A brochure providing summary analysis and recommendations for improving bioscience education is available here.

Arizona BioBasics

Your starting place on the Web for understanding the terms, organizations, and history of Arizona biosciences is now live. Check it out at http://www.arizonabiobasics.com.

Roche CEO describes future plans for Ventana Medical Systems
11/05/2008

Biodesign Institute at ASU researcher awarded Gates grant to work on HIV vaccine
10/31/2008

Chandler-Gilbert CC expands Valley's bio education options
10/29/2008

SFAz awards grant to remake Biosphere 2 as teacher-training center

12/09/2008 | Twenty years ago, a group of visionary scientists and entrepreneurs came to the Sonoran Desert near Oracle, Ariz., and built Biosphere 2, an intricate, sealed model of life on Earth, from microbes to mangroves to mountains. Last week, key figures from the venture's evolution announced Biosphere 2's new purpose, as a training center for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers.

Flagstaff high-tech business incubator celebrates opening

12/02/2008 | The Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technologies held its grand opening Nov. 17 at the new facility on McMillan Mesa in Flagstaff that will serve as its headquarters. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano joined local officials to celebrate NACET's successful launch and meet the high-technology business incubator's first clients.

ASU computing advances promise to rev up TGen research

11/20/2008 | When light-rail service launches in metropolitan Phoenix next month, researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in downtown Phoenix and their colleagues at Arizona State University in Tempe will certainly enjoy speedier back-and-forth travel. But the real acceleration will happen when two recently announced computing advances at ASU are both up and running.

Bio leaders snag top awards at Governor's Celebration of Innovation

11/18/2008 | Two Arizona bioscience leaders, Daniel Von Hoff, physician-in-chief of the Translational Genomics Research Institute, and Jeff Morhet, president and CEO of InNexus Biotechnology Inc., were honored Nov. 13 with top awards at the Governor's Celebration of Innovation, an annual event calling attention to pacesetters in the state's high-technology industries.

Science Foundation Arizona awards C-Path $9 million

11/17/2008 | How important might the Critical Path Institute be to the growth of Arizona's bioscience sector? Important enough that C-Path has earned the largest investment to date from Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz): $9 million.