News and Updates

ASTA rolls out new website

January 17, 2006

The Arizona Science Teachers Association is rolling out its new website! In addition to a new look, the site will offer more dynamic functionality to its members. ASTA hosts annual statewide conference, provides support for NSTA regional conferences, mentors fellow…


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Statewide coalition formed to advance growth of biosciences

January 13, 2006

Arizona's drive to become a national player in the emerging biosciences sector received a boost with the formation of a partnership of statewide business and science leaders. The coalition was developed throughout 2005 to help implement Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap, the…


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TGen’s Office of Science Education and Research offers weblinks

January 13, 2006

TGen’s Office of Science Education and Outreach was established to enhance the public’s understanding of genetics and the remarkable discoveries at TGen emerging from completed sequence of the human genome and the advent of new and better technologies for both…


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Rise in high-tech jobs presents workforce challenge

January 12, 2006

About 5,000 jobs for technicians will open up in the Valley over the next few years, challenging businesses and educational institutions to boost efforts to train and retain qualified workers.


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TGen’s Summer Internship Program offers students opportunity to conduct research

January 12, 2006

The TGen Summer Internship Program provides students with the opportunity to conduct scientific research under the mentorship of an experienced investigator. In 2005, 60 interns worked side-by-side with TGen researchers and their teams to unlock the mysteries of genetic diseases…


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Network of leaders driving ‘Roadmap’ expands in ’05

January 11, 2006

The roster of leading Arizona scientists, economic developers, policy leaders, and others working to implement Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap—the state's long-term plan to achieve prominence in the biosciences—expanded broadly in 2005.


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Three years on, ‘Roadmap’ reports significant progress

January 11, 2006

Three years into a 10-year plan to bring Arizona to national competitiveness in the biosciences, initial measures of progress show encouraging signs that Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap is on track.


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