Bioscience and biotechnology related firms in start-up, early, or growth phases of development are encouraged to apply to present their business to an audience of over 100 investors, bankers, and money managers at the Arizona Angel Investment Conference.

Arizona's presence at the world's largest biotechnology convention continued its annual growth at the June meeting of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) in Philadelphia. The state commanded a more prominent, visible location in the exhibition hall than in past years,…

Raised in a small logging town outside Vancouver, Canada, Arizona State University law professor Gary Marchant was one of the few students in his high school class to go to college and he just kept going, receiving his Ph.D. in…

To herald a broadened mission and new focus in the Arizona research community, the organization formerly known as the Arizona Disease Control Research Commission is becoming the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission.

This spring, the Arizona Board of Regents approved the creation of the new Strategic Alliance for Bioscience Research and Education, or SABRE, at Northern Arizona University. The alliance, funding under the state's Technology and Research Initiative, replaces the former Institute…

Pima Community College and local employers are the recent recipients of a $276,393 grant from the U.S. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to help bolster southern Arizona's bioscience workforce.

Several local companies have given Arizona's growing bioscience sector a shove in the right direction with some lucrative federal grant dollars and leadership roles on national research projects. Even as the recent Meds and Eds report warned of relying solely…