Bioscience
Corn Researchers Discover Novel Gene Shut-off Mechanisms
[Source: ScienceDaily] – University of Delaware scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Arizona and South Dakota State University, have identified unusual differences in the natural mechanisms that turn off, orBanner to trim costs amid down economy
[Source: Ken Alltucker, The Arizona Republic] – Banner Health, the state’s second-largest private employer behind Wal-Mart, will delay the opening of a new hospital in Queen Creek and pursue other cost-savings measures to navigate the slumping economy. No layoffs are planned for Banner’s corporate or hospital staff, but Arizona’s largest hospital network will trim costs […]ASU plans to slash nursing enrollment
[Source: Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic] – Arizona State University plans to cut enrollment at its nursing school because of an anticipated drop in state funding this year, even as the state grapples with a shortage of nurses. Officials say enrollment will be cut from 80 to 40 students at ASU’s Polytechnic campus this spring […]SMCC receives $290,000 grant
[Source: The Arizona Republic] – The South Mountain Community College for Agriculture and Bioscience Education was awarded a $290,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The three-year Expanding Undergraduate Bioscience Engagement Track (eUBET) grant gives students a chance to conduct biotechnology research projects and publicly present their works. Students in advanced eUBET biotechnology classes […]Two top TGen officials appointed to new positions on the Arizona Technology Council
[Source: TGen] – Dr. Michael Berens and MaryAnn Guerra – two top officials of the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) – have been appointed to new positions on the board of directors of the Arizona Technology Council. Dr. Berens, Director of TGen’s Cancer and Cell Biology Division, was named Chairman Emeritus on the ATC board, […]New Campylobacter Vaccine for Poultry
[Source: Susan McGinley, UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences] – Most people are familiar with Salmonella and its potential to make people ill. But fewer know about Campylobacter jejuniDrugmaker Roche plans expansion at Ventana
[Source: The Associated Press] – Pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG plans to pour $100 million into Oro Valley-based Ventana Medical Systems next year as it pushes to expand its newly acquired subsidiary. Switzerland-based Roche bought Ventana earlier this year for about $3.4 billion and said it wanted it to play a key role as Roche […]NSF Grants Nearly $60M for Plant Genome Research Program Awards
Source: GenomeWeb News, a GenomeWeb staff reporter ] – The National Science Foundation has injected $57.3 million into plant genomics studies across the country, and to several international recipients, covering a wide variety of plant life, such as legumes, soil microbes, flower nectar, mutant plants, and other crops. This round of Plant Genome Research Program […]ASU researchers receive NIH awards for studies of malaria and emergent disease
[Source: Bio-Medicine.org] – An Arizona State University research team headed by School of Life Sciences Associate Professor Ananias Escalante will share in more than $6.3 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health for three related studies. Two of the studies will examine the ecology and evolution of malaria and a third will delve […]For information about Bioscience, please contact:
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