Bioscience
SFAz Graduate Research Fellows program grows to nation’s largest
As a struggling economy presents new challenges for university budgets, and researchers wonder how federal funding for their investigations will change under the next Congress, one group of young scientists has to be feeling fortunate. They are the 100 graduate students recruited to Arizona universities as the second cohort of Science Foundation Arizona Graduate Research Fellows. The program is the nation's largest of its kind.
St. Joseph’s Hospital and InNexus Biotechnology Enter Collaborative Partnership
[Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall] – St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, part of Catholic HealthcareWest, one of the largest healthcare systems in the West with 42 hospitalsin Arizona, California and Nevada and InNexus Biotechnology Inc., a drugdevelopment company commercializing the next generation of monoclonalantibodies based on its Dynamic Cross Linking (DXL(TM)) technology,announces a collaborative partnership focusing on […]Acetaminophen Linked to Childhood Asthma
[Source: Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter] – Children given acetaminophen during the first year of life to reduce fever are more likely to develop asthma later on, a new study finds. These children are also more likely to develop rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema when they reach age 6 to 7, according to the report in the Sept. […]UMC honored as country’s 5th-best teaching hospital
[Source: Stephanie Innes, Arizona Daily Star] – For the first time in its history, University Medical Center is being honored as one of the top five teaching hospitals in the nation. Officials with the local hospital are scheduled to receive an award from the Illinois-based University HealthSystem Consortium at a ceremony in Scottsdale today. UMC […]Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy seeks 3rd, 4th, 5th grade teachers
Maximum award: an all-expense-paid five-day program in July 2009. Eligibility: third- through fifth-grade teachers in the United States. Deadline: Oct. 31, 2008.
Weather Channel looking for 20 sudents to be eco-ambassadors
The Weather Channel is looking for 20 outstanding students to be eco-ambassadors for its Forecast Earth Summit, Dec. 5-7. Contestants must submit an essay describing their love for our planet and what they have done to keep it clean and green. Maximum award: three-day, two-night trip for two (entrant and a parent or guardian) to […]Apply for Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation grant (deadline 9/27)
The Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation grants support curricula that empower and encourage students to help solve environmental and social problems through basic ecological principles. Maximum award: $1,500. Eligibility: schools, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and other organizations (including international applicants).
Participate in Siemens “We Can Change The World Challenge”
Now through March 15, 2009, middle school students can “go green” and team up for the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, the first and only national K-12 sustainability education initiative aligned to education standards. Prizes for students and teachers include Regional and National Recognition, Cash, and an Appearance on Discovery’s Planet Green Television […]Small RNA Molecules Provide Big Tools for Understanding Plant Development
[Source: Deborah Daun, BIO5 Insitute, UA] – University of Arizona researchers are among those who have discovered a source of previously scarce small RNA molecules. Their finding, which was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides a valuable new tool for better understanding how plants grow and develop. All living […]For information about Bioscience, please contact:
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