Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Canon links with UA, looks to tech park

[Source: Jack Gillum, Arizona Daily Star] – Imaging giant Canon USA Inc. is negotiating a lease to establish a research-and-development center at the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park, UA officials said. The center would be home to research under a new collaboration between Canon, a global maker of computer and digital-imaging equipment; and […]

Biotech firms plant roots in Tucson area to lure top talent

[Source: Ken Alltucker, The Arizona Republic] – A key goal among Phoenix bioscience interests is to create a cluster of research companies that offer high-wage jobs and discover important breakthroughs. That idea is that a critical mass of companies located near one another would draw batches of smart, talented workers who seek out those employers […]

Forensic Breakthrough Stirs NIH to Close GWAS Data from Public View

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TGen Scientists Uncover New Field of Research that could Help Police in Crime Scene Forensics

[Source: TGen] – A team of investigators led by scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have found a way to identify possible suspects at crime scenes using only a small amount of DNA, even if it is mixed with hundreds of other genetic fingerprints. Using genotyping microarrays, the scientists were able to identify […]

Despite rocky start, medical school presses on

[Source: Ken Alltucker, The Arizona Republic ] – Arizona leaders see the new University of Arizona medical-school campus in downtown Phoenix as an anchor of a biomedical hub that will train more doctors, foster cutting-edge research and spur the state’s economy. But as 48 students usher in the Phoenix college’s second year of instruction, much […]

Finding answers in MRIs

[Source: BY WILLIAM ROLLER, SUN STAFF WRITER] – The medical research lab may lack the drama of the Emmy Award-winning “ER” TV show but a Yuma pre-med student applied her passion for science to search for possible discoveries that can impact health and the community at large. Norianne Pimentel, 19, a 2006 Cibola graduate and […]

Take chances

[Source: Norma Coile, AZStarsNet.com] – Vicki L. Chandler, 57, helps cure cancer and other diseases, feeds the hungry in the world and could bring a Nobel Prize to the University of Arizona some day. She is the director of The BIO5 Institute, which draws scientists from five University of Arizona colleges to work on creating […]

Alzheimer’s research earns Joseph Rogers Lifetime Achievement Award at Health Care Heroes breakfast

[Phoenix Business Journal] – Joseph Rogers, president and senior scientist at Sun Health Research Institute, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Health Care Heroes Awards breakfast presented by the Phoenix Business Journal Thursday. Rogers has been a research pioneer on the damage inflammation does to brain tissue in Alzheimer’s patients. The work by […]

SPIE Announces Newly-Elected 2009 Officers and Directors

Source: MARKET WIRE via COMTEX] – SPIE 2008 President Kevin Harding announced the recent election results at the Annual General Meeting of the Society, 12 August, 2008, in San Diego, California. Terms begin January 1, 2009. The 2009 Society Officers: Maria J. Yzuel was elected by SPIE members to serve as the 2009 President. Yzuel […]

Brain Mechanisms Underlying Attention, Awareness Being Probed

[Source: MedIndia.com] – U.S. scientists have joined forces with world-famous magicians to discover the brain mechanisms that underlie attention and awareness. Dr. Stephen Macknik and Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde, two neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, believe that this collaboration may benefit the fields of education and medical rehabilitation by […]