Bioscience
Prof’s new book drives partnership successes
[Source: NAU] – A new book co-authored by a Northern Arizona University Regents’ Professor is putting partnerships on the road to success. NAU’s Robert T. Trotter II and General Motors Corp. anthropologist Elizabeth K. Briody wrote Partnering for Organizational Performance: Collaboration and Culture in the Global Workplace to help “fill an important gap” in scientific […]Business magazine: City has biotech promise
[Source: ALAN FISCHER, Tucson Citizen] – Tucson has been labeled an up-and-coming biotechnology center by Business Facilities magazine. The magazine called Tucson “Arizona’s other rising biotechnology star,” after touting Phoenix’s efforts to pump up biotech activity with facilities such as the Translational Genomics Research Institute. While lagging behind established biotech centers including Boston and San […]Oncolin Appoints Member of National Cancer Institute Advisory Board to Its Scientific Advisory Board
[Source: HOUSTON, BUSINESS WIRE] – Oncolin Therapeutics, Inc., is very pleased to announce that Dr. Daniel Von Hoff has joined the company’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Von Hoff is generally considered to be one of the world’s leading experts in oncology drug development and is an advisor in some capacity to a large number […]Agilent Technologies Updates CGH Microarray Software to Process 100+ Samples, Adds Genomic Browser, Expands Probe Database
[Source: WEBWIRE ] – Agilent Technologies Inc., (NYSE: A) today introduced Agilent DNA Analytics 4.0 software for visually exploring, detecting and analyzing patterns in microarray data. New in this release are: the ability to analyze more than 100 samples per experiment, a free genomic browser and copy number variation (CNV) analysis capability. These features join […]Valley researchers take a look at longevity
[Source: Mary K. Reinhart, East Valley Tribune] – Lloyd Pearsall really did walk to school barefoot. Rosalee Sproul made ends meet by tending a garden and canning her own fruits and vegetables. Henrietta Pearsall was known in her neighborhood as the “Brownie Lady” and when she wasn’t baking, she was knitting, crocheting and sewing. Throughout […]Arizona sends largest delegation yet to top bioindustry convention
Earlier this month, Arizona sent its largest delegation yet to the BIO 2008 International Convention, and the state enjoyed a position of greater prominence than ever before at what has become the premiere annual event for the bioscience industry.
ASU offering summer modeling workshops
120 Arizona teachers and 50 out-of-state teachers are coming to ASU this summer. You are invited to visit them. Our ten Modeling Workshops and other graduate courses this summer are for lifelong learning for teachers of high school physics, chemistry, physical science and math, and grade 8 science and math. And they are part of […]Caris Diagnostics Providing KRAS Mutational Analysis for Colon Cancer Patients
[Source: PRNewswire] – Caris Diagnostics (Caris Dx), a leading provider of the highest quality diagnostic, translational development and pharmaceutical services encompassing anatomic pathology and molecular testing, announced that it is now offering KRAS mutation analysis, designed to provide information on which colon cancer patients are most likely to respond to cetuximab (Erbitux) co-marketed by ImClone […]New Grant Targets Networks to Reduce Tobacco Use
[Source; Donna Breckenridge, Arizona Cancer Center] – The goal of the grant awarded to the Arizona Cancer Center is to help reduce the number of tobacco users, which has remained unchanged in recent years. A grant awarded to the Arizona Cancer Center at The University of Arizona will be used to study the North American […]For information about Bioscience, please contact:
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