Bioscience
New Gilbert high school to be eco, bio-friendly
[Source: Emily Gersema, Arizona Republic] — Gilbert Public Schools’ new high school will be eco-friendly and comes with a $45.5 million price tag. The board voted, 4-0, Tuesday to contract with CORE Construction of Arizona for GPS High School No. 5 near Val Vista Drive and Germann Road on the district’s southern edge where it […]Program kick-starts science education
[Source: Christina Vanoverbeke, East Valley Tribune] — Margaret Floyd lifts a brown shiny cockroach out of its plastic temporary home and lets it crawl around on her hand, causing first-grader Henry Sua-rez to gasp, his eyes widening. “La cucaracha,” he says. Suarez and his classmates spend the next few minutes holding a variety of critters […]Upcoming events at the Arizona Science Center
Coming up at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix: Dinosaurs! Giants in the Desert featured exhibition, presented by APS and located in the Sybil B. Harrington Galleries – On exhibit through May 4. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition featured exhibition, presented locally by The Arizona Republic and Molina Fine Jewelers – On exhibit through May […]Eight winners in 2nd wave of Qwest Foundation’s $100,000 Teachers & Technology grants
The Qwest Foundation and the Arizona Technology in Education Alliance (AzTEA) announced the second wave of teachers to be awarded grants in the Foundation’s $100,000 Teachers and Technology program. Teachers are awarded grants for innovative use of technology in the classroom. The grants, which range in amounts from $2,500 to nearly $10,000, were awarded to […]NSF invites colleges/universities to submit proposals for Research Experiences for Teachers program
This program supports the active involvement of K-12 teachers and community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge of engineering and technological innovation into their classrooms. The program features two mechanisms of support for in-service and pre-service K-12 teachers and/or community college faculty: RET Supplements, which may be included in proposals for […]NSF soliciting proposals for Advanced Technological Education program
This program involves partnerships between academic institutions and employers to promote improvement in the education of science and engineering technicians at the undergraduate and secondary school levels. The program supports curriculum development; professional development of college faculty and secondary school teachers; career pathways to two-year colleges from secondary schools and from two-year colleges to four-year […]Students urged to apply for 2008 Sun Health Research Institute summer internship
Sun Health Research Institute in Sun City, AZ is now accepting applications for their 2008 summer internship program. The program is open to high school seniors and undergraduate science majors. This is an 8-week paid internship that has received national attention. They are especially eager to recruit bright, talented undergraduates who wish to pursue science […]SwAEBR looks for labs to sponsor essay winning H.S. students and they pay their stipend!
A review of just one of our interns by their lab coordinator…Genome-wide Study Links Metabolic Changes With Early Onset of Alzheimer
[Source: TGen] – Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and their colleagues today report a finding that correlates significant under-expression of genes in certain brain regions with the pattern of metabolic deficits in the brains of individuals with AlzheimerFor information about Bioscience, please contact:
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