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St. Joe’s in Phoenix to open heart and lung tower

[Source: Betty Reid, Arizona Republic] – St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center will open its eight-story Heart & Lung Institute Tower to patients Sunday. The $15 million addition to the hospital will meet a growing demand by lung patients for transplants. Heart patients will have a floor dedicated to their care.The lung-transplant service, added in […]

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Researchers move two steps closer to understanding genetic underpinnings of autism

[Source: TGen] – Today’s issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG), describes what might be a corner piece of the autism puzzle-the identification and subsequent validation of a gene linked to the development of autism by three separate groups of scientists. An accompanying commentary by Dr. Dietrich Stephan, Director of the Neurogenomics Division […]

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ClinXus joins international Critical Path Institute Consortium

[Source: Sarah Lamb, Van Andel Institute] – ClinXus, a Grand Rapids-based, life-sciences alliance, recently became the first non-profit organization to join the Critical Path Institute

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Feb. 15 is deadline for sanofi-aventis international BioGENEius Challenge

Under the Biotechnology Institute’s direction, the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge is an annual competition for high school students that recognizes outstanding research in biotechnology. View a video about the 2007 sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge! (Windows Media Player, QuickTime, YouTube) More information available here: Testimonials How to Participate 2008 Application

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Feb. 28 is submission deadline for 2007 sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge

Submission Deadline: February 28, 2007The sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge is an annualcompetition for high school students that recognizes outstanding biotechnologyresearch.Who can apply?Students enrolled in biology or any other high school science course (Grades 9 to12) in any public or private school within the United States.To enter the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge, follow this path:1. First, […]

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2nd annual Arizona K-12 Science Teacher Symposium set for April 5

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BIO5 a partner in online science/math grant

[Source: BIO5 Institute] — BIO5 is a partner on a new $250,000 Improving Teacher Quality grant from the Arizona Board of Regents. The grant capitalizes on The University of Arizona’s telemedicine program and delivers content-rich online courses in science and math. It is supported by teleconferencing in order to increase the number of highly qualified […]

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TUSD receives funds to improve biotechnology education

[Source: BIO5 Institute] — Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) received more than $99,000 in grant funds to improve biotechnology education in the district

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Sign up by Jan. 15 for online course for secondary school science teachers

BIOC 623c, 3-units of graduate credit, is an online course for secondary school science teachers. Taught by instructors Jim Ware, M.S. and Lisa Rezende, Ph.D., this course will focus on recent advances in the understanding of basic biology and on new applications in cellular and molecular aspects of biology. It begins on Wednesday, January 16, […]

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Workers in the classroom could benefit students (Opinion Piece)

[Source: Arizona Daily Star] — Problems in the Arizona public education system resonate far beyond any school campus. It’s taken time, but there are encouraging signs that the understanding of community interconnectedness has finally taken root as common wisdom. The case in point is an idea being proposed by Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom […]