Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Finding link to anthrax, professor set NAU apart

[Source: Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic] – One of the world’s foremost anthrax researchers toils in a cramped, windowless lab at Northern Arizona University. Inside a locked room only a few can enter, he and his research team study germs so dangerous that the U.S. government considers them top bioterror threats.It was here that Professor […]

ASU paves way for bioscience education

[Source: ASU News] — To help meet the need of Arizona

Molecular Profiling Institute acquired by Caris Diagnostics

Molecular Profiling Institute, the first spinoff of Phoenix's International Genomics Consortium and the Translational Genomics Research Institute, has been acquired for approximately $40 million by Caris Diagnostics, a Texas biotech firm, signaling the potential for Arizona's investment in the biosciences to yield significant returns.

ASU announces 2008 summer research experience for teachers and students

[Source: ASU News] — The Biodesign Institute at ASU plans to offer a six-week summer program pairing 25 high school teachers and students from schools with existing and emerging bioscience & biotechnology programs with Biodesign Institute researchers willing to mentor both in a laboratory science experience. The teacher would, in turn, assist with mentoring a […]

Motorola Foundation grants $3.5M for next generation of inventors

The Motorola Foundation announced the recipients of its Innovation Generation Grants, a $3.5 million educational technology grants initiative to inspire young people to embrace science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The 2007 Innovation Generation Grants support 106 breakthrough programs that use innovative approaches to develop interest in technology-related fields while strengthening leadership and problem-solving skills. […]

MIT adapts free online STEM courses for high schools

[Source: eSchool News staff and wire service reports] — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a new web site with free online resources that aim to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction at the high school level. “Highlights for High School,” which builds on MIT’s OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative, is designed to […]

Judges needed for FIRST Lego League at Carl Hayden H.S. on 12/15

The FLL (FIRST Lego League) event will be held Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix, and seven more judged are needed. If you can be a judge this Saturday, please contact the teacher, Faridodin “Fredi” Lajvardi KD7WKD, 480-266-9929 (cell), [email protected] (e-mail). Event location: Carl Hayden Community High School, 3333 W. […]

HHMI selects 12 institutions to launch nationwide science education experiment

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has selected 12 colleges and universities to participate in a nationwide genomics course that will involve first-year college students in authentic research. The new course is the first major initiative from HHMI

Study finds gene linked to aggressive prostate cancer

[Source: TGen] – Results from two genome-wide association studies have identified a genetic variant of the DAB2IP gene that is associated with the risk of aggressive prostate cancer. Research teams from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions made […]

Valutek donation supports TGen’s genomic research and discovery programs

[Source: Nanowerk News] – Valutek, a leading solutions provider of products for cleanrooms and controlled environments, has made a $10,000 product donation to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). The contribution actively supports Phoenix’s burgeoning biotech movement and directly benefits TGen’s research initiatives. “Valutek has a huge customer base in the biotech industry, and we’re […]