Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Leading bioengineer named to Biodesign Institute advisory board

[Source: Julie Kurth, ASU] — The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has named biological engineer Drew Endy, Ph.D., to its advisory board. Endy is an assistant professor in the biological engineering department at MIT, where he co-founded the Synthetic Biology working group and the Registry of Standard Biological Parts. He organized the first International […]

Arizona Cancer Center physician to receive APOS award

[Source: Donna Breckenridge, Arizona Cancer Center] — Karen Weihs, MD, medical director of the Psychosocial Oncology Program for the Arizona Cancer Center and professor of psychiatry for The University of Arizona College of Medicine, has been awarded the 2008 American Psychosocial Oncology Program Award for Outstanding Clinical Care. Dr. Weihs will receive her award at […]

Coalition joins diabetes battle

[Source: Joe Caspermeyer, Biodesign Institute] — A new team of researchers from ASU and the University of Arizona is taking aim at the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States: adult-onset, or type 2, diabetes. The coalition

ASU launches renewable biofuel research initiative with BP and SFAz

[Source: PRNewswire] — Arizona State University has announced a significant research partnership with energy company BP and Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) to develop a renewable source of biofuel. The research effort focuses on using a specially optimized photosynthetic bacterium to produce biodiesel, a sustainable high-energy fuel that can be used in conventional engines. “This project […]

Two profs at UA win big honor in science

[Source: Eric Swedlund, Arizona Daily Star] – Two University of Arizona professors are newly elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Carol A. Barnes and Nancy A. Moran are among 471 scholars nationwide who are being recognized by their peers this year for their scientific achievements. They will be honored at […]

Fruit flies, UA creating buzz in study of genetics

[Source: ALAN FISCHER, Tucson Citizen] – UA researcher Therese Ann Markow appreciates the huge role that fruit flies, the tiny pests that buzz around decaying fruits and vegetables, have played in the study of genetics. But she still smashes them when they hover around her glass of wine. “Even though many people think of them […]

Drug firm opens Valley office

Company seeks investors to help develop cancer drug [Source: Ken Alltucker, The Arizona Republic] – A small Indiana-based drug-development company seeking to develop an “off switch” to cancer has established a Scottsdale office as ground zero in its battle against the deadly disease. Executives of Semafore Pharmaceuticals said the Scottsdale office, at Loop 101 and […]

Firm looks to grow Valley presence through new plant

[ Source: Angela Gonzales, The Business Journal of Phoenix] – Phoenix’s bioscience hub could be key to expansion plans for a Los Angeles pharmaceutical company that uses nanotechnology to kill cancer cells. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, CEO and executive chairman of Abraxis BioScience Inc., said he has been looking around the world for the types of […]

Parkinson’s tie to impulsiveness studied

[Source: Lauren Neergaard, Time Magazine]

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[Source: Inside Higher Education] — The chancellor of the City University of New York [recently] floated a unique approach to dealing with the long lamented problem of low enrollments in the sciences: Offer promising students conditional acceptances to top Ph.D. programs in science, technology, engineering, and math (the so-called STEM fields) as they start college.