Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

More math, science pose worthwhile challenges (Tucson Citizen editorial)

[Source: Tucson Citizen editorial board] — We urge the state Board of Education to enact more stringent high school math and science requirements when it meets Friday. A requirement for four years of high school math and three years of science may sound excessive, even counterproductive, to some. It isn’t. Consider: Math is like muscle; […]

Pima C.C. offers two biotech courses

This fall, Pima Community College West Campus will offer two courses that are highly relevant to the biotechnology community. BIO 135, Genetics, Biotechnology, and Human Affairs is a non-majors, general education course which would be highly appropriate for someone wanting to understand more about biotechnology and get a taste of key techniques. BIO 206 is […]

State may add more math and science classes to graduate

[Source: Ryan Gabrielson, East Valley Tribune] — Mathaphobes beware: You may never escape quadratic equations before you graduate. The State Board of Education is to consider today dramatically increasing the number of math and science classes high school students must pass to graduate. If approved, the proposal would double the number of math classes required […]

High school students participate in cutting-edge research at ASU

[Source: Julie Kurth, ASU, 480-727-9386] — A group of researchers at ASU

NAU researchers develop new device for finding bacteria

[Source: Northern Arizona University] – Infection-causing bacteria can’t hide from researchers at Northern Arizona University, who recently helped develop the first diagnostic tool to detect them. A patent is pending for the new Lateral Flow Assay device to detect the microorganisms bound together in a protective wall, known as biofilms, which attach to inanimate substances, […]

NIH awards UA nearly $1M for mass spectrometer

[Source: Deborah Daun, BIO5] – The National Institutes of Health awarded a $924,995 High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grant to The University of Arizona for a mass spectrometer that will assist a wide range of UA scientists, from those working on the prevention and cures for diseases such as colorectal cancer and Valley Fever to those researching […]

TGen awarded $1M from W.M. Keck Foundation

[Source: TGen] – The Translational Genomics Research Institute has announced the award of a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to fund a project designed to shed light on the regulation of cellular processes at a genomic level. The project is a joint endeavor between researchers at TGen and Texas A&M University. […]

Best Buy to provide $800K for innovative tech use

Grant Title: Best Buy Teach Awards Eligibility: K-12 schools Value: Eight awards of $100,000 each Deadline: September 30, 2007 Applications are now available for the 2008 Best Buy Teach Awards, which award innovative use of technology in K-12 classrooms. Winners will be announced in February 2008, and eight $100,000 district-level awards will be announced in […]

New tech ed classes to draw 17,000 students in Pima Co.

[Source: Konstantinos Kalaitzidis, Tucson Citizen] — High school students in Pima County will be able to sign up for more than math, English, and biology this school year. How about cosmetology, aircraft mechanics, nursing services or culinary arts It’s all part of the Joint Technological Education District program. While this program is nothing new in […]

Penn State to lead NASA K-12 education project

[Source: UPI] — NASA selected Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Science and Schools to lead the agency’s Aerospace Education Service Project. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials said the comprehensive educational five-year program designed to reach all 50 states, as well as U.S. territories, has a maximum value of $27.5 million. The project is the […]