Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Course outline for Basha High’s new Introduction to Biotechnology

[Source: Ray Parker, Arizona Republic] — Basha High science teacher Sharon New is learning about the latest scientific research during her summer internship at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. The experience has helped her develop a high school class, Introduction to Biotechnology, which students will be able to take for college credit. Here […]

BioME brings science to Tucson schools

[Source: La Monica Everett-Haynes, Tucson Citizen] — Alexis Delbridge knows her students need science instruction that’s exciting and interesting. But the Lynn/Urquides Elementary School teacher has found it difficult to teach science that way in her classroom. When school begins next month, Delbridge will have an expert on hand to help: Jennifer Jandt, a University […]

Check out The Wild Classroom

According to the local mom of a PhD in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, The Wild Classroom website is not only educational, but “fun for kids since it shows up as some ugly thing in a Harry Potter movie.” The proud mom points out that her son, Eben, did a podcast on tailess whip scorpions in […]

TGen, Lilly report major cancer finding

Scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and major drug developer Eli Lilly and Co. have discovered a gene mutation that may be a major breakthrough in cancer treatment. Through a collaborative project, TGen and Eli Lilly scientists discovered a recurring mutation of the AKT1 gene in breast, colorectal, and ovarian cancers. The findings […]

Researchers identify genetic mutation that may alter patient response to cancer therapeutics

[Source: TGen] — Researchers from Eli Lilly & Company and the Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced finding a novel recurring mutation of the gene AKT1 in breast, colorectal and ovarian cancers. The altered form of AKT1 appears to cause tumor cell proliferation and may play a role in making cells resistant to […]

SFAz investments promote brain diagnostics, solar technology

[Source: The Business Journal of Phoenix] — Science Foundation Arizona selected eight research proposals out of 44 submissions to receive $2 million designed to advance the technologies to the point of commercialization. Researchers receiving funding are: Nasser Peyhgambarian, a professor in the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona, who is working to […]

Curtiss named

[Source: Julie Kurth, Arizona State University] — Roy Curtiss, III, PhD, of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, was named

UA first in arizona to install

[Source: Deborah Daun, Marketing & Communications, BIO5 Institute] — UA

Principal sees Phoenix Bioscience High as dream

[Source: Betty Reid, Arizona Republic] — Click here to download PDF of full article.

U.S. DOE awards $22.1M for 41 grants to recruit, prepare, and support new teachers

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $22.1 million for 41 grants through the Transition to Teaching program to increase the pool of qualified teachers in high-need schools in high-need districts by recruiting non-traditional teacher candidates, preparing them through alternative routes to certification, and increasing retention through strong mentoring programs, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret […]