Bioscience
‘Better Than Ever’ teams up with El Tour for 2nd annual bike training program
Better than Ever, an Arizona Cancer Center-based fitness and fundraising program, invites the community to participate in the 2nd Annual Bike Training Program to complete the 35-mile or 66-mile event of El Tour on Nov. 17, 2007. Better Than Ever has training programs designed for beginners, seasoned riders, and all skill levels in between. In […]Arizona 36th in kids’ well-being; math and science mentioned
In a July 25, 2007 Arizona Republic article, information is relayed about a national report that ranks Arizona 36th in the nation on ten indicators of child well-being, including education, death rates and poverty. Specific to education, Children’s Action Alliance executive director, Dana Naimark, notes that “the report also has some real warning signs for […]$1,000 awards for innovative K-16 math and science programs
Grant Title: Toshiba America Foundation Grants Program for K-6 Science and Math Education Eligibility: K-6 teachers Value: Up to $1,000 per award Deadline: October 1, 2007 The mission of Toshiba America Foundation is to promote quality science and mathematics education in U.S. schools. Grants are made for programs and activities that improve teaching and learning […]Biodesign Institute, Mapp Biopharmaceutical, and Kentucky Bioprocessing collaborate on pharma products
[Source: The Biodesign Institute] — The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Mapp Biopharmaceutical and Kentucky Bioprocessing (KBP) will collaborate on developing, refining and producing low-cost pharmaceutical products for large cost sensitive markets in global health. The initial product targets include monoclonal antibodies for use in microbicides and mucosal vaccines to prevent transmission of certain […]Ranu Jung and the 16th annual International Computational Neuroscience meeting
[Source: Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering] — Ranu Jung, an associate professor in the Harrington Department of Bioengineering and director of the Center for Adaptive Neural Systems at ASU, and Sharon Cook, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the School of Life Sciences, participated in the 16th annual International […]Eye-twitching might be necessary for seeing
[Source: Robin Moroney, WSJ] — Researchers might finally have explained an oddity about eyesight that has flummoxed scientists for decades: why eyes seem to twitch involuntarily, Scientific American reports (subscription required). Those frequent flickers were once thought to be random, but now scientists say that the process could be essential for observing stationary objects. Since […]ASU’s biomedical informatics department aims to transform health care
"Biomedical informatics" may not ring a bell to most, though the relatively new and fast-growing field is playing an essential role in advancing personalized medicine and transforming health care. In Arizona, its activity is now centered at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, where ASU's Department of Biomedical Informatics provides a vital component of the new medical school while carving its own niche in a just-opened, cutting-edge facility.
Tucson’s ImaRx goes public
ImaRx Therapeutics, a Tucson-based drug developer, became the city's fifth firm traded on a major exchange on Thursday with a $15 million initial public offering. Tucson now has two publicly traded bioscience firms: ImaRx and Ventana Medical Systems.
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