Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

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 […]

[Source: Jared Hill, University of Arizona] — Not too many incoming eighth-grade students are familiar with optics concepts — such as reflection, infrared and ultraviolet light and the electromagnetic spectrum — but for a number of underserved middle school students in southern Arizona, they know these concepts as well as their locker combinations. The GEAR […]

Med school, SFAz highlighted in state budget

$10.6 billion budget signed by Governor Janet Napolitano on Monday includes a handful of bioscience-related line items, most notably major funding for the Phoenix Biomedical Campus and Science Foundation Arizona.