Mayo to open Valley heart transplant center
The Mayo Clinic has won approval to open a heart transplant center in the Valley.
Bioscience
From biz to bioscience: Chancellor paves the way for Arizona’s future workforce
Leading the nation's largest community college system as Arizona shifts to a knowledge-based economy is no small feat. But Rufus Glasper, chancellor of Maricopa County Community Colleges, is seizing the opportunity, guiding the system into the future with a strong business backbone and a firm commitment to fulfilling its mission of serving the community.
Biotech buzz builds up in high schools
Most of the attention on Arizona's bioscience industry has focused on the successes of those already in the workforce. In this back-to-school feature we take a look at what high schools have accomplished in building bioscience education programs essential for the future of Arizona's knowledge-based economy.
Sneak peek: the Phoenix biosciences high school
In August 2006, the new Phoenix Union High School District biosciences high school will open its doors.
Biotech buzz builds up in Arizona high schools
Most of the attention on Arizona’s bioscience industry has focused on the successes of those already in the workforce. Keren G. Raz of the Flinn Foundation takes an in-depth look at what high schools have accomplished in building bioscience education programs essential for the future of Arizona’s knowledge-based economy.TGen and Biodesign land $8.9 million NIH grant
Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute and the Translational Genomics Research Institute were awarded $8.9 million in federal grants to research methods of screening radiation victims in the event of a terrorist attack. The two will work as part of a multi-institution research consortium called the Center for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiation.
Biotech firm moves headquarters to Valley
Canadian drug-development company InNexus is moving its headquarters and research laboratories to Scottsdale. The Valley beat out Seattle, San Francisco, and San Diego in landing InNexus's headquarters. The move could result in up to 100 jobs for people in the Valley.
C-Path receives Flinn grant of $1.25 million
Tucson's Critical Path Institute (C-Path) has received a $1.25 million grant from the Flinn Foundation to support startup operations and scientific and educational programs over the next five years. The new institute, founded by the University of Arizona, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and SRI International, aims to strengthen the nation's drug-development system.
‘Cowboy spirit’ inspires C-Path director
Dr. Ray Woosley has generated a lot of excitement in Arizona with the founding of C-Path. The Tucson-based Critical Path Institute, which has received millions in community support, aims to turn Woosley's vision of revolutionizing the drug development process into reality. For Woosley, who has led the Arizona Health Sciences Center, spoken before Congress, advised the FDA, and discovered Allegra, this institute promises to be the capstone to a remarkable career.
TGen interns present work at first annual symposium
The fifth floor of the TGen building buzzed with life one afternoon last month as 60 summer interns presented their research at TGen's first annual student symposium.
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