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The University of Arizona has drawn up preliminary plans to triple the size of its Science and Technology Park over the next decade to 6 million square feet, including a complex of wet-labs and high-tech office space.
Arizona State University will continue to break ground in the state's growing bioscience industry by offering a new master's degree in biotechnology and genomics law next year, the first of its kind in the nation.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is looking to pool resources into a fund that could help the Valley in its quest for a new knowledge-based economy.
A no-show at the world's largest biotechnology trade show just three years ago, Arizona continues to expand its presence at the annual BIO convention. Last week a delegation of 60 traveled to San Francisco for the four-day event, and the state's floor space doubled from 2003.
Tucson has added a handful of new bioscience-related outlets in recent weeks with the announcement of a new VA pharmacy, the relocation of small optics and pharmaceutical firms, and plans to build a new cancer center.
Scottsdale Congressman J.D. Hayworth is preparing a proposal to create 10 small-business incubators nationally, including one in Arizona, according to the Business Journal.
Scottsdale and Arizona State University today announced plans to purchase the long-contested Los Arcos Mall site from developer Steve Ellman for $41.5 million. The locale will serve as the future home of the ASU Scottsdale Center for New Technology and Innovation, a research and entrepreneurship center that officials hope will attract world- class talent and revitalize the area.
Mayo Clinic surgical oncologist Barbara Pockaj attacks cancer on multiple fronts. In her surgical battle against patients' tumors, Pockaj feels she is curing cancer every day. But when she doffs scrubs and dons a lab coat as part of an extensive Arizona collaboration on melanoma, her part in the war is raised to an entirely new level.
With research facilities underway at Arizona's universities and in downtown Phoenix, attention is turning to the researchers who will ultimately bring these buildings to life.
A group of economic developers from the Netherlands spent the week meeting with Arizona scientists and business leaders to forge relationships for potential future partnerships.
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