Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Awards, ‘Bio Day’ mark Arizona Bio Expo

Arizona's annual conference to showcase its top bioscience research and industry practices opened on March 29 with the reading of a gubernatorial proclamation to honor the day as "Arizona Bioindustry Day."

500 attend TGen dedication, biotech fair

On the second day of spring, Arizona leaders, renowned scientists, and members of the local press flocked to the grand opening of the Translational Genomics Research Institute building. Located east of the Arizona Center, the building is both the physical and symbolic anchor of a biosciences cluster cropping up in downtown Phoenix.

Regents OK Tucson bio-park land deal

The Arizona Board of Regents approved a land trade last week that will allow University of Arizona officials to move ahead on plans for a biotechnology park on Tucson's South Side. Approval of the land exchange is the latest step in the construction of the Critical Path Institute (C-Path), the new FDA-affiliated drug development institute that will anchor the biotechnology park near the university.

First BIO5 building topped-out in style

The traditional 'topping-out' ceremony of the upcoming BIO5 building at UA was held in early March before a crowd of university officials, researchers and local press.

Ethics of genetic altering explored at ASU student conference

“Ethical Issues in Genetic Modification” was the topic of a February 25 public lecture at Arizona State University’s Armstrong Hall, part of the 2005 Western Regional Bioethics Conference. The lecture was sponsored by the Arizona Consortium for Medicine, Society, and Values. At the lecture, attended by over 250 conference-goers, four noted academicians provided background […]

UA Regents Professor and geneticist charts course for BIO5

This past fall Vicki Chandler, the newly appointed director of the Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology (IBSB) at the University of Arizona, rescued the up-and-coming research center from its own cumbersome name and rechristened it BIO5, a decidedly catchier moniker. But a name change isn't nearly all that Chandler has accomplished since officially taking the reins of BIO5 last July.

UA, IBM combine efforts to streamline data storage

Through a new grant, the University of Arizona has paired up with IBM to look for innovative ways to store biosciences data collected in university laboratories.

AZ Bio Expo launches awards dinner, seeks nominees

The upcoming Arizona Bio Expo 2005 will recognize the contributions of intrepid biotech researchers and entrepreneurs when attendees gather at the inaugural Biotech Awards dinner and Excellence in Bioindustry ceremony.

Artificial heart, patient get top billing on national magazine

One of Arizona's star medical devices got top billing last month when Bill Wohl, who owes his life to the CardioWest artificial heart in Tucson, was featured on the cover of LIFE magazine.

Arizona biotech draws attention of ‘NY Times’

Arizona's efforts to become a regional force in biotechnology got national press coverage in a recent edition of the New York Times. The article, "Phoenix moves to put itself on biotechnology map," in the technology section of the national daily, highlighted the future Phoenix medical school and the Translational Genomics Research Institute, among other things.