- Series seed round led by Morningside Ventures and Tamarisc Ventures with participation from established Silicon Valley investor Jamie Gates of TPG, among others
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National Science Foundation provides ongoing support with Small Business Innovation Research phase II grant
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$5 Million Gift from Fulton Family Foundation Supports Prevention, Treatment and Research of Childhood Obesity
Gift establishes the Dr. Robin Blackstone Childhood Obesity Center of Excellence at Banner – University Medical Center PhoenixContinue reading
Noted cardiothoracic surgeon joining the All of Us Research Program leadership team in Arizona
Dr. Irving Kron named contact principal investigator for Arizona program
The University of Arizona-Banner Health All of Us Research Program, in partnership with Mariposa Community Health Center, has enrolled more than 32,800 participants to date from across a two-state region of Arizona and Colorado, with more than 82% of volunteers from communities historically underrepresented in biomedical research, representing diversity in race/ethnicity, age, sexual and gender minorities and socioeconomic status.
ASU Ranked #1 for Innovation for the 5th Year Running – #High5AZ
For the fifth year in a row, Arizona State University has been named the most innovative school in America.
U.S. News and World Report has named ASU as the most innovative university all five years the category has existed. The widely publicized annual rankings by the magazine, comparing more than 1,500 institutions on a variety of metrics, were released today.Continue reading
Biosensing Instrument to be honored with an AZBio Fast Lane Award
CHANDLER, Ariz — (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) today announced that Biosensing Instrument has been named an AZBio Fast Lane Company and will be honored on October 2, 2019 at the AZBio Awards.
“Developing a new drug is one of the most expensive and complex innovation challenges,” stated Joan Koerber-Walker, president & CEO of AZBio. “Biosensing Instrument, Inc. (BI), a Tempe based life science company, is transforming early drug discovery research at pharmaceuticals and academic laboratories around the world by enabling measurements that were not possible before.”Continue reading
The 2020 Flinn Scholarship application is now open. Apply by September 16.
Next spring, 20 of the most outstanding high-school seniors in Arizona will be selected as the 35th class of Flinn Scholars.
It’s Time to Apply for the Fall 2019 Arizona Innovation Challenge
Arizona Commerce Authority opens application window for the Fall 2019 Arizona Innovation Challenge.
Applications will be accepted beginning on Thursday, September 5 through Friday, September 27 at 5 p.m MST
Learn more and apply at azcommerce.com/programs/arizona-innovation-challenge/apply/
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UA College of Medicine – Tucson Professor Honored by National Academy of Inventors
TUCSON, Ariz. – Professor of Medicine and Phase 1 Program Director at the University of Arizona Cancer Center and the College of Medicine – Tucson Daruka Mahadevan, MD/PhD, has been recognized as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors.Continue reading
UA Awarded $1.4M Grant for Program that Supports Sleep Apnea Patients
Peers will help newly diagnosed sleep-apnea patients get the most out of CPAP treatment, which saves lives but is difficult for many patients to follow.Continue reading