PHOENIX, AZ (November 13, 2024) — The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) announced today 15 finalists have been selected for the 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC). The finalists will advance to the final round of the competition, after which judges will select up to 10 companies as AIC awardees for 2024.Continue reading
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Applications are open for Venture Madness 2025
The application window for #VM25 is NOW open and closes on December 18, 2024 (3pm AZ time). The Venture Madness Conference is Arizona’s longest-running capital conference and early-stage pitch event that connects serious investors with the best and brightest ventures in Arizona! Since the inception of this conference, more than $1B in funding has been raised by presenting companies.Continue reading
Applications for the Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Open
The Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program application is open November 4, 2024 to December 16, 2024. This year, the program is piloting a new format as we await an update of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap that will extend beyond 2025. Continue reading
BioLab Holdings, Inc. Launches Charity Care Program to Serve Uninsured
Wound Care Manufacturer to Donate Advanced Skin Substitutes to Qualifying Patients in NeedContinue reading
U of A Health Sciences breaks ground on the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies
Construction is underway on the new building that will house the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, or CAMI, on the Phoenix Bioscience Core in downtown Phoenix.Continue reading
2025 KEYS Internship Applications Open
Applications for KEYS 2025 are open from Friday November 1st to December 13, 2024. This is an incredible opportunity for high school students to gain real-world scientific experience at the University of Arizona. The program will run from from June 2 – July 18, 2025. Continue reading
TGen’s Nicholas Banovich, Ph.D., Secures Over $8.2 Million in NIH Grants for Pulmonary Disease Research
PHOENIX, AZ (October 30, 2024) – Nicholas Banovich, Ph.D., associate professor and division director of Bioinnovation and Genome Sciences at TGen, part of City of Hope, will lead or co-lead three collaborative grants totaling over $22 million, with $8.2 million supporting research at TGen. These grants, awarded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will support innovative research to uncover the molecular drivers of pulmonary diseases, with the goal of improving prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.Continue reading
Accomplished scientist and executive Díaz de la Rubia selected to lead U of A research enterprise
Accomplished scientist and executive Díaz de la Rubia selected to lead U of A research enterpriseContinue reading
TGen and partners in Longevity Consortium receive $45 million grant
The five-year grant will integrate studies of factors contributing to longer and healthier livesContinue reading