The UA’s Erika Eggers has received an Innovative Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to identify the early mechanisms of diabetic retinal damage.Continue reading
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New Moore Foundation grant advances ASU microscopy imaging research initiative
Peering through a homemade instrument—toy-like by today’s standards—the Dutch tradesman Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) first observed a dizzying menagerie of lifeforms, invisible to the naked eye. Since then, scientists have steadily refined the field of microscopy, achieving spectacular results at ever-tinier scales.Continue reading
Castle Bioscience’s DecisionDx-Melanoma Test is in the News
Genetic Test Predicts Melanoma Recurrence RiskContinue reading
Biotech Community Loses A Leader: Duane Roth
Duane J. Roth, a respected San Diego business and life science leader, died Saturday of injuries suffered in a bicycling accident on July 21. Roth, 63, was CEO of Connect, an organization that promotes technology entrepreneurship. Roth was also vice chairman of California’s stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM. He was to become chairman of the board for the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in September.Continue reading
ACF Steps Ups To Support TGen2School
$20,000 Arizona Community Foundation grant helps fund TGen education
TGen2School encourages scientific literacy, better-prepared bioscience workforceContinue reading
UACC Physician Awarded Fellowship for Phase III Clinical Trial
Soham Puvvada, MD, awarded prestigious Coltman Fellowship
A University of Arizona Cancer Center physician/scientist has been awarded a major fellowship to conduct research on a potential new drug combination to improve outcomes for lymphoma patients.Continue reading
Seven Arizona Companies Selected to Present to Investors in Denver
Applied Microarrays Inc., Convoy Therapeutics, ENDURX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., MSDx, Nasseo, Inc., Solvonics Medical will be representing Arizona’s life science innovation community at the Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference (RMLSIPC) in Denver this September.Continue reading
Have questions about GMO. Check out GMO Answers.
BIO has launched a new initiative called “GMO Answers” that will reach out to the American people, engage with them, embrace their curiosity and skepticism, and answer their questions about how our food is grown – in particular questions they may have about the use of “genetically modified organisms,” or GMOs.Continue reading
BIO launches BIO Jobs career site
The Biotechnology Industry Organization is proud to launch BIO Jobs, an online career resource where you can find the industry’s leading biotechnology employment opportunities all in one place.Continue reading
Three Arizona Companies to Present at AdvaMed 2013
AdvaMed Announces Presenting Companies & a Special Scholarship Opportunity from RCT VenturesContinue reading