2012 marks year 10 of Arizona’s Bioscience Road Map, a collaboration between private investors, philanthropists, public and private corporations, universities, governments and a dedicated group of leaders who share a vision for Arizona’s Bioscience Industry and our state’s future. Committed to bioscience innovation and the social and economic benefits it brings, our community has invested and now is reaping measurable returns on those investments. To stay the course, we must continue to innovate and invest.Continue reading
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Opportunity Alert: Get Ready Now for AdvaMed2012
Join AZBio and Members of our Medical Device Community as we connect with companies, innovators and investors at AdvaMed 2012 in Boston October 1 – 3, 2012. Continue reading
Opportunity Alert: The Cleantech Open 2012 Accelerator & Competition
The Cleantech Open runs the world’s largest accelerator and provides entrepreneurs and technologists the resources needed to launch successful cleantech companies. Their mission is to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges.Continue reading
Phoenix City Council Adopts New Economic Development Strategic Plan
Bio-Life Sciences tops the list of key areas of focus for the the City of Phoenix
Allegheny General Hospital Implants Region’s 1st SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
Doctors Estimate up to 10 Patients a Year at Allegheny Could Benefit from the Total Artificial Heart as a Bridge to TransplantContinue reading
State Net Capitol Journal
AZBio partners with LexisNexis and State Net to bring you all the latest updates from Washington DC and around the nation. Check out the latest in the March 5, 2012 edition.Continue reading
Strategic use of research fund may give NAU an edge
Sunlight streams through re-glazed glass panels at the Northern Arizona University research greenhouse because of research investments by the university. Continue reading
NAU and TGen teams lead in New Research on MRSA
Evolution of staph ‘superbug’ traced between humans and food animalsContinue reading
UA researchers have identified a previously unknown mutation in a sodium channel protein as the likely cause of a severe form of epilepsy.
Genome Sequencing Finds Unknown Cause of Epilepsy
University of Arizona researchers have identified a previously unknown mutation in a sodium channel protein as the likely cause of a severe form of epilepsy.Continue reading
Arizona Bioscience: Moving Forward Faster for Ten Years
2012 marks Arizona’s state centennial year. It is also the tenth year of Arizona’s Bioscience Road Map and the anniversary of the launch of TGen (The Translational Genomics Institute.)
Employment in the biosciences field in Arizona has grown 41 percent over the past 10 years, showing growth even during the Recession.
Ted Simon of HORIZON on EIGHT (AZ PBS) speaks with Marty Shultz, co-chair of the Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee on where we’ve been, where we’re going, and what we need to do to keep moving forward faster.Continue reading