Psychiatry professor William “Scott” Killgore used blue light to reset sleep patterns in adults recovering from concussions to facilitate recovery of brain structure, connectivity and cognitive performance.Continue reading
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Barrow Summer Undergraduate Research Program
The summer undergraduate research program at Barrow Neurological Institute is a paid, 10-to-12-week internship program in translational neuroscience research offered to undergraduate students from all colleges and universities, nationally and internationally. Students in the program work full time in a research laboratory under the mentorship of a Barrow scientist, actively participating in groundbreaking neuroscience research using the most advanced technologies and equipment.Continue reading
Getting personal: Alzheimer’s research across ASU is fueled by knowledge and life experience
“My mother was driving to work one morning and was alarmed to see an older man riding a bicycle against traffic,” says Diego Mastroeni. To her surprise, that man was Diego’s grandfather, Giuseppe Abramo. For Mastroeni, now an assistant research professor and neuroscientist at Arizona State University’s ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, dementia struck close to home, with painful immediacy.Continue reading
Midwestern University is Giving Vets a Reason to Smile
The Midwestern University Dental Institute, 5855 W. Utopia Road in Glendale, will open its doors 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 to provide free dental care and consultations to Valley military veterans.Continue reading
Invest Southwest 2020 Venture Madness Finalists Announced
Finalists will compete in a live pitch competition made up of companies representing four industries: Consumer, Technology, SaaS and Medical for a chance to win a $15,000 cash prize. Each company will advance to the live-demo portion of the contest held Feb 20 at the Tempe Center for the Arts to compete in head-to-head pitches for a chance to win cash and get investor and media exposure. Venture Madness 2020 will opens with a networking reception the night of Feb.19 at Culinary Dropout followed by the one-day pitch event in Tempe.
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Reglagene Brings Home the Silver in the RESI Innovation Challenge
Reglagene, a Tucson-based developer of quadruplex master switch technology that enables the discovery of medicines that control gene expression, placed second in the RESI Innovation Challenge during JPM Week in San Francisco. Hosted by Life Science Nation (LSN), RESI conferences bring together global early-stage companies across Biotech, Medtech, Diagnostics & Digital Health with life science strategics, family offices, venture funds and angel investors. Continue reading
Medtronic Wins Prestigious CATALYST Award
Jan. 16, 2020: Women play a vital role at Medtronic. From engineers building pacemakers and insulin pumps to sales representatives working in communities around the world, women at all levels of the organization are driving the company’s efforts to transform healthcare.
Funding Opportunity Alert – Healthy Longevity Global Competition
The Healthy Longevity Global Competition, founded by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and supported by J&J Innovation is a global movement to extend the human healthspan by accelerating research, innovation, and entrepreneurism in healthy longevity. Awards of $50,000 are available. Apply before February 24, 2020.Continue reading
NAU engineer developing innovative biomaterial for improved treatment of cerebral aneurysms
Tim Becker, an associate professor of practice in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University, is developing a polypropylene glycol-based biomaterial called PPODA-QT, which is similar to body tissue, to treat aneurysms in the brain and improve outcomes for stroke and potential stroke patients.Continue reading
OncoMyx Therapeutics Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board
PHOENIX, January 9, 2020 – OncoMyx Therapeutics, a privately-held oncolytic immunotherapy company, announced today the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), comprised of experts in tumor immunology, oncology drug discovery and development, and oncolytic viruses. The SAB will work closely with the OncoMyx leadership team as the company advances a therapeutic pipeline of oncolytic immunotherapies based on the myxoma virus (MYXV) platform. The company’s pipeline includes both monotherapies and therapies to be used in combination with immune checkpoint blockade and other immuno-modulatory approaches, offering significant therapeutic promise to a wide range of cancer targets.Continue reading