Arizona is home to the newest chapter of Golden Seeds

Golden Seeds, one of the nation’s largest and most active investment groups, focuses squarely on funding high-potential, women-led businesses.  Since 2005, Golden Seeds’ members – today over 275 strong – along with its venture funds, have invested over $110 million in over 150 exciting women-led enterprises…and counting. Headquartered in New York City, Golden Seeds also has chapters in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, and Silicon Valley – and active members throughout the country.

Its newest chapter has been established in Arizona.  In the article below, Loretta McCarthy, Managing Partner, Golden Seeds, shares why they chose Arizona. Continue reading

Get Free Expert Support for Building SBIR/STTR Applications from NIH NCI

Are you looking for advice on crafting a strong Phase I NCI SBIR/STTR funding application? The Applicant Assistance Program is a FREE resource geared toward helping small businesses like yours apply for early stage funding. By participating in this program, you can receive services such as SBIR/STTR application needs assessment, mentoring, Phase I SBIR/STTR application preparation support, and application review. If you are ready to move your cancer technology to the next level, apply by Thursday, December 12, 2019 on the AAP Application Portal.Continue reading

Honoring our AZBio Veterans

Our AZBio Community makes life better.  Through their service, Veterans everywhere have made our way of life possible.  Each year AZBio invites the Veterans in our community to be part of a Veteran’s Day video tribute to the members of Arizona’s life science and healthcare community who served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. We hope you will take a few minutes to meet our 2019 Veterans.Continue reading

That’s a switch! Synthetic circuits regulate gene expression

During the first flickering of life on earth, ribonucleic acid (RNA) occupied center stage. Since its shadowy beginnings, RNA has become a basic constituent of all living cells, faithfully transcribing DNA messages contained in genes and translating these into proteins.

Now, Alex Green and his group at ASU’s Biodesign Institute and scientists from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Northwestern University, along with a group of international colleagues are carrying RNA’s startling capacities a step further.Continue reading

AZBio Honors Ten Arizona Legislators as Trailblazers

The 2019 AZBio Trailblazer Honorees: (Top Row Left to Right) Senator Sylvia Allen (LD6), Representative Nancy Barto, Senator Sean Bowie (LD18), Senator Kate Brophy McGee (LD28), Senator Kate Heather Carter (LD15), (LD15), (Second Row) Representative Kelli Butler (LD28), Representative Regina Cobb, DDS (LD5), Representative Jay Lawrence (LD23), Representative Amish Shah, MD (LD24), Representative Michelle Udall  (LD25)
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