Up to $50,000 in seed investments is available for faculty who recently started a company to commercialize Arizona State University-owned inventions during the fourth annual Skysong Innovations Startup Challenge.
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Dr. John Galgiani Wins Inaugural UArizona Director’s Award
John Galgiani, MD, director of the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence and professor in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Distinguished Director’s Award and one of 25 faculty members singled out for excellence in teaching, scholarship and outreach.
TGEN Names Kevin Campbell Chief Information Officer
Phoenix, AZ — Aug. 17, 2022 — The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, today announced that industry veteran Kevin Campbell has been appointed the Institute’s Chief Information Officer.
PathogenDx Inc. Honored on the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List
PathogenDx Receives Rank No. 1232 Among America’s Fastest-Growing Private CompaniesContinue reading
BD, Accelerate Diagnostics Announce Global Commercial Collaboration
Companies will work together to bring rapid antimicrobial identification and susceptibility diagnostics to more clinicians and patients worldwideContinue reading
White Hat Life Science Investor Conference Connects Innovators and Investors
The White Hat Life Science Investor Conference, a biotech and healthcare investor conference, will showcase exciting biotech and medtech companies from across the Rocky Mountain & Southwest Region September 28-29, 2022 during Arizona Bioscience Week.
Investors will have the opportunity to connect with a new generation of biotech and healthcare pioneers in person and to schedule meetings via the Arizona Bioscience Week app.Continue reading
Stanton, Maricopa Community Colleges Announce $1 Million in Federal Funds for Bioscience Workforce Development
Rep. Greg Stanton announced today that a $1 million federal investment that he secured for Maricopa Community Colleges to support the development of its bioscience program has been included in an appropriations bill the House will soon consider.
The funds will help Maricopa Community Colleges develop and expand its STEM curriculum, create additional seats to prepare students for good-paying careers as lab technicians, bioscience quality systems managers, and bioscience process managers. The program will build the pipeline for STEM-focused jobs, where job growth continues to outpace the number of qualified individuals available to fill those jobs.Continue reading
Industry Leaders Weigh In on the Inflation Reduction Act
On Sunday, August 7, 2022, the United States Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in a party line vote with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie breaking vote. The legislation now moves back to the House of Representatives. Speaker Pelosi stated, “The House will return and move swiftly to send this bill to the President’s desk ….”
The 755 page legislation will continue to garner significant public debate and analysis in the coming days.
Dylan Peay Joins AZBio as Entrepreneurial Program and Grants Coordinator
Dylan’s work will focus on supporting the AZBioPEERS education and AZBioPEERS Mentoring programs, supporting the AZAdvances Initiative, and developing our talent pipeline.Continue reading
Opportunity Alert: Arizona’s WearTech Applied Research Center
Researchers, PIs, Technologists: Learn about opportunities to develop your wearable solutions a part of WearTech Center’s next applied research cohort with matching funding up to$250,000.Continue reading