Arizona Biosciences News


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Feb 03, 2010

NIH awards $15M stimulus grant to College of Medicine, will create 250 jobs

A $15 million federal stimulus grant will create 250 jobs on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, the University of Arizona has announced. The competitive grant, awarded by the National Institutes of Health to the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix in partnership with Arizona State University, will enable construction of a 22,000-square-foot laboratory support facility to serve researchers from multiple institutions on the Biomedical Campus.

Jan, 28, 2010
UA researchers join public-private alliance to bring new biofuels to market
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Researchers from the University of Arizona are part of a team of academic and industry scientists from across the country that has received $44 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop new sources of algal biofuels and bioproducts. The federal funds will be matched by the private sector and cost-share funds.

Jan, 22, 2010
Bio community gathers for reports on sector's strong growth, looming challenges
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At a trio of updates last week on Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap, experts in Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Tucson called attention to the exceptional growth that the biosciences have shown in terms of jobs, firms, and wages since 2002. But Arizona’s severe state budget deficit also led analysts to issue several warnings about the bio sector for 2010.

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Jan, 21, 2010
ASU adds experts in health policy, tech commercialization
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As the spring semester begins, Arizona State University is welcoming two significant additions in important segments of its bioscience enterprise: Denis Cortese, the former president and CEO of Mayo Clinic, and Lee Cheatham, previously the director of the Washington Technology Center.

Jan, 12, 2010
Arizona’s bioscience industry furthers growth, progress during global recession
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Amid declining economic conditions in 2008 and 2009, Arizona’s bioscience industry continued its rapid growth in high-paying jobs and firms, and the state achieved notable gains in implementing its long-term plan to develop a thriving bioscience sector.

Dec, 09, 2009
With Helios support, BIO5 expands STEM education outreach
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Before Arizona's top bioscience researchers were designing advanced diagnostics, extracting biofuels from algae, or synthesizing drugs to fight cancer, they were twelve year-olds sitting at desks, waiting for class to begin. And then--someone inspired them.