Arizona Biosciences News

May 16, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Heliae expanding algae business; TGen, helmet-maker team up for concussion study; Regenesis Biomedical names CEO

Top bioscience news, May 10-16, 2013: Heliae expanding algae business; TGen, helmet-maker team up for concussion study; Regenesis Biomedical names CEO

 Tags: algae, bioaccel, heliae, pancreatic cancer, regenesis biomedical, riddell, scott brooks, seena magowitz foundation, srs, tgen, virginia rybski
May 16, 2013

TGen announces partnership with helmet-maker to study concussions

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) of Phoenix and sports-helmet maker Riddell will work together to study athlete concussion detection and treatment with hopes of developing safer helmets and improving player monitoring technology.

 Tags: barrow neurological institute, concussions, riddell, tgen
May 10, 2013

Biozona Weekly: ACA names Innovation Challenge semifinalists; UA hosts Pitch Day; Banner Cancer fund receives $2 million grant

Top bioscience news, April 28-May 9, 2013: ACA names Innovation Challenge semifinalists; UA hosts Pitch Day; Banner Cancer fund receives $2 million grant

 Tags: arizona center for innovation, arizona commerce authority, asu, azlabs, banner md anderson cancer center, bioaccel, cancer, maryann guerra, ua, virginia g. piper charitable trust
May 03, 2013

Biozona Weekly: BioInspire company ready for market; Alzheimer's study seeks to reach 1 million; Chandler Innovations incubator update

Top bioscience news, April 19-30, 2013: Biozona Weekly: BioInspire company ready for market; Alzheimer's study seeks to reach 1 million; Chandler Innovations incubator update

 Tags: arizona technology council, bioinspire, chandler, hildeez, innovations, insys therapeutics, matt huentelman, mayo clinic, phoenix nap, roger vogel, tgen, vante
Apr 19, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Major health care merger; Tech Launch Arizona creates roadmap; Startups on display

Top bioscience news, April 11-18, 2013: Major health care merger; Tech Launch Arizona creates roadmap; Startups on display

 Tags: actus biotechnologies, brain initiative, john c. lincoln, oro valley, scottsdale healthcare, startup arizona, tech launch arizona, ua
Apr 12, 2013

Tech Launch Arizona celebrates grand opening

Tech Launch Arizona, a technology commercialization center at the University of Arizona, in April celebrated its grand opening and new strategic plan.

 Tags: commercialization, tech launch arizona, ua
Apr 11, 2013

Biozona Weekly: STEM grants awarded; Bioscience Roadmap developments; Teaching health literacy in high schools

Top bioscience news, March 20-April 11, 2013: STEM grants awarded; Bioscience Roadmap developments; Teaching health literacy in high schools 

 Tags: arizona's bioscience roadmap, bio5 institute, brain, fernando martinez, girls leadership academy of arizona, mayo clinic, senestech, stem, ua
Apr 05, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Accelerate's grand opening in Tucson; Queen Creek incubator launches; UA scientist invited to White House

Top bioscience news, March 15-April 4, 2013: Accelerate's grand opening in Tucson; Queen Creek incubator launches; UA scientist invited to White House 

 Tags: accelerate, asu, intel craig barrett, michael crow, qc inc., queen creek, ua bio5, vincent fluginiti
Mar 29, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Tucson report calls for more diagnostics; Cancer Dream Teams work together; ZocDoc to open Scottsdale office

Top bioscience news, March 15-28, 2013: Tucson report calls for more diagnostics; Cancer Dream Teams work together; ZocDoc to open Scottsdale office

 Tags: asu, banner health, biodesign institute, core institute, daniel von hoff, diagnostics, health sciences education building, htg molecular diagnostics, phoenix biomedical campus, tgen, treo, ua, ventana medical systems, zocdoc
Mar 21, 2013

Biozona Weekly: SynCardia Systems raises $19M; Venture capital fund passes House; Tempe, Chandler embrace SciTech Festival

Top bioscience news, March 14-20, 2013: SynCardia Systems raises $19M; Venture capital fund passes House; Tempe, Chandler embrace SciTech Festival

 Tags: arizona scitech festival, arizona technology council, asu, mayo clinic, school of science of health care delivery, shelby valint, steven zylstra, syncardia systems, tgen, ua college of medicine-phoenix, venture capital
Mar 08, 2013

Arizona mayors highlight bioscience efforts

A number of mayors from around the state have recently highlighted bioscience success during their annual “State of the City” addresses, citing research, construction projects, and successful companies within their cities and towns.

 Tags: bioinspire, bioscience, chandler innovations, greg stanton, health sciences education building, mayo clinic, nau, phoenix, phoenix biomedical campus, st. joseph’s hospital and medical center, tech launch arizona, tgen, ua, ua cancer center-phoenix
Mar 08, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Mayor highlights biosciences in address; Tax credits pass House; Project grants in danger

Top bioscience news, Feb. 28-March 6, 2013: Mayor highlights biosciences in address; Tax credits pass House; Project grants in danger

 Tags: center for entrepreneurial innovation, daniel von hoff, gateway, greg stanton, greg vigdor, nih, science foundation arizona, tgen, walt plosila
Feb 28, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Cancer Treatment Centers of America makes hire; Bioscience High seeks new students; Chandler mayor talks growth

Top bioscience news, Feb. 21-26, 2013: Cancer Treatment Centers of America makes hire; Bioscience High seeks new students; Chandler mayor talks growth

 Tags: arizona scitech festival, arizona's bioscience roadmap, asu, bioscience high school, c-path, cancer treatment centers, carolyn compton, chandler, glen weiss, martha brumfield, michael crow, national biomarkers development alliance, night of the open door, phoenix nap, tgen
Feb 22, 2013

Biozona Weekly: UA cancer center groundbreaking; Alzheimer's institute raises funds for center; Grand Canyon University to expand science

Top bioscience news, Feb. 5-21, 2013: UA cancer center groundbreaking; Alzheimer's institute raises funds for center; Grand Canyon University to expand science

 Tags: arizona commerce authority, banner alzheimer's institute, bioaccel, blue ocean manufacturing, grand canyon university, lance price, peoria, phoenix biomedical campus, st. joseph's hospital and medical center, stealth software, tech launch arizona, ua cancer center-phoenix
Feb 21, 2013

UA Cancer Center-Phoenix celebrates groundbreaking

The ceremonial groundbreaking for the new University of Arizona Cancer Center-Phoenix, a partnership with St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, was held Feb. 21 at its future home on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.

 Tags: phoenix biomedical campus, st. joseph’s hospital and medical center, ua cancer center-phoenix
Feb 20, 2013

Banner Alzheimer's Institute ready to build imaging center

Banner Alzheimer’s Institute is ready to construct a new imaging center on its Phoenix campus that will be used for the treatment and research of Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

 Tags: alzheimer’s disease, arizona alzheimer’s consortium, banner alzheimer’s institute, eric reiman, nih
Feb 15, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Bioscience leaders talk about successes; ASU wants to hire; SciTech Festival underway

Top bioscience news, Feb. 3-13, 2013: Bioscience leaders talk about successes; ASU wants to hire; SciTech Festival underway

 

 Tags: alzheimer's disease, arizona scitech festival, asu, fast grants, john carpten, marty shultz, mayo clinic, michael crow, tgen, treo
Feb 08, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Report shows strong bioscience job growth; LASIK inventor honored at White House; SciTech Festival begins

Top bioscience news, Jan. 30-Feb. 7, 2013: Report shows strong bioscience job growth; LASIK inventor honored at White House; SciTech Festival begins

 Tags: arizona technology enterprises, arizona's bioscience roadmap, asu, barrett-jackson, battelle, bioaccel, bioinspire, dr. gholam peyman, flinn foundation, lasik, medical devices, scitech festival, tgen
Feb 05, 2013

Arizona bioscience jobs continue rapid growth during economic recovery

Arizona’s bioscience sector added jobs at nearly four times the national rate over the past decade and experienced double-digit job growth during the economic recovery, according to a new report from Battelle Technology Partnership Practice that outlines the 2012 progress of Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap.

 Tags: arizona's bioscience roadmap, battelle, flinn foundation
Feb 05, 2013

Arizona bioscience jobs continue rapid growth during economic recovery

Arizona’s bioscience sector added jobs at nearly four times the national rate over the past decade and experienced double-digit job growth during the economic recovery, according to a new report from Battelle Technology Partnership Practice that outlines the 2012 progress of Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap.

 Tags: arizona's bioscience roadmap, battelle, flinn foundation
Feb 01, 2013

Second annual Arizona SciTech Festival starts Feb. 6

The second annual Arizona SciTech Festival that runs Feb. 6 through March 13 will feature more than 200 expos, workshops, conversations, exhibitions, and tours around the state.

 Tags: arizona commerce authority, arizona science center, arizona scitech festival, arizona technology council foundation, asu, stem education, ua
Jan 31, 2013

Biozona Weekly: New Glendale hospital planned; Banner Alzheimer's Institute director wins major award; Cancer centers getting the word out

Top bioscience news, Jan. 21-30, 2013: New Glendale hospital planned; Banner Alzheimer's Institute director wins major award; Cancer centers getting the word out

 Tags: aca, banner alzheimer's institute, banner md anderson, cancer treatment centers of america, dignity health, eric reiman, fast grant, mayo clinic, national lambdarail, patrick soon-shiong, phil gordon, potamkin prize, st. joseph's westgate medical center, ua cancer center
Jan 25, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Pancreatic cancer drug extends life; Bioscience Roadmap featured on TV, radio; TGen event features scientists, baseball commissioner

Top bioscience news, Jan. 16-24, 2013: Pancreatic cancer drug extends life; Bioscience Roadmap featured on TV, radio; TGen event features scientists, baseball commissioner

 Tags: arizona's bioscience roadmap, asu, bio 5, c-path, carolyn compton, daniel von hoff, kathleen perkins, mara aspinall, michael crow, pancreatic cancer, scottsdale healthcare, tgen, ventana medical systems
Jan 18, 2013

Biozona Weekly: Pediatric liver transplant success; UA Cancer Center construction begins; Rock guitarist cured at Barrow Neurological Institute

Top bioscience news, Jan. 12-17, 2013: Pediatric liver transplant success; UA Cancer Center construction begins; Rock guitarist cured at Barrow Neurological Institute

 Tags: asu school of nutrition and health promotion, bni, dick wagner, mayo clinic, pediatric liver transplant, phoenix biomedical campus, phoenix children's hospital, ua cancer center, yuma regional medical center
Jan 11, 2013

Biozona Weekly: PCH undertakes whole genome sequencing; Integrative medicine becoming more popular; Six companies awarded Innovation Challenge grants

Top bioscience news, Dec. 21, 2012 - Jan. 8, 2013: PCH undertakes whole genome sequencing; Integrative medicine becoming more popular; Six companies awarded Innovation Challenge grants

 Tags: arizona commerce authority, daniel von hoff, dr. evan unger; phoenix children's hospital, innovation challenge awards, integrative medicine, nau, nuvox, science foundation arizona, stem, tgen, ua, ua center for integrative medicine, ua com-phoenix, whole genome sequencing
Dec 21, 2012

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center plans major expansion

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert plans to break ground in January on a $62.6 million expansion project that will nearly double the size of its existing outpatient center.

 Tags: banner gateway, banner md anderson cancer center, cox center for integrative oncology and cancer prevention
Dec 18, 2012

Biozona Weekly: UA Cancer Center in Phoenix approved; Valeant, Medicis complete merger; Banner MD Anderson to expand

Top bioscience news, Dec. 4 - 14: UA Cancer Center in Phoenix approved; Valeant, Medicis complete merger; Banner MD Anderson in Gilbert to expand

 Tags: banner alzheimer's institute, banner md anderson cancer center, biodesign institute, biotech, critical path institute, medicis, michael waldrum, national multiple sclerosis society, pierre tariot, st. joseph's hospital and medical center, tgen, ua cancer center, ua health network, valeant, virginia g. piper charitable trust
Dec 11, 2012

Phoenix Children’s Hospital opens institute to help children with cancer

Phoenix Children’s Hospital has created an institute of molecular medicine to assist children with difficult-to-treat and rare cancers.

 Tags: cancer, daniel von hoff, phoenix children’s hospital, ronald a. matricaria institute of molecular medicine, tgen, ua college of medicine-phoenix, virginia g. piper charitable trust
Dec 10, 2012

UA Cancer Center-Phoenix receives final approval to start construction

The Arizona Board of Regents gave final approval to the construction of the $100 million University of Arizona Cancer Center-Phoenix clinic at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.  

 Tags: abor, phoenix biomedical campus, st. joseph’s hospital and medical center, ua cancer center-phoenix
Dec 06, 2012

Biozona Weekly: Bioscience Roadmap turns 10; Hospital to study child cancer; Mesa, Chandler rank high

Top bioscience news, Nov. 16 – Dec. 5: Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap turns 10; Phoenix Children’s Hospital to study child cancer; Mesa, Chandler rank high for startups

 Tags: bioscience, biotechnology, biozona roadmap, cancer, chandler, flinn foundation, genomic medicine, health care, incubator, jobs, mesa, phoenix children’s hospital, startups, technology, tucson, workforce development