Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Voters back Prop. 400 to improve technology training for Pima students

Voters across 11 school districts in Pima County approved Proposition 400, creating a Joint Technological Education District (JTED) that will provide enhanced technical courses for high school students. JTEDs offer a way for public school districts to collaborate and bolster their technical and vocational education offerings, including bioscience training. They also increase funding opportunities for […]

Innovative math excites pupils

[Source: Frank Morris, West Valley View] — Math: Hardly a favorite topic among most schoolchildren, but principals at five West Valley schools are hoping to change that with a new math program that was implemented just a month ago: the Math Achievement Club by Rodel, called MAC-Ro. “We call it a club, because a club […]

Tempe’s GenoSensor teams with German company to enter EU market

Tempe-based bioscience company GenoSensor has joined with German life sciences company BioCat GmbH to launch its technology in Europe. GenoSensor, which makes biochips that analyze a patient’s genetic makeup, hopes to see its annual revenue triple from the agreement. Such technologies are considered vital to the future of personalized medicine, and this partnership is expected […]

Phoenix district considers its options; might create own high school (Arizona Republic article)

[Source: Karina Bland, Arizona Republic] — Officials in the Phoenix Elementary School District are thinking about starting up a new school, which isn’t all that unusual – except that it would be a high school. The school would be housed at Phoenix Preparatory Academy at Seventh and Fillmore streets, which now serves about 900 children […]

New dean brings cross-disciplinary expertise, strong leadership to ASU science

Arizona State University has gained more than an administrator in Deirdre Meldrum. When Meldrum becomes dean of engineering in January, the university will also gain an accomplished researcher and the major-grant winning research institution that she founded. A multi-faceted scientist with an eye toward innovation, Meldrum is just the type of dynamic leader to help propel ASU along the cutting edge of science.

Virtual-reality technology helps med students & others simulate sense of touch (eSchool News article)

[Source: eSchool News staff and wire service reports] — It’s hard to stitch closed a wound for the first time: It can take a few tries to stick the needle into the skin close enough to the injury. And feeling the skin tug when you draw out your line is disconcerting–even if you’re just manipulating […]

Grant gives UA $3.5 million for math educators

[Source: Associated Press] — The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Arizona a five-year, $3.5 million grant to improve the skills of would-be mathematics educators. It is UA’s second grant for the Vertical Integration of Research and Education program, one that will benefit students from high school classrooms to postdoctoral programs. The first […]

No test tubes? Debate on virtual science classes (NY Times article)

[Source: Sam Dillon, New York Times] — When the Internet was just beginning to shake up American education, a chemistry professor photographed thousands of test tubes holding molecular solutions and, working with video game designers, created a simulated laboratory that allowed students to mix chemicals in virtual beakers and watch the reactions. In the years […]

Partnership tackles math, science education; first meeting coming up October 25

[Source: Sarah Auffret, Arizona State University, 480-965-6991] — As Arizona strives to secure a place in the global economy, the lack of workers who are proficient in math and science poses a giant stumbling block. Current trends show the state will not have enough skilled workers. Recognizing this as a statewide challenge, Arizona State University […]

Statewide partnership, Mayo awarded new NIH translational grants

A partnership of 20 Arizona bioscience institutions has received a $150,000 NIH planning grant to increase patient access to new medical breakthroughs and prepare its application for a multi-million dollar NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award. In a separate development, Mayo Clinic, including its Scottsdale campus, recently received a $72 million CTSA, one of only 12 such grants awarded so far. The CTSA initiative is part of a system-wide restructuring currently underway by the NIH, and by 2012 is expected to award $500 million annually to 60 health centers.