Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Teen girls pursue a passion for science at IBM camp

[Source: Diana Bellettieri, The Journal News] — A group of budding young scientists recently made a discovery that could improve life for millions of women: The perfect formula for lip gloss calls for three parts strawberry, three parts chocolate and as many parts glitter as possible. “Glitter’s cool,” 16-year-old Sarah Drucker said as she carefully […]

State invests $7 million in autism research

Thanks to $7.1 million in state funding, the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Southwestern Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC) will collaborate to develop a diagnostic test to determine whether newborns have autism. There are currently no such tests for autism, which appears in the first three years of life and is the […]

“Water: Our Bio-Engineered Resource” is topic of August 19th 6th grade teacher workshop

Teacher training workshops for middle- and high-school science teachers consist of a full-day workshop on applying the biosciences. Each workshop, held at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix, covers a set of lesson plans and background information that you can use to bring real life applications of bioscience to students. The first of three […]

Phoenix NPR station holds hour-long segment on Arizona’s biosciences

You know very well the terms “bioscience” and “biotechnology” and strive to teach them to your students. Now you can provide students some local perspective thanks to KJZZ, our National Public Radio station. Why are local and state governments, philanthropists, businesses, and others investing tens of millions of dollars in “bioscience” research? Why is such […]

NASA’s fledgling teacher training program fosters interest in science instruction

[Source: Laura Ascione, Assistant Editor, eSchool News] — With an ultimate goal of drawing more students to careers in science and related disciplines, NASA has announced the creation of a nationwide network of teacher-mentors charged with helping inspire the next generation of explorers. Attended by 22 award-winning teachers from K-12 classrooms across the United States, […]

To start off your work week, some bio humor!

Phoenix bioscience high school receives grant from Honeywell

Honeywell likes the concept of Phoenix Union

Youth are leading the transition to a fully wired and mobile nation

[Source: Pew Charitable Trust] — Today

Scottsdale Healthcare takes on ambitious agenda to advance personalized medicine

Scottsdale Healthcare prides itself on its commitment to patient care, a commitment it hopes to take to a new level with research. In the spirit of collaboration that many say is helping to build Arizona's bioscience industry, Scottsdale Healthcare is not engaging in research on its own. Instead, it is investing in partnerships with institutions around the state. These partnerships are transforming the hospital system into a hot spot for clinical research.

SkySong fuels collaboration on teacher science, math training

Working through SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, the university will collaborate with the Scottsdale Unified School District to create learning communities for Scottsdale teachers, and to address the health care needs of the community. The collaboration is being launched with a $20,000 planning grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. Project leaders will […]