Category Archive for "Bioscience" |

Pima Community College seeks summer high school biotech instructor

Pima Community College in Tucson is looking for an instructor for a summer biotechnology course for high school students. The instructor should have expertise in both biotechnology and teaching high school students. This is a great opportunity for post docs and senior graduate students. Through the Biotechnology Career Ladder Grant from the U.S. Department of […]

Arizona bioscience businesses weave an international web

Arizona's bioscience industry is fairly young but already businesses are forging connections with companies all over the globe. For this Meet the Players series, we profile four of these businesses that have engaged the global bioscience community and directed the world's attention to the Southwest.

Public invited to robotics competition March 10-11, 2006 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum

45 teams will compete in a regional Robotics Competition sponsored by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). FIRST teams together professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. Friday, March 10, 10 a.m.

Bioscience funding bill moves through Legislature

The state legislature is considering a bill that would give $150 million to scientific research and development. The House Appropriations Committee has approved the measure by a unanimous vote.

Science Foundation Arizona formed

Articles of incorporation have been filed for Science Foundation Arizona, a nonprofit statewide organization established to advance strategically the state's bioscience agenda and led by business leadership groups--Greater Phoenix Leadership, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, and Flagstaff 40.

Philanthropist pledges $100 mil to bioscience

Jerry Bisgrove, chairman of the Stardust Charitable Group, has pledged $100 million to Arizona's bioscience industry, to be used as the private match required by a bill pending at the Legislature to contribute $150 million to the biosciences over the next five years.

Deadlines approaching!

TODAY! — Siemens Foundation grants supporting math and science education March 17, 2006 — SWAEBR essay contest for high school students March 17, 2006 — City of Phoenix Mayor’s Partnership Awards nominations March 31, 2006 — JobPath’s Biotechnology Summer Institute

TGen now accepting applications for 2006 summer internship program

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) is accepting applications for its Summer 2006 Summer Internship Program. The program is open to high school, college, and graduate level students who are motivated independent thinkers with a strong interest in developing research skills through hands-on experience. The TGen Summer Internship Program provides students the opportunity to conduct […]

U.S. DOE’s “Math & Science Education” to be rebroadcast locally

The February 21 broadcast of “Math and Science Education,” by the U.S. Department of Education, will be rebroadcasted locally in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tucson. For useful background materials, click here. The show explored questions such as: What is the

February 25, 2006 is Avnet Science & Technology Fair in Phoenix

The Avnet Science & Technology Fair is a state-wide event geared to 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in public, private, and charter schools in Arizona. The aim is to get our children engaged in innovation and creativity around science and technology. To teach them that science is fun. Date: Saturday, February 25, 2006 […]