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Geneticist lawyer welcomes new class of biotech law students to ASU

Raised in a small logging town outside Vancouver, Canada, Arizona State University law professor Gary Marchant was one of the few students in his high school class to go to college and he just kept going, receiving his Ph.D. in genetics from ASU, a Master of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Now, he has merged his career-long interests in science and the law to develop the nation's first master's program in biotechnology and genomics law.

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State research commission shifts mission, shortens name

To herald a broadened mission and new focus in the Arizona research community, the organization formerly known as the Arizona Disease Control Research Commission is becoming the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission.

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Northern Arizona University forms new alliance for bioresearch and education

This spring, the Arizona Board of Regents approved the creation of the new Strategic Alliance for Bioscience Research and Education, or SABRE, at Northern Arizona University. The alliance, funding under the state's Technology and Research Initiative, replaces the former Institute of Integrative Biotechnology Research and Education.

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Pima County receives federal bioscience job training grant

Pima Community College and local employers are the recent recipients of a $276,393 grant from the U.S. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to help bolster southern Arizona's bioscience workforce.

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Arizona companies net federal grants, must seek local sources

Several local companies have given Arizona's growing bioscience sector a shove in the right direction with some lucrative federal grant dollars and leadership roles on national research projects. Even as the recent Meds and Eds report warned of relying solely on federal grants for growing a biosciences hub in the desert, Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc., the Translational Genomics Research Institute, and Ribomed Biotechnologies have netted NIH dollars for research in diabetes and bio-warfare detection technologies.

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In Tucson, RCT and C-Path get new administrators

Two of southern Arizona's bioscience rising stars are getting new additions to their front office this summer. Tucson entrepreneur Larry Aldrich has been named chief operating officer of the new drug development institute, C-Path, and 36-year-old Shaun Kirkpatrick is taking the reins at Research Corporation Technologies as CEO, where he was formerly president and COO.

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Chandler high schools to add biotech class (Independent Newspapers article)

[Source: Alex Pickett, Independent Newspapers] — A new biotechnology course will debut at Hamilton and Basha high schools this fall, giving students the opportunity to learn skills that will be crucial in filling jobs in the area

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TGen chair perfects art of multitasking as attorney, diplomat, and dad

Jose Cardenas does not have a lot of time to sit down. Between his role as chair at Lewis and Roca law firm in Phoenix and chairman of the board at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, Cardenas finds the time to host "Horizonte" TV program, serve on a host of community boards, be a parent of three, and even crack open a history book once in a while. For other leaders in Arizona's legal, bioscience, and cultural communities, Cardenas has set the bar undoubtedly high.

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French delegation exchanges biotech updates with Phoenix leaders

The French delegation included the Grenoble mayor and two city council members; several top municipal officials; members of the Grenoble-Phoenix Committee; a journalist and photographer. Directors of two French research institutes were among the group. The French consul general based in Los Angeles, Philippe Larrieu, also joined the activities. Grenoble, site of the 1968 Winter […]

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Legislature passes tax-credit bill for angel investors

Arizona's technology sector scored a long-awaited victory at the Legislature with last week's passage of a bill that would entice angel investors to buy in to early-stage technology companies in the state. The angel-investment bill, now on the governor's desk, ends a string of legislative defeats over recent years to spur seed capital.