Bioscience

Having made a career of tracking scientists everywhere from the Galapagos Island to the borderlands of the medical frontier, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jonathan Weiner's next destination is Phoenix, where he will be the inaugural featured speaker of the new Arizona Consortium for Medicine, Society and Values.

Bioscience

Stuart Williams--part inventor, part pioneer--has become both a fixture and a frontiersman in the changing Arizona biosciences landscape. A lab scientist by training, Williams is also an entrepreneur with over 50 innovations and a dozen patents to his name. We spoke with Williams about his career, the trials faced by researchers who want to commercialize their technology, and the underlying importance of self-reliance on the Arizona biosciences frontier.

Bioscience

At its meeting in late September, the Arizona Board of Regents approved funding and development plans for biosciences projects at both Arizona State University and the University of Arizona.

Bioscience

George Poste, director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU, was named 2004 Scientist of the Year by R&D magazine, which honors a scientist annually for his or her career accomplishments. Poste's career spans 38 years to date and includes such diverse scholarly and policymaking roles as molecular biologist, pharmaceutical developer, and bioterrorism adviser.

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The Arizona Venture Capital Conference is gone, but there will be something new in its place: the Arizona Angel Investment Conference.

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The City of Phoenix's new vision for its downtown, presented in draft form to the public last week, features biomedical research as a cornerstone element—more so, in fact, than in previous plans.

Bioscience

Phoenix Biotechnology Accelerator, LLC, or 'P-Bio,' got the go-ahead and a lease agreement from the Phoenix City Council last week for the first phase of development of its downtown incubator, which will be located on the northeast corner of 7th Street and Van Buren.

Bioscience

The founder of a Valley biotech firm intends to open a small-business accelerator as part of her company's upcoming facility in downtown Phoenix. Ribomed Biotechnologies CEO Michelle Hanna plans to house her company's labs and offices, as well as the "Phoenix Biotechnology Accelerator," in a converted building near TGen.

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In the wake of last week's announcement of a joint ASU/UA biomedical campus in downtown Phoenix, city leaders wasted no time in pursuing their next major goal of adding a hospital to downtown's growing biosciences center.

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Tucson welcomed another technology startup to its growing high-tech industry this month when Tailored Materials Corp., a manufacturer of carbon-based elements called "nanotubes," announced it had raised $2 million in private equity to finance the initial phases of commercializing and marketing its proprietary technology.