ASU ranks in top 5 for inventions, patents, patent deals and startups

Arizona State University ranked among the top five research institutions without a medical school for the first time in fiscal year 2022 for inventions disclosed, U.S. patents secured, patent licenses and option deals closed, and startups launched, according to the Association of University Technology Managers’ latest survey of 180 reporting institutions on licensing activities at U.S. universities and research institutions.Continue reading

ABRC issues 30-Day Notice for the Opening of Request for Grant Applications for the study of Psilocybin Whole Mushrooms

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), through the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC), will be opening a solicitation approximately thirty (30) days from the publication of this notice for the acceptance of grant applications to conduct clinical trials on the efficacy of Psilocybin Whole Mushrooms on various conditions, disorders, and diseases.
This announcement serves as the notice required pursuant to by Laws 2023, Chapter 139 (56th Leg 1st Reg), SB 1726, Sec. 6(B)1

(https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/laws/0139.pdf).Continue reading

Mayo Clinic and Columbia University receive $10.6 million grant from NCI to advance glioblastoma research with mathematical oncology

National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further study combining the molecular analysis of glioblastoma with MRI.

The center will be based at Mayo Clinic in Arizona with co-principal investigator Peter Canoll, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia University, and involves collaboration among multiple institutions, including Arizona State University, Columbia University, City of Hope, Inova, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MD Anderson and Washington University.Continue reading