In a region that is rapidly becoming known as a mecca for the natural resource industry with potash, solar and wind energy, another resource, algae, is now gaining notice. Six years ago Andrew Ayers bought 70 acres of land in an area east of Holbrook known as Adamana, believing it held something that to him was more precious than gold. In the vast open desert of northeastern Arizona Ayers discovered that beneath the surface lay pure salt water, and that salt water is ideal for Ayers’ research in macro algae.Continue reading
Category Archives: AZBio News
Dr. Gerry Keim of ASU elected Chairman of the Washington Campus
The Washington Campus, a consortium between more than a dozen top business schools Georgetown University, Emory University, The University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Arizona State University and the University of California, Berkeley, provides an inside look at the workings of Washington.
ASU’s Dr. Gerry Keim has been elected chairman of the Board of this pretigious institution and invaluable resource for students and business leaders. Continue reading
U of A Tech Launch to move new technologies forward faster
Arizona Public Media interviewed U of A President Eugene Sander on the university’s new tech transfer inititaive…. Tech Launch Arizona. (Video) Continue reading
NAU and Flagship Biosciences Partnership Featured Inside NAU
Partnership with biotech firm magnifies student skillsContinue reading
‘Dream Team’ stands up to melanoma cancer
December 14, 2011:
Joe Caspermeyer, Biodesign Institute via http://asunews.asu.edu/20111214_melanomadreamteam
ASU’s Deirdre Meldrum and Joshua LaBaer, of the Biodesign Institute, have been named to the new Melanoma Dream Team created by Stand Up to Cancer, the Melanoma Research Alliance and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The collaborative Dream Team project, involving scientists from top research institutions across the country, is focused on developing targeted, personalized therapies for a subtype of skin cancer that is difficult to treat. The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute will lead the $6 million national and international study.Continue reading
Total Artificial Heart Recipient Heads Home for the Holidays with New Donor Heart & Kidney
Husband and Wife’s New Year’s Resolutions: Become Advocates for Organ Donation, Meet the Donor Family and Inspire Love and Peace Amongst OthersContinue reading
SBIR and STTR Reauthorized for Six Years
Today the SBIR was reauthorized for a period of 6 years, ending September 30, 2017. This includes STTR, and what was the Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP), now to be known as the Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP). The reauthorization was included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) HR.1540.
The bill has been sent to the President to sign the bill into law, and he has said he would.Continue reading
Flagship Biosciences Further Refines Tumor Heterogeneity Analysis
Technique evaluates heterogeneity of tumors using novel image analysis algorithms with standard immunohistochemistry techniques
Press Release via 2011 AZBio Fast Lane Award winner Flagship Biosciences.Continue reading
Move forward faster with an AZ FAST GRANT
AZ FAST GRANT – 2011
Technology Commercialization Assistance now available from the Arizona Commerce Authority
Download the application as a PDF Document
Opportunity to comment on new reporting rule at CMS
| For Immediate Release: | Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
| Contact: | CMS Office of Public Affairs 202-690-6145 |
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUNSHINE;
RULE INCREASES TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH CARE
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS ) announced today a proposed rule that will increase public awareness of financial relationships between drug and device manufacturers and certain health care providers. This is one of many steps under the Affordable Care Act designed to increase transparency in the health care system, which can lead to better care at lower costs.Continue reading