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BIO5 member Judith Su has been named a 2026 fellow of Optica for her groundbreaking work in label-free nanoscale sensing, including developing the FLOWER device that detects particles as small as five nanometers, with applications in drug development, cancer screening, and environmental monitoring.

BIO5 members Michael D. L. Johnson and Kenneth W. Liechty are collaborating on a University of Arizona project developing a “Trojan horse” compound that delivers toxic copper into bacterial biofilms to kill drug-resistant infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

BIO5 member Sriram Iyengar has been named a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association in recognition of his contributions to biomedical informatics, resilience research, and mentorship that advance data-driven, patient-centered health care.

The postdoctoral award through the BIO5 Institute supported international collaboration, new methods, and interdisciplinary conversations that advanced a University of Arizona researcher’s ocean microbiology research far from the coast.

BIO5 member Lalitha Madhavan leads Parkinson’s disease research that connects laboratory science with community outreach, engaging students, families and older adults to advance understanding of neurodegeneration while training the next generation of scientists.

BIO5 members Russell Witte, Marlys Witte and Ali Bilgin are part of a University of Arizona team awarded up to $1.8 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop a portable lymphatic imaging scanner, with the BIO5 Institute also providing funding to upgrade its Translational Biomedical Imaging Resource Core Facility.

BIO5 member Philipp Gutruf is part of University of Arizona research developing an artificial intelligence-powered wearable designed to support preventative care for older adults by monitoring health changes and enabling earlier intervention.

BIO5 member Cristian Román-Palacios leads University of Arizona research using innovative data-driven approaches to study biodiversity and climate change, helping scientists better understand how species respond to a rapidly changing environment.

A 2025 KEYS intern helped move a women’s health project forward this year, contributing to work that fed into a short report in the American Society of Microbiology describing the first known uterine isolate of Schaalia turicensis.