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Transitioning from his master’s to a doctoral program in environmental science, Jacob Galloway is using the "superpowers" of plants to clean toxic landscapes — pioneering a future where the metals in our technology are grown and recycled, not just mined.

Graduating with her master’s in biomedical engineering, Lynette Valenzuela uses light to study fallopian tube tissue — work that advances ovarian cancer detection while helping launch her career in medical innovation.

At the third annual Behind BIO5 event, more than 100 community members explored collaborative research and connected with scientists at the University of Arizona.

The BIO5 Institute’s Keep Engaging Youth in Science (KEYS) Research Internship celebrates 20 years of providing transformative precollege research experience this summer and welcomes a new class of 60 students.

From cells to systems to a lifetime, researchers at the University of Arizona BIO5 Institute are asking new kinds of questions about health and disease.

Five BIO5 members, Marvin Slepian, Jeff Burgess, Roberta Brinton, Robert Sandoval, and Paloma Beamer, were among seven University of Arizona faculty and staff honored with 2026 Convergence Awards for interdisciplinary research excellence.

BIO5 member Paloma Beamer is helping lead a new partnership between the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the Arizona Department of Health Services to strengthen public health education, workforce development and community health efforts statewide.

The BIO5 Flinn Scholar Research Experience connects nine first-year students with mentors across the University of Arizona to pursue scientific projects shaped by their interests.

BIO5 member Geoffrey Gurtner helped lead a milestone as faculty from the University of Arizona and Banner Health completed Tucson’s first robotic living donor kidney surgery, expanding access to minimally invasive transplant care in Southern Arizona.