This year, the BIO5 Institute's KEYS Research Internship received an unprecedented 430 applications, showcasing a tremendous interest from Arizona's high school students aged 16 and older in the field of bioscience.

Experiences in biomedical research during her BIO5 Institute's KEYS Research Internship helped local Tucsonan Destiny Hodges break out of her shell and sparked a passion for research product development.

The UN declared Feb. 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Through the KEYS Research Internship, UArizona researchers and students engage girls in science when they are young, aiming to keep them in the women-in-STEM pipeline.

Half of the generous gift will go toward scholarships for health sciences students, and the other half will support the BIO5 Institute's KEYS Bioscience Research Internship program.

Using a surprisingly simple technique, UArizona researchers including Dr. Wulfia Gronenberg of UArizona Department of Neuroscience have succeeded in approximating how many brain cells make up the brains of several species of bees, ants and wasps.

Beginning June 8, the BIO5 KEYS Research Internship Program will virtually engage students representing 26 Arizona high schools in the experience of a lifetime.

KEYS alum Abhijay Murugesan recipient of the Truman Scholarship

The UA’s BIO5 Institute has recently been ranked No. 4 on a list of the "50 Best Graduate Research Institutes 2016" on the Grad School Hub website.

Desert View high schoolers land internships allowing them to "get real experience and do real research." The KEYS program thrives in it's 9th year, continuing to provide high schooler students with world-class research opportunities.