With a passion for the natural world, Dr. Gemma Purser shares her path in analytical chemistry and interest in understanding more about our ecosystems.

BIO5 members Fernando Martinez, Stefano Guerra, and Tara Carr are leading a decades-long study at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center that is improving lung health through research.

New research led by BIO5 member Frank Duca, associate professor in the University of Arizona Department of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences suggests that consuming foods rich in beta-glucan, a type of fiber found in oats and barley, can reduce body weight and obesity.

See examples of University of Arizona research projects during the KEYS Research Internship that trains the next generation of innovators.

BIO5 member Frank von Hippel in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health oversees a threespine stickleback fish lab that he believes will create new research collaborations and opportunities to improve human health.

From heart to lung to skin, Dr. Carlos Zgheib balances his career between academic research and biotechnology to develop drugs and therapeutics that not only heal wounds and scars, but can also save lives.

Led by BIO5 member Deepta Bhattacharya, the Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies was approved for $20M by the Phoenix City Council. CAMI is expected to generate a return on investment of 2.5-to-1 in its first 10 years!

Fifty-nine bright Arizona high school students started their 7-week hands-on research program working with scientific mentors at the University of Arizona BIO5 Institute in early June.

BIO5 member Frederic Zenhausern is helping chart the path for the future of commercial space travel. A team of researchers at the UArizona Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine are performing rapid assessments of the physiological and molecular effects of time spent in space.

Gemma Purser was awarded an internal grant in the lab of BIO5 member Laura Meredith that will help expand research on understanding the dynamics of volatile organic compounds in the soil.