Image 2025 KEYS Research Internship kicks off with record-breaking cohort June 11, 2025 Sixty-five Arizona high school students begin a summer of intensive research across Tucson, Phoenix and online. Read more in KEYS
Image Smart sensors and smarter health: How AI and wearables are reimagining preventive health care June 9, 2025 BIO5 members Elise Erickson and Esther Sternberg are advancing health research using, AI and wearable tech. Read more in U of A Health Sciences
Image Two KEYS alumni among 2025 Flinn Scholars June 5, 2025 Adam Bedeir (KEYS ‘23) and Jishnu Nayak (KEYS ‘24) have earned one of Arizona’s most prestigious academic honors for high school students and will be attending the University of Arizona in fall 2025. Read more in KEYS
Image Technology Developed by ANBM to be Utilized for New Drug Discovery Program June 3, 2025 BIO5 member Frederic Zenhausern is leading a global partnership to expand ANBM’s ASTEROIDS MPS technology to Japan, advancing personalized drug discovery. Read more in College of Medicine-Phoenix
Image Six teams selected as awardees of the inaugural University of Arizona Big Idea Challenge May 30, 2025 BIO5 members Vignesh Subbian, Nirav Merchant, Cristian Roman Palacios, and Solange Duhamel are among the 2025 Big Idea Challenge awardees. Read more in U of A News
Image Vignesh Subbian appointed interim director of BIO5 Institute May 29, 2025 In mid-May, Subbian succeeded Jennifer Barton, who stepped down after a decade of transformative leadership to serve as interim vice provost for health programs at the University of Arizona. Read more
Image Study says original COVID-19 vaccination did not stop immune system from fighting variants May 27, 2025 BIO5 member Deepta Bhattacharya and a team of University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that initial COVID-19 vaccines did not hinder the immune system’s ability to respond to new variants. Read more in U of A Health Sciences
Image Nature’s plan for delaying pest resistance deciphered May 27, 2025 BIO5 member Bruce Tabashnik and fellow researchers at the University of Arizona have uncovered how nature helps delay insect resistance to genetically engineered crops. Read more in CALES
Image Building confidence and communication skills through the BIO5 Ambassadors program May 27, 2025 Hanami Inagaki, a 2025 University of Arizona alumna, reflects on how the BIO5 Ambassadors program helped her grow as a science communicator, leader, and aspiring researcher in green chemistry. Read more
Image $2.4M grant will fund imaging for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy May 22, 2025 BIO5 members Dongkyun Kang and Clara Curiel-Lewandrowski are part of a team that hope to image nerve endings and create objective, quantitative biomarkers for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, or CIPN, a common and painful side effect of chemotherapy drugs. Read more in U of A Health Scienes