Photo gallery: 2024 BIO5 Inspiring Women in STEM July 30, 2024 For the sixth year, the BIO5 Inspiring Women in STEM had an engaged crowd of attendees, from community members to faculty to high school students. Read more Image
Alumni speak to the history and legacy of the BIO5 Ambassador Internship program July 29, 2024 Entering its eighth year as an internship program, the BIO5 Ambassadors has a network of 20 alumni making impactful strides across diverse fields, from public health and medical clinics to finance and research. Read more Image
Protein homeostasis may hold the key to more successful treatment of heart disease July 24, 2024 There currently is no effective therapy for coronary artery disease — a precursor to ischemia and myocardial infarction (heart attack) — but through her research, BIO5 member Shirin Doroudgar an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and a member of the Translational Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, seeks to change that. Read in College of Medicine-Phoenix Image
Photo gallery: 18th Annual KEYS Research Showcase July 24, 2024 The University of Arizona BIO5 Institute hosted the 18th annual KEYS Research Showcase, celebrating the culmination of the KEYS Research Internship for 59 students from 31 Arizona high schools. Read more in KEYS Image
Tracing volatile organic compounds from trees to soil to microbes July 24, 2024 With a passion for the natural world, Dr. Gemma Purser shares her path in analytical chemistry and interest in understanding more about our ecosystems. Read more Image
Asthma study tracking Tucsonans from birth into adulthood July 19, 2024 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. Read in U of A Health Sciences Image
How your morning oats could help you manage your weight July 18, 2024 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. Read in University of Arizona News Image
Peer in the labs, microscopes, and computers of our 2024 high school interns July 16, 2024 See examples of University of Arizona research projects during the KEYS Research Internship that trains the next generation of innovators. Read more in KEYS Image
Fish lab designed to spawn human health discoveries July 11, 2024 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. Read in U of A Health Sciences Image
Breaking the cycle of unhealing wounds July 3, 2024 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. Read more Image