The postdoctoral award through the BIO5 Institute supported international collaboration, new methods, and interdisciplinary conversations that advanced a University of Arizona researcher’s ocean microbiology research far from the coast.

BIO5 member Lalitha Madhavan leads Parkinson’s disease research that connects laboratory science with community outreach, engaging students, families and older adults to advance understanding of neurodegeneration while training the next generation of scientists.

BIO5 members Russell Witte, Marlys Witte and Ali Bilgin are part of a University of Arizona team awarded up to $1.8 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop a portable lymphatic imaging scanner, with the BIO5 Institute also providing funding to upgrade its Translational Biomedical Imaging Resource Core Facility.

BIO5 member Philipp Gutruf is part of University of Arizona research developing an artificial intelligence-powered wearable designed to support preventative care for older adults by monitoring health changes and enabling earlier intervention.

BIO5 member Cristian Román-Palacios leads University of Arizona research using innovative data-driven approaches to study biodiversity and climate change, helping scientists better understand how species respond to a rapidly changing environment.

A 2025 KEYS intern helped move a women’s health project forward this year, contributing to work that fed into a short report in the American Society of Microbiology describing the first known uterine isolate of Schaalia turicensis.

BIO5 member Solange Duhamel and her collaborators explore how microbes rapidly colonize new habitats formed by lava flows, offering insight into how life establishes itself in extreme environments.

Dr. Teodora Georgieva and the GEMM Core Facility at the University of Arizona BIO5 Institute design models for science to advance the discovery of novel therapeutics.

BIO5 member Bane Vasić is part of a team playing a key role at a new $12.5 million research center at the University of Arizona focused on accelerating quantum computing by advancing faster and more reliable quantum technologies

BIO5 members Kellen Chen and Geoffrey Gurtner helped identify a circulating immune cell type that appears to drive fibrosis, offering new insight into how scar tissue forms and pointing to potential strategies to prevent or treat fibrotic disease at the University of Arizona.