Image Faculty innovators named to the National Academy of Inventors Feb. 20, 2025 BIO5 director Jennifer Barton and BIO5 member Euan McLeod were named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors for their impactful contributions in optical and health sciences. Read more in Tech Launch Arizona
Image Catching PHIRE: Students harness informatics, ignite research careers Feb. 20, 2025 BIO5 member Vignesh Subbian leads the PHIRE program, that fosters interdisciplinary collaboration that helps tackle complex biomedical challenges using informatics. Read more in U of A Health Sciences
Image Travis Wheeler announced as Co-Investigator on NIH-funded Human Virome Program Feb. 18, 2025 BIO5 member Travis Wheeler from the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy was announced as a co-investigator on a grant for the National Institutes of Health Human Virome Program. His team uses bioinformatics and machine learning to study viruses in the microbiome for health. Read more in U of A College of Pharmacy
Image Biomedical associate professor earns international recognition Feb. 13, 2025 BIO5 member Judith Su, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a 2025 SPIE Fellow for her groundbreaking work in biological sensing. Read more in U of A College of Engineering
Image BIO5 Institute welcomes 2025 cohort of postdoctoral fellows Feb. 12, 2025 Eight exceptional postdoctoral researchers have been selected for the BIO5 Postdoctoral Fellowship, designed to advance interdisciplinary scholars in their career development. Read more
Image American Cancer Society awards grant to postdoctoral researcher Feb. 11, 2025 2023 BIO5 Postdoctoral Fellow Nicole Jimenez received an American Cancer Society grant to study endometrial cancer-associated bacteria. Read more in U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix
Image PFAS beware: Jeong-Yeol Yoon leads development of smartphone detection system Feb. 5, 2025 BIO5 member Jeong-Yeol Yoon developed an innovative system that uses smartphones and machine learning to detect harmful "forever chemicals." Read more in U of A News
Image Research shows PTSD, anxiety may affect reproductive health of women firefighters Jan. 22, 2025 BIO5 members Jeff Burgess and Leslie Farland were key contributors to a study that found PTSD and anxiety among women firefighters reduce anti-Müllerian hormone levels, potentially impacting fertility. Read more in U of A Health Sciences
Image Building confidence in biomedical engineering: Susan Burrell (KEYS ‘19) Jan. 21, 2025 From an enthusiastic high school intern to a first-year graduate student, local Tucsonan and KEYS Research Internship alum Susan Burrell is forging her path in biomedical engineering and health care innovation Read in KEYS
Image U of A research teams dominate 2025 $100K Flinn Foundation seed grants Jan. 17, 2025 BIO5 members Russell Witte, Julie Ledford, Christopher Hulme, Steven Goldman, Elise Erickson, and Zong-Ming Li received $100K Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to advance research in areas like pain management, cancer, and Parkinson's disease. Read more in Tech Launch Arizona