At an annual community event in early April, attendees heard from five accomplished University of Arizona researchers from diverse scientific disciplines during a series of intimate fireside chats. Read snapshots of these conversations.

Dr. Pierce Longmire is a molecular virologist passionate about studying pathogens and sharing his science with the community.

2025 BIO5 Postdoctoral Fellow Kat Kennedy blends an interdisciplinary background to explore how sleep affects health, cognition, and society.

Dr. Vanessa Buzzard works on green infrastructure management and mentors the next generation of sustainability-minded innovators.

Nurse-scientist and 2025 BIO5 Postdoctoral Fellow Zhanette Coffee hopes to empower primary care nurse practitioners to play a crucial role in improving access to evidence-based care for patients with substance use disorders.

Nine exceptional University of Arizona freshmen from diverse fields are participating in immersive, semester-long research with a mentor of their choice to jumpstart their scientific careers.

Sixty-six outstanding Arizona students from 35 high schools have been accepted into the 7-week research program set to begin in June, with the addition of an inaugural Phoenix cohort.

Members of CyVerse, the world's largest publicly funded open-source cyberinfrastructure for life sciences, celebrate their 10 and 15 year anniversaries at the BIO5 Institute.

In 2024, the U of A ranked No. 31 globally, with 96 patents, including BIO5 director Jennifer Barton’s falloposcope for ovarian cancer and BIO5 member Steven Goldman’s heart tissue repair patch.

BIO5 members Charles Higgins and Julie Miller found that vocal changes in aging songbirds may predict neurodegenerative disorders in humans, aiding early diagnoses.