Next Generation Education

BIO5 member Meredith Hay has harnessed a career’s worth of expertise in cardiovascular and brain physiology to develop a tiny peptide that she hopes will have an outsize impact on neurological health.

BIO5 member Vignesh Subbian, interim director of the BIO5 Institute, joined the judging panel for the Big Idea Challenge, which awarded funding to four U of A-Banner Health teams—including BIO5 members Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, Lisa M. Rimsza, Philipp Gutruf, and Julie G. Pilitsis—to advance promising discoveries toward clinical use and improved patient care.

This summer, six KEYS interns worked with BIO5 members and College of Pharmacy faculty Jacob Schwartz, Haining Zhu, Jianqin Lu, Kenry, Nathan Cherrington, and Bonne LaFleur.Together with their mentors, these students built skills in lab techniques, data science, and science communication, expanding their experience and knowledge of laboratory settings and the scientific process while cultivating their interest in STEM fields.