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DipityPresents at the National Academies and comments on EPA report of sewage sludge in Science magazine According to a nationwide EPA survey, the price of keeping our water clean may be the buildup of ...
A new generation of salmonella-based, single dose vaccine candidates to fight infant pneumoniaOne of the major challenges in modern vaccinology is to engineer vectors that are highly infectious, y...
Fabia Battistuzzi, a new Biodesign postdoc in the lab of Dr. Sudhir Kumar, recently made an important contribution to our understanding of the evolution of life on Earth that has the prestigious j...
The same principles that a Biodesign Institute research team has successfully applied to remove harmful contaminants from the environment may one day allow people to clean up the gunk from their b...
Yixin Shi, a researcher at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, has taken a keen interest in the regulatory mechanisms that allow Salmonella bacteria to overcome their surroundings in o...
Cheryl Nickerson’s latest findings stem from experiments aboard NASA space shuttle mission STS-123, launched in March, 2008. This research validated results and broadened the scope of spaceflight ...
Cheryl Nickerson’s latest findings stem from experiments aboard NASA space shuttle mission STS-123, launched in March, 2008. This research validated results and broadened the scope of spaceflight ...
First global protein screen of fetal cord blood biomarkers of cigarette smoke exposure; establishes model for other toxins In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has completed a glo...
First global protein screen of fetal cord blood biomarkers of cigarette smoke exposure; establishes model for other toxins In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has completed a glo...
Two Valley high school students also recognized in 'Innovator of Tomorrow' category The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has been honored for its efforts to develop a renewable, hi...
Conor Cox, a biochemistry major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, came to ASU for its numerous research opportunities and resources. Now, he is part of a large, interdisciplinary Biodes...
In far less time than the blink of an eye, the latest upgrade to an Arizona State University supercomputer now makes it possible to do its operations faster than ever before. Saguaro 2 – a set of ...
A Salmonella infection is not a positive experience. However, by infecting the common laboratory fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster with a Salmonella strain known for causing humans intestinal grie...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University announced today that it has received a US $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will...
Six faculty members who are “rising stars” in the ASU firmament have been named exemplars by President Michael Crow. Among them was Biodesign researcher Hao Yan, a prolific and talented scholar wh...
The Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio) has released the names of the finalists for its 2008 annual awards. Among the finalists for the Award for Research Excellence is Biodesign Institute res...
Long-term tobacco use has been a major culprit in the rise of U.S. cancer incidence. But if ASU Biodesign Institute researcher Charles Arntzen and colleagues have their say, we may soon be thankin...
Thousands of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) are reported in the US each year, making the disease an enduring menace. ASU researchers are among those who recognize the need to better understand the...
ASU, TGen to co-develop supercomputing system, tools aimed at molecular of numerous diseases The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $1.99 million grant to the Translational Genomics Res...
While many of their peers were off enjoying summer holiday, 58 talented and dedicated Valley high school students and teachers engaged in solving real-world problems alongside Biodesign Institute ...
Global initiatives to improve human health will need more than scientific innovation— securing safe and affordable food and water systems are just as critical to long-term success. These issues w...
Microorganisms once reigned supreme on the Earth, thriving by filling every nook and cranny of the environment billions of years before humans first arrived on the scene. Now, this ability of mic...
Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have made a major step forward in their work to develop a biologically engineered organism that can effectively deliver an antige...
Biodesign has named Stephen R. Saunders, MBA, director of planning and control for sponsored projects.
Biodesign, TGen part of International Public-Private Initiative to Drive Innovation in the U.S. and OverseasThree of the United States' most prominent biomedical science leaders have been tapped b...
ASU expert touts solar-based bioenergy technologies as best approachFor Biodesign Institute researcher Bruce Rittmann, the threat of global warming also presents a significant opportunity for inno...
Project exemplifies goals of proposed university-led consortium to serve humanitarian aid organizations worldwide Arizona State University is using its supercomputing capabilities to aid humanita...
Biodesign has appointed Kenneth Costenson and Lisa Osinga as outreach educators. Together, they bring more than 35 years of teaching and educational administrative experience to the institute.
ASU Biodesign Institute Researcher Rolf Halden studies soap’s effect on environment and impact on human healthThe craze over bacteria-killing soaps is likely causing significant harm...
Researcher Rolf Halden examines fate of man-made chemicals in the environment and their impact on human healthPeople’s concern in maintaining germ-free homes has led to the widespread use of anti-...
Bruce Rittmann, PhD, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, as well as director...
ASU has announced four new ASU Regents’ Professors for 2008. This year’s honorees include Biodesign’s own Stuart Lindsay, PhD, who has been at ASU for 29 years. Lindsay, a professor in physics a...
ASU has announced four new ASU Regents’ Professors for 2008. This year’s honorees include Biodesign’s own Stuart Lindsay, PhD, who has been at ASU for 29 years. Lindsay, a professor in physics a...
ASU President Michael Crow and the university’s executive vice president and provost, Elizabeth D. Capaldi, have announced four new ASU Regents’ Professors for 2008. This year’s honorees include J...
In a “major step” toward a practical energy source for powering tomorrow’s nanomachines, researchers at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute report the development of a new generation of...
A key partner in a multi-institutional, deep sea exploration effort is the Center for Ecogenomics, which is based in ASU’s Biodesign Institute and directed by Deirdre Meldrum, dean of the universi...
Biodesign Institute researcher Cheryl Nickerson recently served as a key witness in a hearing with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and ...
Biodesign Institute researcher Cheryl Nickerson recently served as a key witness in a hearing with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and ...
Biodesign Institute researcher Cheryl Nickerson recently served as a key witness in a hearing with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and ...
Obesity is more than a cosmetic concern, because it increases a person’s risk for developing high blood pressure, diabetes, and many other serious health problems. In the April issue of Mayo Clini...
While scientists are fully exploring the promise of DNA nanotechnology, Biodesign Institute scientist John Chaput is working to give researchers brand new materials to aid their designs. Chaput a...
The Biodesign Institute has appointed Michael McLeod as director of facility services. In this role, he will oversee facility improvements, maintenance, space management, security, and shipping an...
Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists from Arizona State University report that minerals from clay promise could provide inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrob...
Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists from Arizona State University report that minerals from clay promise could provide inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrob...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has named Melvin L. Holcom, PhD, SPHR, as director of human resources. He brings more than 15 years of corporate and consulting experience to th...
More than 100 bioscience educators will discuss ways to expand statewide biotechnology curriculum and programs at the state’s first bioscience education summit on April 18.
The old adage ‘a bird in hand is worth two in the bush’ may very well apply to a new vaccine project underway in the lab of ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Roy Curtiss, director of the Cente...
When space shuttle Endeavor blasted off at 2:28 a.m. EST on March 11 to make a blazing torch against the backdrop of night, some tiny ‘astronauts’ piggybacked onboard an experimental payload from ...
A scientific team from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Stony Brook University and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has found a vital missing link for the regulation of genes ...
Hao Yan, a Biodesign Institute researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named the recipient of a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowsh...
Microbial fuel cells hold promise as a new source of electricity by their unique ability to generate an electric current from waste products.
Arizona State University researchers converged at the world’s largest interdisciplinary science forum, the 2008 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS). ...
Scientists from ASU’s Biodesign Institute and Polytechnic Campus have embarked on an ambitious, four-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Disease to tac...
Dr. Andrew Z. Fire, professor of pathology and genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine and 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, visited Biodesign on Friday, January 25.
Researchers at the Biodesign Institute are using the tiniest organisms on the planet —bacteria— as a viable option to make electricity. In a new study featured in the journal Biotechnology and Bi...
To help meet the need of Arizona’s booming bioscience sector and create the next generation of highly skilled, interdisciplinary scientists, the Arizona Board of Regents recently approved an innov...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has named biological engineer Drew Endy, Ph.D., to its advisory board.
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Building B won top honors in Valley Forward's 27th annual Environmental Excellence Awards program.The Biodesign Institute was honored with the P...
Joseph Wang, director of the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors at ASU’s Biodesign Institute, will play a leading role in two major research projects aimed at improving the environment and e...
Among the Biodesign Institute’s large thematic areas is a focus on energy and the environment. Our commitment to sustainable initiatives reflects ASU’s leadership in this arena. Our facility was t...
A quest to gain a more complete picture of color vision evolution has led Biodesign Institute researcher Brian Verrelli to an up-close, genetic encounter with one of the world’s most rare and biza...
In a press conference hosted at ASU’s Biodesign Institute, United States Representative Harry E. Mitchell (Ariz. – D) made his formal announcement to join the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer...
A group of researchers at ASU's Biodesign Institute recently presented findings from their work in areas including autism, cancer, renewable energy and diagnostic devices. It might have been a typ...
Biodesign Institute researchers have received nearly $9 million in grants to develop a preventive vaccine against cancer. Stephen Albert Johnston, director of the institute’s Center for Innovation...
Joseph Wang, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors was awarded Honorary Professor Degrees from two European universitie...
Roy Curtiss, III, PhD, of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, was named “Bioscience Researcher of the Year” at the third-annual Excellence in Bioscience Awards Dinner, held recent...
The leading nanotechnology journal, Small Times, has published its annual list of top ten universities in several categories related to advancing the field of nanotechnology. ASU was ranked as the...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has hired Richard D. Fisher, MA, MEd, as director of educational outreach. He will design and implement a comprehensive local, state and nationa...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University recently named acclaimed cell biologist James E. Rothman, PhD, to its advisory board.
An innovative ASU program that helps high school math and science teachers excel in teaching will receive $525,000 from the Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz). SFAz funding goes largely to stipends...
Nature, through the trial and error of evolution, has discovered a vast diversity of life from what can only presumed to have been a primordial pool of building blocks. Inspired by this success, a...
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 was a loud wake-up call for researchers studying infectious diseases. SARS infected over 8,000 people, killed 10 percent of those...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has announced Jeffrey Darbut, MBA, as director of finance and operations. Darbut brings 30 years of business experience and financial acumen to ...
Arizona’s bioscience efforts continue to grow through an extensive, statewide collaborative network of initiatives. Now, research capabilities are being allied around the state in a new effort to ...
Both an editorial and article in the April 26 issue of Nature focus on ASU’s progress in “executing an ambitious plan to replace the traditional model with one in which both influence and researc...
Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) has awarded a total of $1.5 million in funds to seed the first round of research grants to eight Arizona State University professors. SFAz’s Competitive Advantage...
Joseph Wang, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors will be awarded Honorary Professor Degrees from two European univers...
Deirdre Meldrum, the Director of the Center for EcoGenomics, was interviewed on KAET-Channel 8's Horizon program about the new Center and on the state of women in science and engineering. Click t...
Two major research organizations in the Phoenix area have announced they will collaborate on an ambitious goal: creating a vaccine to prevent the development of cancer. Researchers at the Biodes...
Researcher Tsafrir Mor advancing plant-based production of new antidotes against nerve agents The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has been awarded one of six research projects as ...
Kyle Bryant, who has a rare neuromuscular disorder called Friedreich's ataxia, is cycling 2,800 miles to raise awareness and research funds to help find a cure for the disorder. He will stop at th...
Faster, low cost sequencing technologies needed to drive era of personalized medicine DNA testing is transforming health care and medicine, but current technologies only give a snapshot of an indi...
ASU will receive $1.85 million from the Science Foundation of Arizona (SFAz) as part of the foundation’s Graduate Student Fellowship program.
The legal landscape of personalized medicine, which uses an individual’s genetic and molecular data to more accurately predict, diagnose and treat health problems, will be navigated by top experts...
Brings cutting-edge research to Biodesign with Center for EcoGenomics Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering began 2007 by opening a new chapter in its 50-year history wi...
Claudia Acquisti, a postdoctoral researcher who recently joined the Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, is providing new perspective...
Biodesign Institute virologist Bert Jacobs was named the recipient of the Innovator of the Year Award for Academia at the Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards, held before a packed house at...
The metro Phoenix economy needs to balance its portfolio. Achieving this will require bold thinking, big investments and, most of all, patience.
Researcher Bert Jacobs has been named a finalist for the Innovator of the Year Award for Academia by the Arizona Technology Council, in partnership with the Arizona Department of Commerce.
The thwarted 2006 London airline bomb plot not only heightened summer travel fears and created new passenger screening inconveniences, but also greatly underscored the urgent need for improved nat...
If you’re frustrated by frequently losing battery power in your laptop computers, digital cameras or portable music players, then take heart: A better source of “juice” is in the works. Chemists a...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has recruited Sidney Hecht, PhD, to co-direct its new Center for BioEnergetics. A respected leader in biological chemistry and drug design, Hec...
The Microscale Life Sciences Center (MLSC) led by Deirdre Meldrum, new dean of Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, has been awarded a five-year $18 million grant – one ...
Ranu Jung, co-director of the Center for Adaptive Neural Systems at ASU‘s Biodesign Institute and an associate professor in the Harrington Department of Bioengineering, is the new president of the...
A Collaboration between the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and the Clinical Neurobiology & Bioengineering Research Center (CNBRC) at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center will seek...
ASU researcher Charles Arnzten, co-director of the Biodesign Institute‘s Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, has been honored with a Centennial Award from the Botanical Society of Ame...
George Poste, director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, was awarded the Albert Einstein Award, presented in Jerusalem on June 27 during the Third Annual Life Science Mission...
ASU, Mesa Community College, and Mesa Public Schools partner for bioscience workforce development programRecent studies conducted in conjunction with the state of Arizona show an immediate need fo...
Photoprotective effect measured for the first time at single biomolecule levelToo much sun – for plants as well as people – can be harmful to long-term health. But to avoid the botanical equivalen...
The Center for Innovations in Medicine welcomes Phillip Stafford, PhD. Dr. Stafford is a biostatistics expert, advancing understanding of living systems at a molecular level through statistical a...
Arizona State University will serve as the host institution for the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) from May 24-28. The “Genomes, Evolution, and Bioin...
Rapid response technologies for bioterrorism and “dirty bomb” scenariosA full year in planning, the first Coyote Crisis Campaign (CCC) culminated in a large-scale disaster drill during the week of...
Joseph Wang, director of the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors in the Biodesign Institute at ASU, is the 2006 recipient of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Analytical Chemist...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has been named 2006 Laboratory of the Year by R&D Magazine. The award recognizes innovative laboratory design that creates a superior w...
In terms of a medical diagnosis, nothing is more devastating than hearing the "C" word – cancer. But now, ASU and Mayo Clinic are hoping that five different C’s will become the best arsenal agains...
Water. Waste. Energy. This trio of problems is among the greatest challenges to the environmental health of society. Water purification alone is becoming more problematic in the world due to our i...
The Center for Rehabilitation Neurosciences and Rehabilitation Engineering's work in the area of computer-brain interfaces recently was cited in a publication by the European Molecular Biology Org...
Ranu Jung was recently honored with election as a Senior Member in the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE). Only 7.6 percent of the approximately 367,000 IEEE members worldwid...
To help usher in a new era of molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine, ASU's Biodesign Institute and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have teamed up to establish the Ce...
Charles Arntzen has been elected to the board of the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR). NCGR is a non-profit research institute dedicated to improving human health and nutrition through ...
Through an innovative feat of plant biotechnology and vaccine design, researchers in the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have successfully turned tobacco plants into vaccine produc...
A team of researchers has proposed new limits on the time when the most recent common ancestor of humans and their closest ape relatives - the chimpanzees - lived. Scientists at Arizona State and ...
A team of ASU researchers led by Nongjian Tao and Peiming Zhang has developed a new, breakthrough technique for the detection of DNA mutations.
In a celebratory event held at the Biodesign Institute, Agilent Technologies, Inc., announced it has acquired ASU spin-out company Molecular Imaging Corporation. The company, which is a leading d...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has been awarded a $3.2 million grant to develop a safe and effective vaccine against the disease tularemia, more commonly known as "rabbit feve...
George Poste, director of the Biodesign Institute and the Del E. Webb Distinguished Professor of Biology, has been named an ASU Regents’ Professor, joining the university’s most prestigious ranks....
Rachel Levinson, director of the Biodesign Institute's Government and Industry Liaison Office, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a pr...
At a sold-out event, Governor Janet Napolitano and Arizona's technology leaders presented the Innovator of the Year Award for Academia to the Biodesign Institute's Center for Infectious Diseases a...
For the health challenges facing developing countries, the numbers alone are staggering. Every day, 40,000 people �enough to fill a sports stadium � die from preventable infectious diseases and ma...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has tapped national science policy expert Rachel Levinson to direct its Government and Industry Liaison Office. With more than 20 years experien...
Biodesign Institute researchers continue to shine among their scientific peers. Dr. Sudhir Kumar, director of the Center for Evolutionary Functional Genomics in the Biodesign Institute at ASU, has...
People have long debated what separates humans from other animal life forms. How different are we, really, and what accounts for these differences? Why is the chimpanzee, which shares 95 percent o...
ASU students’ excellence in science and engineering has again been recognized nationally, with two outstanding students having been chosen to receive Goldwater Scholarships. Eric Anderson, a bioen...
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and the Translational Genomics Institute (TGen) have been awarded key roles in an effort to provide protection in the event of a radiological te...
Four teams of Arizona State University researchers made presentations at the 230th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Aug. 28 – Sept. 1, in Washington, D.C. The topics of the ASU p...
Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have been tapped to lead development of plant-derived topical medications that would prevent HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmit...
Dr. Joseph Wang, director of the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors in the Biodesign Institute at ASU, has recently joined the elite ranks of researcher citations.
Serving in Kuwait, Arizona Army National Guard Member Mark Richards Continues to Advance Science from Afar
The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, a major effort to achieve scientific breakthroughs against diseases that kill millions of people each year in the world's poorest countries, is of...
The Department of Homeland Security has honored ASU undergraduate Marshall Reaves and graduate student Brent Satterfield with prestigious DHS education awards. The awards support students who are ...
Dow AgroSciences LLC announced today that it has entered into a two-year research and collaboration agreement with the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University (ASU). The collaboration will...
Arizona State University researchers and Tempe-based Kinetic Muscles, Inc., have developed a robotic arm to help stroke survivors regain the ability to perform basic tasks, such as reaching for ob...
A new method to identify DNA mutations may shepherd in an era of small, portable, electronic devices for the rapid screening and identification of genes that harbor disease.
Geoge Poste, Director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, was named Bioscience Leader of the Year by the Arizona BioIndustry Association. The award was presented March 29 at a ...
While many cancer research programs focus heavily on specific types of the disease, Stephen Albert Johnston hopes to find a universal cure that will be effective against virtually any type of canc...
Despite tangible progress in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the toll from this devastating disease remains unacceptably high. Understanding the genetic changes that are the root cause of t...
Arizona State University's new Biodesign Institute has walls made of brick, glass and steel - the traditional materials you'd expect in a new campus building.
As Arizona State University today dedicates the first of its Biodesign Institute buildings, Director George Poste is sounding a public health warning.Echoing experts around the world, he says an i...
TEMPE, Ariz.—The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University will officially open Tuesday, Dec. 14 with tours, scientific displays, and a dedication program featuring remarks by White House sc...
Ranu Jung and James Abbas are on a roll. The ASU researchers recently secured four grants totaling $3.9 million to advance efforts to repair or replace lost function for people with spinal cord in...
TEMPE, Ariz—The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to pursue promising research into an oral vaccine that stimulates the pr...
A grant from the National Science Foundation has enabled the Biodesign Institute at ASU to purchase an instrument allowing researchers to construct nanoscale prototypes of objects that could be us...
Kimberly Ovitt, 23-year veteran in public relations and communication, has joined ASU as the director of communication and public relations for the Biodesign Institute. Ovitt is moving to ASU from...
A picnic lunch on May 27 was a gesture of thanks for the construction workers’ dedication to building the Biodesign Institute, formerly named Arizona
A military camouflage outfit that includes embedded sensors, power sources and displays is one of two outfits ASU researchers are featuring at Wired Magazine�s NextFest in San Francisco, May 14-16...
Developing new weapons against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi is the goal of ASU researchers working with technology donated from Hercules, Inc., a global manufacturer of chemical special...
An ASU researcher is part of a group of scientists reporting the first large-scale comparison of the human genome to 12 other vertebrates. The work is an important step in understanding how verteb...
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