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University of Arizona Center Receives $1.6M NIH Grant

Posted by Jennifer Nieuwkerk on Mon, Aug 12, 2013

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Tags: 2014, 2013, University of Arizona, Southwest, Arizona, AZ, UAZ, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Front Line, Tucson, NIH funding, NIH grant, University of Arizona Tucson, NIH award

Genomics Research at Univ of Arizona Sequences Complex Banana Genome

Posted by Sam Asher on Fri, Aug 10, 2012

The summer of 2012 is set to go down as one of the driest and worst years for US farmers, but it's proving to be an excellent season for fruit science, especially at the University of Arizona, Tucson. In June we saw the sequencing of the tomato genome (technically a fruit), which was a breakthrough in genetics research. The Arizona Genomics Institute has now cracked another complex code: the genome of the banana.

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Tags: University of Arizona, DNA Sequencing, genomic research, DNA Research, genome research, banana, University of Arizona Tucson Research, Southwest, 2012, biology research, Arizona, AZ, Genetics, Front Line event, genomics research, Tucson, UA

Bioscience & Engineering Research Buildings in the Pipeline at University of Arizona

Posted by BCI Staff on Thu, Oct 20, 2011

When the Bio5 Institute's new building opened in 2007 north of Speedway on the University of Arizona (UA) campus in Tucson, it signalled a new period of growth and innovation that would link the UA Medical Center with interdisciplinary biomedical and life science research on the main UA campus.  The Bio5 building, also known as the Thomas W Keating Bioresearch Building (and formerly named the Institute for Biomedical Sciences & Biotechnology [IBSB]) is "a high-tech laboratory facility supporting interdisciplinary molecular life sciences research."

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Tags: University of Arizona, New research facilities, Southwest, BioResearch Product Faire Front Line Event, Arizona, AZ, UAZ, Research, Tucson, 2011

UA Gets New NSF Grant Funding for Comprehensive Ecology Research

Posted by BCI Staff on Tue, Jun 21, 2011

The University of Arizona has received a new $2.95 million competitively-awarded, NSF grant for a comprehensive study of the effect of monsoon weather patterns on the ecology of the Southwest. The study will integrate several diverse areas of study to give a comprehensive picture of the regions unique monsoon ecology. The grant was one of only two grants considered "outstanding" by the NSF during the application process.

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Tags: University of Arizona, Southwest, Arizona, Research Funding

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