Tag: Phoenix Bioscience Core
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ASU Employee Wellness 2025: Mini health screening —Tempe campus
Benefits-eligible Arizona State University employees can get a 30-minute health screening. Several tests are free of charge, including readings on cholesterol, blood pressure, and triglycerides. Other tests are available for as low as a $25 copay. Cash, check, MasterCard, or Visa are accepted. Bring your ASU ID and health insurance cards. Fasting for eight hours…
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Health Talks — Too Hot to Handle: Extreme Heat and Drug-Related Risks
In 2024, substance use — often meth, fentanyl or alcohol use — contributed to 58% of heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, according to the preliminary heat-related deaths report from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Extreme heat can amplify the effects of both prescribed and illicit drugs, especially for people without access to adequate…
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Inside BIO 2025: Big Wins and Bigger Momentum for Phoenix and the PBC
Bio2025 Last week, the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) joined a powerful Arizona delegation for the 2025 BIO International Convention — the largest biotechnology conference in the world, with over 20,000 attendees convening in Boston, MA. This year’s event marked a meaningful shift in momentum for Arizona’s bioscience ecosystem, with renewed energy, new partnerships, and serious…
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Calviri Publishes Results Demonstrating Sensitive Detection of Stage 1 Tumors in Dogs
PHOENIX, June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Calviri, Inc, a company focused on ending cancer in dogs and people, announces the publication of High-sensitivity multicancer detection of stage 1 cancer in dogs in the American Journal of Veterinary Research of a novel diagnostic for the sensitive detection of five major dog cancers at stage 1 including canine lymphoma, hemangiosarcoma, osteosarcoma, mast…
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NAU Physical Therapy Information Session
Join us for an information session for an opportunity to ask questions, and learn more about the program. NAU’s DPT Program is nationally recognized as a leader in physical therapist education. Degrees are offered in a residential or hybrid format, designed to meet the needs of all students applying to physical therapy programs. NAU’s Residential DPT programs…
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KEYS Research Internship Showcase 2025
Please join us in recognizing our extraordinary 2025 cohort of 66 high school interns from across Arizona, including the inaugural Phoenix cohort. They will present what they’ve learned this summer working side-by-side with top scientists in the University of Arizona research labs. We will also hear from program alumni who will talk about their post-KEYS…
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BIO5 Inspiring Women in STEM 2025
Open to all University of Arizona faculty, students, and staff, and the local community Are you a STEM researcher? Do you have questions about STEM? Would you like to learn from people who have distinguished themselves in a STEM field? Join us for an interactive panel of inspiring women from cross-disciplinary STEM fields at this…
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US, Mexico leaders convene at ASU to boost semiconductor partnership
Supply chain integration has profited both nations, experts say Jim O’Brien, senior vice president for university affairs and chief of staff in the Office of University Affairs at ASU, addresses public- and private-sector leaders at the the U.S.-Mexico Semiconductor Collaboration Forum held at the Thunderbird School of Global Management on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus Tuesday.…
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NAU laboratory works to develop new Valley fever treatment
Every year, about 20,000 cases of Valley fever are reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with an estimated additional 260,000 annual cases going unreported. In 2023, more than half of these cases came from Arizona alone. The fungal lung infection is associated with a range of pneumonia-like symptoms in humans and animals,…
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Working to Diagnose Valley Fever More Quickly
A rapid test, developed by an ASU professor working with Mayo Clinic, could be available for use by the end of the year. A medical illustration of coccidioides, the fungus that causes valley fever. Image by the CDC Up to 3% of people in the Southwest are exposed to valley fever annually — the fungi…
