The BIO5 Connection - September 23, 2022

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UArizona Ranks 28 Among Top 100 Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents In 2021

TLA awards UArizona inventors for each patent issued. BIO5 members, Drs. Jeff Pyun and Ruongguang Liang, co-invented a novel method for 3D printing ultra-high refractive index optical polymers used to create lightweight, inexpensive lenses for optical devices.

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NEXT GENERATION WORKFORCE

Dr. Purnima Madhivanan Receives Fulbright Scholar Award

BIO5 member and UArizona researcher Dr. Purnima Madhivanan has received the Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Scholar Award. This fellowship will support her work with women surviving cancer in India and help advance global health programs and relationships.

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RESPIRATORY

By Better Predicting Asthma Risk, Preventive Treatments Could Bypass Disease Development

UArizona scientists work to predict asthma in pediatric patients researching the use of microbial products to train the immune system to prevent asthma in adulthood.

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BRAIN

Neuroscientist Brinton Named Arizona Bioscience Researcher of The Year

BIO5 Member Dr. Roberta Brinton, is named AZBio's Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year for her continued research efforts aiming to prevent and cure Alzheimer’s.

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PLANTS

From Farm To Rubber, How Guayule Shrubs May Be The Key To Preventing Drought

UArizona researchers including BIO5 member Dr. Peter Ellsworth, hypothesize that the desert shrub, Guayule, may help us find agricultural solutions to severe drought conditions and water shortages in the southwest.

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DRUG DISCOVERY

Dr. Xinxin Ding Elected Secretary/Treasurer of ASPET Council

Dr. Xinxin Ding, UArizona Pharmacology and Toxicology department head and BIO5 member is elected the new secretary/treasurer of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

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We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.

The BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona connects and mobilizes top researchers in agriculture, engineering, biomedicine, pharmacy, basic science, and computational science to find creative solutions to humanity’s most pressing health and environmental challenges. Since 2001, this interdisciplinary approach has been an international model of how to conduct collaborative research, and has resulted in disease prevention strategies, promising new therapies, innovative diagnostics and devices, and improved food crops.