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March 04, 2009

Bioscience / Biotech

06/05/08

Faculty and Staff | Bioscience / Biotech | Sustainability and environment:  Biodesign Institute recruits environmental expert

Rolf Halden is joining ASU's Biodesign Institute to help advance one of the institute's core research themes – improving the environmental health of the planet.

06/03/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Scientists create new nanotech building blocks

Researchers at ASU's Biodesign Institute are using DNA to make intricate, nano-sized objects, which hold great potential for advancing medical and electronic applications.

05/21/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Microscopic ‘astronauts’ advance germ study

Advancing the research studies of Biodesign's Cheryl Nickerson, some tiny “astronauts” piggybacked onboard the space shuttle Endeavor as part of its STS-123 mission.

04/11/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Bioreactors create a marriage of the minds

Two ASU departments are combining their science and engineering expertise to build bioreactors that will produce algal oil feedstock as biofuels for conversion to military jet fuel.

04/08/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  ASU researchers rise to the occasion for yeast study

Scientists are discovering that the common baker’s yeast has provided a bounty of answers to pivotal questions in biology.

04/03/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Poultry vaccine holds promise for mankind

An ASU vaccine project for a common poultry infection could provide a boost to protecting people against salmonella, another poultry disease that is the leading cause of food-borne illness.

03/31/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Researcher's nanodevice could cut airport lines

ASU researcher Wayne Frasch has developed a biosensing nanodevice with the potential to eliminate long lines at the airport and revolutionize health screenings for life-threating diseases.

03/12/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Yan earns prestigious Sloan Foundation fellowship

Biodesign researcher Hao Yan is the recipient of the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowship, which is intented to enhance the careers of the best young faculty members in specified fields of science.

03/10/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Microorganisms used to cut toxins in groundwater

ASU researchers have developed a method of transforming a chlorinated solvent found in groundwater into a harmless product.

03/06/08

Bioscience / Biotech:  Researchers visualize pigments in live bacteria cells

ASU researchers are providing fresh insights into what happens on a molecular level during photosynthesis.