Biodesign Institute
New technology fused with photosynthetic life offers path to green energy
The quest for sustainable energy has become a central challenge for society. In order to meet ever-expanding energy demands without further damaging the global climate, researchers are tapping into natural
Lim’s tireless SARS CoV-2 sequencing work advances Arizona public safety, earning him ASU Alumni’s faculty research award
Efrem Lim is the recipient of the ASU Alumni Association’s 2022 Faculty Research Achievement Award for sequencing and tracking SARS CoV-2 variants for the state since the start of the
From Here to Eternity: Astrocytes are harbors of long-term neurotropic infections
Join us for a seminar presented by Professor and Associate Chief Academic Officer at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Glenn F. Rall, Ph.D. This seminar is part of Viroholics, a weekly seminar series hosted by the Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines, and Virotherapy.
Prof. Jensen named outstanding
This month, the ASU Graduate College has named Jeffrey Jensen as the 2021-2022 Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor. Dr. Jensen, associate member of the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, works in
ASU names 3 faculty as 2022 President's Professors
Arizona State University names 3 faculty from across the university as 2022 President's Professors.
Treatment for autism symptoms earns ASU researchers patent
A new treatment for autism, created by Arizona State University researchers and their colleagues, has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent Office. The therapy, called Microbiota Transplant Therapy
Simple, inexpensive, fast and accurate nano-sensors pinpoint infectious diseases
In recent years, deadly infectious diseases, including Ebola and COVID-19, have emerged to cause widespread human devastation. Although researchers have developed a range of sophisticated methods to detect such infections,
Digitizing number 2: Stool samples reveal enzyme driving bowel disease
Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute joins an international team led by the University of California San Diego School of Medicine to help unlock the causes of ulcerative colitis. Researchers have
New meta-analysis explores potential environmental causes of ALS disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disease, believed to affect as many as 30,000 Americans. A hundred and fifty years after its discovery, the disease remains mysterious and
Biodesign researcher Michael Lynch wins coveted lifetime achievement award in genetics
Michael Lynch, director of the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution at Arizona State University, is the winner of the 2022 Genetics Society of America (GSA) Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal for his far-reaching and
Arizona State University Biodesign Institute receives three new grants totaling $5.2 million to advance the fight against Parkinson’s disease
The Michael J. Fox Foundation has awarded three new grants totaling $5.2 million to Arizona State University (ASU) to explore three pioneering treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD). The awards will fund research
ASU’s Biodesign Institute and Banner Health open summer opportunities for neuroscience scholars
If understanding the inner workings of the brain is on your mind, now is the time to explore the Banner-ASU Neuroscience Scholars program. Top-achieving college undergraduate and graduate science students