BIO5 scientists are at the forefront of collaborative research
Bold solutions & better tomorrows
Innovations result from thinking about challenges in new ways and translating discoveries to the marketplace.
Collaborative Teams
Working together
The many challenges our society faces today are very difficult. No single scientist can do it alone. It takes collaborative teams to develop targeted cancer drugs, understand Alzheimer's disease, prevent and cure asthma and diabetes, develop more resistant crops, and create more nutritious food.
Thinking in New Ways
Solving tough challenges
Better medicine, health, food, and technology are the result of scientists from a variety of disciplines working together and inspiring one another to think in new ways. Working together is helping us to change the world.
Fostering Creativity
Providing a space to expand minds
The BIO5 Institute fosters individual creativity by some of the best researchers at the UA, and then takes it a step further by facilitating collaboration and teamwork among this exceptional group of scientists.
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UA scientists working to identify traits that increase or decrease susceptibility to asthma
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The First Malaria-Proof Mosquito
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Why nice guys usually get the girls
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Bentley Fane: How the virus concocts its amazing survival jacket
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Can an ant be employee-of-the-month?
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UA researchers are finding a new way to reduce food-borne illness in humans
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Tom Doetschman: Mice as mirrors of what ails us
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Joyce Schroeder: A new way to fight cancer
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Donata Vercelli: Genes and the environment
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First Documented Case of Pest Resistance to Biotech Cotton
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Horacio Rilo: Your cells working in new ways to improve your health
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John Szivek finds hope for arthritis patients in fat tissue
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Joyce Schroeder awarded patent for breakthrough breast cancer drug
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Advanced medicines from small molecules on the horizon
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Linda Restifo: Finding ways to treat mental retardation and autism
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Janet Funk: Panacea in the Spice Rack