Biodesign News
ASU research team working to decode TB
Grant to Advance Supercomputing for Human Health
Local teachers and students participate in Arizona’s largest summer high school bioscience internship program
Overview
Diagnosing, understanding and predicting cell function or dysfunction is a key element toward gaining a better understanding of disease and other threats to human health. This cellular biology knowledge is essential for developing the link between genomics, cell function and disease. This understanding will aid in the development of diagnostic tools to measure the health status across all dimensions of human health, from defects in single cells to alterations in the normal function of tissues and organs. Such knowledge could lead to the early diagnosis of major illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke. Read more »
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Deep sea exploration from the desert
Fulton Dean and Biodesign researcher Meldrum uses remote sensing to plumb the ocean floor
A key partner in a multi-institutional, deep sea exploration effort is the Center for Ecogenomics, which is based in ASU’s Biodesign Institute and directed by Deirdre Meldrum, dean of the university’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.
Meldrum’s center is developing sensors and other sophisticated devices to make an underwater observation system designed to provide real-time data and measurements to researchers on land.
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Dean Deirdre Meldrum interviewed on KAET-Channel 8
Deirdre Meldrum, the Director of the Center for EcoGenomics, was interviewed on KAET-Channel 8's Horizon program about the new Center and on the state of women in science and engineering. Click the link below to access a video of the interview on the Horizon website:
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