Bioengineering Consortium (BEC)

This multi-disciplinary research and educational consortium brings together biosciences, biomedicine and bioengineering. Studying life processes with engineering principles in mind, scientists gain new insights in the biological basis of health and disease. In a second line of research, bioengineers work on ways to use biomolecules and biological materials to fabricate microsystems for biological, technical and medical applications. [more]

Drug Discovery and Development Initiative (D3I)

A major bottleneck in the development of effective drugs is the identification of new candidate compounds to be clinically evaluated. BIO5 is providing biopharmaceutical companies in Arizona and beyond with innovative drug candidates. [more]

Genome Structure and Function Consortium (GSFC)

Elucidating how genes, proteins and metabolites interact in cells and organisms is central in tackling the biggest questions in 21st century bioresearch. Computational methods (see Quantitative Biology Consortium) and laboratory experiments are integrated into large-scale efforts to understand how organisms transform their genetic information into body structures and metabolic functions. [more]

Quantitative Biology Consortium (QBC)

Modern bioscience approaches accumulate ever more data in less time. Quantitative biology, which integrates applied mathematics, computer science, engineering and physics, offers innovative ways of data storage, access and interpretation. In contrast to conventional biological techniques, quantitative biology has the power to analyze entire biological systems instead of focusing on their subparts one at a time. [more]

Translational Research in Agriculture and Medicine (TRAM)

BIO5's TRAM initiative translates findings gained from basic research into real world applications useful to clinicians and agronomists. [more]