Biodesign at ASU
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Design Imperatives
• ASU Must Embrace its Cultural, Socioeconomic,
and Physical Setting
• ASU Must Become a Force, and
Not Only a Place
• ASU as Entrepreneur
• Pasteur’s Principle
• A Focus on the Individual
• Intellectual Fusion
• Social Embeddedness
• Global Engagement
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Arizona Biodesign Institute
bio.de.sign: the creative linkage of
fundamental science and technology
based solutions to confront specific
human challenges.
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To advance innovations
improving quality of life through
use-inspired, biosystems research
and effective, multidisciplinary
partnerships.
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Collaboration
Communication
Integration
Use-inspired
Translation
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Pasteur’s Quadrant
Research not Inspired by
Considerations of Use
Research Inspired
by a Quest for
Fundamental
Understanding
Research is not
Inspired by a
Quest for
Fundamental
Understanding
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Pure Basic
Research
IV.
Research Inspired by
Considerations of Use
II.
Use Inspired
Basic
Research
III.
Purely
Applied
Research
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Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
Biologics &
Pharmaceuticals
Nano-scale
Biosystems & Devices
Information
Technology
Neural Interface &
Rehabilitation Therapies
Genomics &
Bioinformatics
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Institute Director George Poste
Leading Scientist
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DVM and Ph.D. Virology
> 350 publications
Fellow of the Royal Society
Honorary Doctorate in Science
CTO and President R&D
SmithKline Beecham
• Brought 29 drugs to market
• Introduced genomics as discovery tool
to pharmaceutical industry
Policy Expert
• NAS working group on non-proliferation of Bioweapons
• Chair DoD Task Force on Bioterrrorism
• Honorary Doctorate in Law
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Research & Design Centers
• Focused on defined problems of
major importance
• Networked to multiple departments,
colleges, and external institutions
• Structured to be flexible and
adaptive
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Biologics and Pharmaceuticals
• Production of Vaccines
from Applied Crop
Science
Charles Arntzen, Director
• Protein and Peptide
Pharmaceuticals
Colleen Brophy, Director
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Nano-scale Biosystems
and Devices
Bio-Optical Nanotechnologies
Neal Woodbury, Director
Single Molecule Biophysics
Stuart Lindsay, Director
Applied NanoBioscience
Frederic Zenhausern, Director
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Neural Interface and
Rehabilitation Therapies
Neural Interface and
Brain Control
Jiping He, Director
Rehabilitation Neuroscience/
Rehabilitation Engineering
James Abbas, Ranu Jung,
Directors
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Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Evolutionary Functional
Genomics
Sudhir Kumar, Director
• Experimental Genomics
Jeff Touchman, Director
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Arizona Biodesign Institute
Phase 1 - 170,000 sq. ft.
 State-of-the-art: research only; for
biosciences, IT, nanotech labs
 Communication & Collaborative: open
architecture, shared interdisciplinary labs
 Flexible: reconfigurable project-based
space
 Serve as a Hub: prime location, access
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Phase I - 170,000 sq. ft.
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Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
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ASU School of Life Sciences
Expanding: 75-100 faculty over the next 5 years
Enhancing Intellectual Fusion: Reorganizing
for agility and creating a more horizontally
integrated structure
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Biology
Microbiology
Plant Biology
Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program
Molecular Biosciences/Biotechnology
Program
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ASU School of Life Sciences
Laboratories and Facilities
• DNA Laboratory
• Goldwater Environmental Laboratory
• W.M. Keck BioImaging Laboratory
• Electron Microscopy Facility
• ASU Lichen Herbarium
• Vascular Plant Herbarium
Research Support
• Life Sciences Computer Support Cluster
• Life Sciences Visualization Lab
Outreach
• Ask a Biologist
• Ecology Explorers
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NSF IGERT in Musculoskeletal and Neural
Adaptation in Form and Function
• 13 co-investigators
– BME, Physics, Anthropology, Exercise
Science, Math, Bio
– SSERC, PRISM, Institute of Human
Origins
• In partnership with Barrows
Neurological Institute, Good
Samaritan Medical Center,
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
Medical Imaging
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NSF IGERT in Optical BioMolecular Devices
Biomimetics
Cellular and molecular
biology
Biology of light-mediated
processes
Light-interactive
materials
Invention and engineering of new materials, processes and devices
Biomedical
Technology
Biomolecular
Devices
Light
Activated
Processes
Molecular
Machines
Novel
Materials
Molecular
Electronics
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• CAP LTER is one of only 2 urban
sites in NSF’s network of 24 LTER
sites
• 60 faculty members, 90 grad
students, 15 postdocs, 67 undergrads, 85 K-12 teachers, and over
40 community partners are
engaged in this research
• Original $4.2 million in funding has
been leveraged to $18.5 million
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ASU Center for the Study of Law,
Science & Technology
Executive Director: Gary Marchant, Ph.D.
• Oldest and largest academic center in the
nation studying the law’s interaction with
science and technology
• Established in 1984
• 17 Faculty Fellows with expertise in law,
science and technology
– focus on legal and policy issues relating to
genomic technologies, intellectual property,
privacy, bioethics, GM foods, digital copyright,
e-commerce, antitrust, environmental
regulation, public health, forensic sciences,
scientific evidence, nanotechnology,
telecommunications, human behavior, and
family law.
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Research Investment Strategy
Bioscience &
Biotechnolo
gy
(301)
Nanoscience
&
Technology
(301)
Stress/
Neuroendrocrine
Environment
Earth / Space
Science
Social
Science &
Public Policy
Humanities
Arts
Education
(301)
International
Digital Library
Arts, Media &
Engineering
(AME)
CRESMET
Arizona Biodesign Institute
Institute for
Comp/Info
S&E
Astrobiology
Health and
Disability
Policy
Competitive
Grants
Program
Biogeochemistry
American
Indian Health
Initiative
Law, Science
& Technology
Planetary
Missions
Prevention
Intervention
Wireless Nanotechnology Center (WINTECH)
Nanoelectronics
Embedded
Systems
(CEINT)
Homeland Security Institute
Animal Care
Manufacturing
(301)
Rapidly
Urbanizing
Regions /
Environments
School of Life
Sciences
Bioengineering
Information
Science &
Technology
(301)
CSSER /
CSSS
Supply Chain
Integration
Morrison
Institute
ITAC
Religion and
Conflict
Museum Project
Supercomputer
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Technopolis
Mission: Encourage innovation in Greater Phoenix by
providing local entrepreneurs with the entrepreneurial
education and hands-on business development
assistance necessary to convert their ideas into
commercially viable businesses.
• Entrepreneurial education
• Product development assistance
• Business infrastructure development and
management assistance
• Proof-of-concept capital formation
• Revenue development assistance
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Arizona Technology Enterprises
Technology
bundling with
other
institutions
Contingencybased
Outlicensing
firms
Partner with
Corporate
spinouts
Utilize Web-based
IP Exchanges
(Yetz.com)
Utilize University
website
Arizona
Technology
Enterprises,
LLC
Create
University based
start-ups
General
solicitations to
market players
Utilize Industry
specific
consultants &
brokers
Leverage Industry
relationships
Leverage clients of VC
funds, investment
banks & lawfirms
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