How’s Arizona doing? Get an update on state’s bioscience growth / Flinn Foundation
Where does Arizona bioscience stand with federal funding in flux and shifting capital? The state’s research and industry momentum is real. Hear from former National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, Greater Phoenix Economic Council President and CEO Christine Mackay, and leaders across Arizona’s bioscience sector, part of the annual progress report on Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap. Noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, April 8 | RSVP now. Related: Full calendar of Arizona Tech Week events.
ASU eyes International Science Zone near TSMC in Phoenix / The Arizona Republic | azcentral.com
The other Arizona innovation zones are the Discovery Oasis Health Futures Center near the Mayo Clinic in north Phoenix, the Phoenix Bioscience Core in downtown Phoenix, the ASU Mesa Center for Creative Technology in downtown Mesa, the ASU Polytechnic Innovation Zone in Mesa and the ASU West Valley Innovation Zone in west Phoenix. Related: Flinn study identifies 3 bioscience growth areas.
Governor appoints former Mayo Clinic dean to Arizona Board of Regents / KVOA-Tucson
Nationally recognized radiation oncologist has more than 30 years of experience in health care practice, medical education, research, and strategy.
Downtown Phoenix sees fewer cranes, except at PBC / Phoenix Business Journal
Phoenix Bioscience Core medical research campus is continuing to see construction activity. Two cranes overlook the University of Arizona‘s CAMI project, a $300 million development that will include a 200,000 square-foot Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies. It broke ground on the research campus in November 2024, then construction halted in March 2025 due to uncertainty in federal funding, then picked up again last fall.
C-Path taps veteran health tech leader as chief data and technology officer / C-Path
Christopher Lunt has more than 25 years of experience building large-scale data and analytics platforms across the federal government, Silicon Valley, and the healthcare sector. He joins C-Path from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he served for nine years as Chief Technology Officer for the All of Us Research Program.
City of Hope study finds mechanism linking obesity to cancer risk / American Journal of Managed Care
Scientists at City of Hope and TGen (part of City of Hope) are the first to explain a major mechanism for why gaining excess weight increases your risk of cancer. The mechanism boils down to simple math: bigger bodies have bigger organs, and bigger organs have more cells.
Understanding protein motion could aid new drug design / ASU News
Better understanding protein fluctuations can predict which larger motions the protein is capable of, and that knowledge can greatly improve drug design, enable more effective cancer treatments and help find a solution to antibiotic resistance.
What is bioscience? Six subsectors define the sector in Arizona / Flinn Foundation
For nearly two-and-a-half decades, the word “bioscience” has been part of the name of the state’s long-term strategic plan—Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap—and prominently featured on the Flinn Foundation website. But what exactly is bioscience? “Bioscience is everything related to life.” — Flinn Foundation’s Mary O’Reilly on Arizona PBS’ “Arizona Horizon.”
Upcoming events
April 6-12: Arizona Tech Week
April 7: AZAdvances Health Innovation Showcase
April 8: Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Progress Report
April 11: 2026 Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium Public Conference
April 23: AZBio Spring Reception at BioLab Holdings
April 29-May 5: 2nd Annual Research Week
May 12-13: Phoenix Global Forum 2026
June 22-25: BIO International Convention
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