Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
Welcome to the Flinn Foundation Bio Blog where you will receive the latest news throughout 2025 (and beyond) on the next iteration of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap.
The Roadmap is the nation’s longest-running, statewide bioscience strategic plan. Bookmark this page for regular updates on the biosciences in Arizona and the development of the new Roadmap coming this fall.
Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
News and Updates
Arizona Bioscience News: Newsletter Refresh Coming; Reiman Steps Down; New Yuma Soil Lab; Panchanathan Earns Engineering Honor; ASU Advances Manufacturing Education
September 10, 2026
Coming soon: A revamped Arizona Bioscience News / Flinn Foundation The Flinn Foundation will be introducing a new-look Arizona Bioscience News next month. Today’s edition will be the final one using this long-established format. Thank you for your current and continued…
Arizona Bioscience News: Vet School Earns Accreditation; Ibogaine Clinical Trial Launches; Prehospital Blood Transfusions Studied; Wildfire Smoke Brain Risks; AZBio Offers Tuition Scholarships
September 03, 2026
Fully accredited U of A vet school looks to future / Tucson Local Media Six years and more than 300 graduates later, the state’s first and only public veterinary medicine program earns its full American Veterinary Medicine Association accreditation.
Arizona Bioscience News: Speech Therapy Through Gaming; Melanoma Vaccine Research; Menopause Blood Pressure Study; Phoenix Biotech Facility Closing; Phoenix Children’s Names Executive
August 27, 2026
NAU’s Jared Duval develops speech-therapy game for children / Flinn Foundation Jared Duval, a Northern Arizona University researcher and Playful Health Technology Lab director, is developing SpokeIt, a playful speech-therapy game to help children around the world with cleft lip. Duval…
Arizona Bioscience News: Tribal Medical School Branch; Ibogaine Treatment Research; MiiHealth Raises $2.8 Million; New Phoenix NIH Facility; Flagstaff Expands Cancer Treatment
August 20, 2026
UA launches new medical school branch in Gila River Indian Community / Arizona Republic The University of Arizona and Gila River Health Care are launching a first-of-its-kind medical school branch in Sacaton, designed to meet the needs of rural and Indigenous…
ASU’s Mehdi Nikkhah receives Flinn grant to accelerate Glioblastoma therapeutics
August 13, 2026
Mehdi Nikkhah, Ph.D., an Arizona State University professor of biomedical engineering, is the principal investigator on a team developing a “GBM-on-a-Chip” platform that closely mimics the human Glioblastoma microenvironment for use in drug development. Nikkhah says this technology will allow…
Arizona Bioscience News: SEMICON West Chooses Phoenix; Invest Southwest Names Leadership; Endometrial Cancer Diagnostic Development; Alzheimer’s Blood Tests’ Promise; Diagnostics Drive Manufacturing Growth
August 06, 2026
SEMICON West to make Phoenix its permanent home starting in 2027 / Phoenix Business Journal Arizona will soon become the permanent home of SEMICON West, the semiconductor industry's largest conference and trade show that debuted in the state last year, and…
U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix researcher developing diagnostic for top gynecological cancer in U.S.
August 05, 2026
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix was one of seven researchers awarded a $100,000 grant from the Flinn Foundation Translational Seed Grants Program in 2026 for her work in endometrial cancer. Herbst-Kralovetz said she is…
