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: New Flinn leadership; UA’s StartUpHub; Taiwan bio delegation
June 06, 2024
Flinn Foundation names new leaders as longtime executive retires / Greater Phoenix In Business | Flinn Foundation Executive Vice President Brad Halvorsen, who has been key to the success of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap and Flinn’s entrepreneurship and translational research programs, is…
Flinn Foundation names new leaders as longtime executive retires
June 05, 2024
Brad Halvorsen joined the Flinn Foundation in 1989 as its first communications employee. After 35 years of service to the foundation and Arizona, including nearly a decade as executive vice president, Halvorsen retires June 14. Halvorsen’s departure prompts two other…
Arizona Bioscience News: Land near TSMC auctioned; BNI opens new center; Arizona students shine at science fair
May 30, 2024
Land auctioned near TSMC could see $7B in multi-use development / Arizona Republic | Mack Real Estate Group has purchased 2,400 acres surrounding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s campus to develop a site the City of Phoenix has named the “Sonoran Oasis…
Arizona Bioscience News: Nectero Medical; Arizona’s tech sector; Science Prep Academy; National Rural STEM Learning Summit
May 23, 2024
Tempe biotech firm Nectero lands $96M VC investment to support clinical trials / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) | Tech-based biotech company Nectero Medical, which focuses on heart disease treatments, has closed a $96 million series D round to accelerate…
Arizona Bioscience News: Phoenix Bioscience Core; Startup ReSuture; COVID-19 FLiRT
May 16, 2024
How redevelopment strategy created a dynamic Downtown Phoenix / AZ Big Media | Bioscience has emerged as a driving force behind Downtown Phoenix’s economic growth. The 30-acre Phoenix Bioscience Core has fostered a thriving ecosystem of innovation and discovery with…
Arizona Bioscience News: Health equity; AI coaching bot; Valve replacement; Telehealth
May 10, 2024
A doctor for the system / The Lumberjack | Northern Arizona University’s Julie Baldwin is the director of NAU’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and has been in the public health field for more than three decades, where she…
Arizona Bioscience News: Growing bioscience industry; Navi Nurses; Melanoma TIL treatment; 2024 AZ Inno Fire Awards
May 03, 2024
Arizona’s bioscience industry is the 4th-fastest-growing in the nation. Here’s why. / Phoenix Business Journal (Op-ed) | The momentum is continuing for Arizona’s bioscience industry, fueled by a robust network of premier health care and educational institutions as well as…
