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
Flinn application for seed grants program due Sept. 26
August 02, 2024
The Flinn Foundation has opened its application for the next round of $100,000 translational research seed grants for Arizona-based research teams. About 10 teams affiliated with an Arizona university, research institution, or health-care system will be awarded the grant over…
Arizona Bioscience News: Dynamic muscle function; Arizona Venture Development Corp. CEO; Sonoran Oasis Science and Technology ParkArizona
August 02, 2024
NAU researcher part of national study on dynamic muscle function / Arizona Daily Sun | Kiisa Nishikawa, a regents’ professor of biological sciences and the director of Northern Arizona University’s Biomechanics Laboratory, is co-leading research on dynamic muscle function through…
Arizona Bioscience News: Melanoma treatment; Alzheimer’s GUIDE model; HABIT program; AI in health care
July 29, 2024
New melanoma treatment records success in HonorHealth clinical trial / Scottsdale Independent | For the first time in Arizona, a patient with extensive melanoma cancer was successfully treated outside a clinical trial at HonorHealth Research Institute with a new type…
Arizona Bioscience News: Flagstaff, Yuma startup gems; Venture capital uptick; No. 1 ranking for Maricopa County
July 19, 2024
Why Maricopa County was ranked No. 1 for economic development / Phoenix Business Journal | Maricopa County has been ranked No. 1 in the country for economic growth in the past year for its substantial surge in jobs and investment from…
Arizona Bioscience News: New Tech Parks Arizona execs; 2024 TGen Bioscience Leadership Academy; Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers
July 11, 2024
New execs named at Tech Parks Arizona, University of Arizona Center for Innovation / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) | Tech Parks Arizona—the organization responsible for connecting the University of Arizona and its research with technology companies to spur innovation and…
Arizona Bioscience News: New UA bioscience facility; GPEC international delegation; Banner Health expansions; Venture Madness
June 27, 2024
Phoenix City Council signs off on $20M funding for new UA bioscience facility / Arizona Republic | The University of Arizona is set to receive more than $20 million in funding over the next several years for its latest biomedical center,…
Arizona Bioscience News: Phoenix Bioscience Core; 2024 AZ Inno Fire Awards; Valley Fever; Quantum Quest
June 20, 2024
Phoenix to vote on $16.5 million and free rent for UA’s bioscience hub downtown / KJZZ | The Phoenix City Council will decide whether to give the University of Arizona $16.5 million, along with free rent, to develop the $265 million…
