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: NAU medical school; Exact Sciences expansion; Innovation Challenge semifinalists
October 05, 2023
Northern Arizona University announced it would be starting a new health initiative, NAU Health, that includes the creation of a new college of medicine and a plan to double its number of health-field graduates by 2030.
Arizona Bioscience News: AZBio Awards; Predicting brain health; Arizona WearTech Center grant
September 28, 2023
Here are the winners of the 2023 AZBio Awards / AZ Big Media As part of Arizona Bioscience Week, the Arizona Bioindustry Association held its annual awards Wednesday at the Phoenix Convention Center, honoring the most innovative bioscience leaders and…
Flinn’s Brad Halvorsen named 2023 Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year
September 21, 2023
When Brad Halvorsen first set foot in the Flinn Foundation offices, Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap did not exist. The iconic Flinn building along Central Avenue near downtown Phoenix was a decade away from construction. The Flinn Scholarship was in its infancy. …
Arizona Bioscience News: New Wexford building; Bioscience construction boom; ASU innovation hub
September 21, 2023
New $100 million downtown Phoenix bioscience building in the works / Phoenix Business Journal Wexford Science & Technology LLC is moving ahead on a new $100 million bioscience building in downtown Phoenix next door to an identical tower that’s now…
Arizona Bioscience News: Valley fever talk in DC; Journey Medical’s license fee; UArizona cancer research
September 14, 2023
Rob Gronkowski teams up with Rep. David Schweikert on valley fever vaccine for dogs / Arizona Republic Rep. David Schweikert teamed up with four-time Super Bowl champ and former University of Arizona star Rob Gronkowski in Washington, D.C. this week…
Arizona Bioscience News: UA NSF Grant; Ilume Innovation Center; TruLite Health expands; Elder Rehab
September 07, 2023
$30 million in NSF funding coming to UArizona for new science innovation center / KGUN The University of Arizona will use a new $30 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create the New Frontiers of Sound Science and…
Arizona Bioscience News: Funding for Reglagene; Art and science; Crucible at Forge accelerator
August 31, 2023
Cancer-drug startup Reglagene wins major backing / Arizona Daily Star Tucson-based startup Reglagene Inc. has won a major investment from a California angel investor group to advance toward clinical studies of new treatments for brain cancers and neurological disorders based…
