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
Mayo Clinic researcher and Flinn Foundation grantee working on epilepsy treatment
June 08, 2026
Jonathon Parker, M.D., Ph.D., a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic Arizona, is developing the Cortalis Neuro software to help clinicians fine-tune brain stimulation settings to better treat epilepsy and reduce seizures. The director of the Device Based Neuroelectronics Lab…
Bioscience in Arizona: By the Numbers
May 20, 2026
The latest Arizona bioscience employment data featured in the new Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap highlights the state’s strengths and areas to emphasize to continue guiding industry growth. In line with the state’s population, most bioscience jobs are in Greater Phoenix, a top-employing area across…
Scottsdale’s CND Life Sciences developing skin test to detect neurological disorders
May 05, 2026
By Kerry Fehr-SnyderSpecial to the Flinn Foundation A Scottsdale-based bioscience company has developed a test that relies on skin-deep anomalies to detect neurological disorders in the brain including Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. CND Life Sciences’ Syn-One Test is…
Seven Arizona research projects earn $100K grants from Flinn Foundation
April 16, 2026
Seven Arizona-based research teams have been awarded $100,000 grants from the Flinn Foundation as members of the 2026 Translational Seed Grants Program cohort. The new awardees represent six institutions — two from Arizona State University and one each from HonorHealth…
Speakers stress partnerships, collaboration at annual Bioscience Progress Report
April 09, 2026
When asked what’s the single most important thing for Arizona’s three public universities, independent research institutions, and health systems to be doing in the biosciences, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Ph.D., said he was going to list the top three things: “Partnership, partnership,…
Arizona’s bioscience success depends on all of us getting involved
April 08, 2026
This year’s Bioscience Progress Report arrives at an exciting time, just a few months after the Flinn Foundation released the new Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap. The document outlined a bold vision to accelerate discovery, innovation and economic growth across the state…
Arizona Bioscience News: Bioscience Progress Report; ASU Science Expansion; Phoenix Biotech Construction; Cancer Risk Findings; Protein Research Advances
April 02, 2026
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…
