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
Dr. Jeff Weiss: A love of art and medicine
August 25, 2023
By Julie AndersonFlinn Foundation During his time as a pediatrician, amid countless medical conferences and meetings, Dr. Jeff Weiss began creating detailed artistic designs to pass the time in-between lectures. Soon enough, Weiss was giving away his doodles to interested…
Arizona Bioscience News: Barrow’s new lab space; GPEC, Taiwan partnership; UArizona veterinary graduates
August 24, 2023
Barrow Neurological Institute to lease laboratory space at Park Central bioscience hub / Phoenix Business Journal Barrow Neurological Institute is planning a 10,000-square-foot dry laboratory called the Barrow Neuro Analytics Center at Park Central—the city of Phoenix’s third bioscience research…
Arizona Bioscience News: UArizona Cancer Center grant; Journey Venture Studio entrepreneurs; New HonorHealth hospital
August 17, 2023
University of Arizona Cancer Center gets $1.5 million grant for new training program / KJZZ Researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center recently received a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to fund the 10-week STEP-UP program,…
Flinn translational research seed grants advancing Arizona’s bioscience goals
August 10, 2023
By Mary O’Reilly, Ph.D.Flinn Foundation The Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program has aimed since its inception a decade ago to bridge the gap between Arizona’s academic researchers and clinicians and enable them to work together to…
Arizona Bioscience News: Wearable tech; Alzheimer’s funding; Small business grant
August 10, 2023
5 wearable tech projects from Arizona successfully brought to market / AZ Big Media The Partnership for Economic Innovation, a collective of business and community leaders, announced that five of its Phoenix-based WearTech Applied Research Center’s 2022 cohort projects have…
Arizona Bioscience News: Phoenix Forge’s impact; $10M to Bisbee hospital; Valley fever surging
August 04, 2023
GateWay Community College maker space yields $36M economic impact, GPEC finds / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) Phoenix Forge, the open-to-the-public maker space at GateWay Community College in Phoenix promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, is expected to produce $36 million in…
Arizona Bioscience News: $10M to Barrow to study COVID & Alzheimer’s; Emagine Solutions Technology’s $1M grant; Heat and disease
July 28, 2023
Barrow awarded $10M to study the effects of COVID-19 on Alzheimer’s / AZ Big Media Barrow Neurological Institute, an internationally renowned leader in the treatment of brain and spinal disorders, has been awarded $10 million by the Office of the…
