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’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…
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…
