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
Intel, partners to give $3.5 billion to tech startups
February 24, 2010
Intel Corp.'s plans to direct $3.5 billion of investments into U.S. technology companies could help cash-strapped startups in Arizona, where venture-capital activity is lagging. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based semiconductor giant said Tuesday that its venture-capital arm, Intel Capital, was forming…
SBS will hold its 16th annual conference & exhibition in Phoenix
February 23, 2010
On April 11, more than 2,000 scientists, researchers and industry leaders from around the world will converge in Phoenix for the SBS 16th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery.
Researchers find oncogene is important in pancreatic cancer growth and spread
February 23, 2010
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that PKC-iota (PKCi), an oncogene important in colon and lung cancers, is over-produced in pancreatic cancer and is linked to poor patient survival. They also found that genetically inhibiting PKCi…
Aphid’s genome reflects its reproductive, symbiotic lifestyle
February 23, 2010
Aphids could be considered the "mosquitoes" of the plant world, depending on the "blood" of plants to survive. They live in symbiosis with bacteria that pass from one generation to the next, producing essential amino acids. Aphids with the same…
Arizona Paternity Testing Company Hires Public Relations Specialists
February 23, 2010
Arizona Mobile DNA Testing Services, LLC, recently announced that they had retained the services of Cochrane & Associates. The company is a leading public relations firm specializing in the DNA, paternity and environmental industries. Paul Cochrane, the founder and president…
South Korean researchers observe techniques at Banner Sun Health Institute
February 23, 2010
Dr. Thomas Beach removed a heart and brain from containers Monday at the Banner Health Research Institute to show a small delegation of South Korean visitors how researchers use the organs to study the development of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.…
Preliminary findings of blood flow study to be presented at the Phoenician
February 22, 2010
Dr. Richard Jacoby, DPM, of the Scottsdale Neuropathy Institute, will present the preliminary findings of a ground breaking blood flow study to the International Congress XXIII during its annual meeting February 28 through March 4 at Scottsdale’s Phoenician Resort. ‘The…
