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: Mayo Clinic’s Discovery Oasis; TGen’s Alzheimer’s finding; New Valleywise medical facility
March 02, 2023
Mayo Clinic set to start work on 120-acre Phoenix biotech innovation hub / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) Mayo Clinic has submitted its zoning application with the city of Phoenix to develop Discovery Oasis, a 120-acre medical and research campus adjacent…
Arizona Bioscience News: Flinn program adds 6 bio startups; $52M to Casa Grande health facility; Televeda wins $3M
February 23, 2023
On the rise in 2023: 6 Arizona bioscience startups to watch / AZ Big Media The Flinn Foundation has selected six early-stage Arizona bioscience firms for the 10th cohort of its entrepreneurship program. The companies will receive $30,000 in funding support…
On the rise in 2023: Six Arizona bioscience startups
February 23, 2023
Phoenix area, Tucson companies selected for Flinn Foundation program The Arizona bioscience startups representing the 10th cohort of the Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program are developing innovative products and devices to better treat cancer, improve mental health, provide long-lasting refrigeration…
Arizona Bioscience News: ASU’s compact X-ray; Venture Madness finalists; Cancer vaccine trial
February 16, 2023
ASU’s compact accelerator X-ray passes initial tests, begins commissioning process / KJZZ After more than six years of development and component testing at Arizona State University, the Compact X-Ray Light Source generated its first X-rays that can see not just bone,…
Flinn to host March 24 conference for bio entrepreneurs
February 15, 2023
The Flinn Foundation is hosting an all-day conference in March aimed at helping bioscience entrepreneurs secure risk capital and grow their companies, and providing investors exposure to promising startups. The Arizona BioPreneur Conference, “Risk Capital: Getting to Yes!” will feature…
Arizona Bioscience News: Phoenix Children’s to open hospitals; Humabiologics expanding; Valley fever training
February 09, 2023
Phoenix Children’s opening 2 children’s hospitals as part of $400 million expansion / Arizona Republic Phoenix Children’s Hospital is undergoing its largest expansion in 12 years as it completes a $400 million project that over the next two years will…
Arizona Bioscience News: Startups to watch; UArizona science lectures; Grants to improve STEAM initiative
February 02, 2023
Native Americans have higher cancer rates. Researchers are trying to figure out why / KJZZ Nicolette Teufel-Shone, associate director of the Center for Health Equity Research at Northern Arizona University, says we don’t have a good enough grasp of the…
