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: ASU research funding; St. Luke’s Behavioral Health Hospital; U of A searches for vice president
December 12, 2024
ASU on the cusp of becoming a $1 billion research university / AZ Big Media Arizona State University, home of the Biodesign Institute and ASU Health, will soon hit $1 billion in annual research funding and is now among the…
Arizona Bioscience News: 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge winners; $3.3M to U of A Health Sciences; Flagstaff Medical Center safety grade
December 05, 2024
Here are the 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge winners / AZ Big Media Three bio and life sciences companies—DataBiologics, Metfora, and MiiHealth—have been named 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge awardees and will participate in Venture Scale, Arizona’s flagship accelerator program for the…
Arizona Bioscience News: Banner Health grant; Discovery Oasis biotech campus; 2024 Governor’s Innovation Awards; Valley Fever cases rise
November 21, 2024
Phoenix-based Banner Health receives $74.5 million grant to study Alzheimer's / Arizona Republic The Banner Alzheimer's Institute in Phoenix received a $74.5 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study with members of an extended family…
Arizona Bioscience News: UA CAMI groundbreaking; Caris Life Science FDA approval; Hispanic Alzheimer’s
November 15, 2024
University of Arizona breaks ground on new research hub for immunological therapies / KJZZ The University of Arizona has broken ground on its new Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies (CAMI) building, a downtown Phoenix biomedical research hub expected to be…
Flinn Foundation opens entrepreneurship program application
November 05, 2024
Each year, the Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program offers funding, professional support, connections, and networking opportunities to Arizona early-stage bioscience companies. This year, the program is piloting a new format as we await an update of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap that…
Arizona Bioscience News: ASU clinical partnership; Artificial heart transplant; Whooping cough cases rise
October 17, 2024
HonorHealth to be clinical partner for ASU's new medical school / Arizona Republic Arizona State University's future School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, which has a targeted opening date of 2026, has formed a clinical partnership with Scottsdale-based HonorHealth.
Arizona Bioscience News: Swimwear microplastics; Phoenix Children’s Hospital nationally ranked; AI machine learning
October 10, 2024
New ASU study links microplastic pollution to swimwear / KJZZ | A study by Arizona State University found swimsuits can be a source of microplastics in recreational waters like pools and rivers. Researchers sampling the Salt River when it was…
