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: CGM for diabetic care; Sedentary behavior and dementia; Wearable tech for farms
September 15, 2022
A tiny device can help diabetics live with their disease, but getting one can be an ordeal / Arizona RepublicA continuous glucose monitor, a small biomedical device that measures blood sugar, has changed diabetic care by giving people instant access to…
Arizona Bioscience News: Luminosity Lab secures $15M; NAU researcher featured; COVID cases at 4-month low
September 09, 2022
ASU’s Luminosity Lab secures $15 million donation from tech CEO / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) The Luminosity Lab, a research and development program at Arizona State University, recently secured a $15 million donation from the CEO of Workiva to…
It’s time for Arizona bioscience firms to apply for the Flinn Foundation entrepreneurship program
September 06, 2022
Funding. Connections. Support. That is what awaits the six Arizona-based early-stage bioscience firms competitively selected for the 2023 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program. The application is now open. The deadline to apply is Nov. 7. The program, now in its…
Arizona Bioscience News: ASU, TGen herbicide research; Tech Council at 20; HonorHealth growth
September 01, 2022
Can a commonly used herbicide get into our brains? Arizona scientists want to find out / Arizona Republic Glyphosate, a chemical compound found in Roundup and other herbicides, can cross the blood-brain barrier and elevate levels of certain molecules that are associated…
Mayo Clinic continues expansion of medical education, research, and care in Arizona
August 31, 2022
Mayo Clinic first arrived in Arizona in the late 1980s with the opening of its Scottsdale hospital. About a decade later, the Minnesota-based medical institution opened a second Arizona hospital in north Phoenix, and in 2017, welcomed students to the…
Arizona Bioscience News: Maricopa medical campus; Alzheimer’s studies; UArizona’s Native FORGE
August 25, 2022
Medical, innovation campus with mix of uses proposed for growing city in Pinal County / Phoenix Business Journal A 1.6 million-square-foot, $762 million medical and innovation campus proposed for the city of Maricopa would include a life sciences center and…
Arizona Bioscience News: Tech Launch Arizona inventions; IdeaFunding returns in November; Monkeypox in Arizona
August 19, 2022
UA takes record number of new inventions to market / Arizona Daily Star Tech Launch Arizona, the University of Arizona’s technology commercialization arm, recorded 303 new faculty inventions in the fiscal year that ended June 30, up from 274 in…
