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
Drugmaker Roche plans expansion at Ventana
October 30, 2008
[Source: The Associated Press] – Pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG plans to pour $100 million into Oro Valley-based Ventana Medical Systems next year as it pushes to expand its newly acquired subsidiary.Switzerland-based Roche bought Ventana earlier this year for about…
NSF Grants Nearly $60M for Plant Genome Research Program Awards
October 29, 2008
Source: GenomeWeb News, a GenomeWeb staff reporter ] – The National Science Foundation has injected $57.3 million into plant genomics studies across the country, and to several international recipients, covering a wide variety of plant life, such as legumes, soil…
ASU researchers receive NIH awards for studies of malaria and emergent disease
October 29, 2008
[Source: Bio-Medicine.org] – An Arizona State University research team headed by School of Life Sciences Associate Professor Ananias Escalante will share in more than $6.3 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health for three related studies. Two of…
Ultrasound Shown To Exert Remote Control Of Brain Circuits
October 29, 2008
[Source: ScienceDaily] – In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, a group of neuroscientists at Arizona State University has developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity. Their findings, published in the Oct. 29 issue of…
New Supercomputer Can Do 50 Trillion Operations Per Second
October 29, 2008
[Source: ScienceDaily] – In less time than the blink of an eye, the Translational Genomics Research Institute’s new supercomputer at Arizona State University can do operations equal to every dollar in the recent Wall Street bailout. That would be 700…
Toward Non-invasive Disease Diagnosis With Wellness Cards
October 29, 2008
[Source: ScienceDaily] – Scientists are reporting development of a device that could serve as the electronic “reader” for a coming generation of “wellness cards,” specimen holders used to diagnose disease from a drop of a patient’s saliva or blood. The…
Chandler-Gilbert CC expands Valley’s bio education options
October 29, 2008
Among all the bad news in the latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics there was at least one bright spot: the health-care sector continued to show job growth. That's one of the key reasons that Chandler-Gilbert…
