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
TGen and ADHS receive ABRC grant to study Valley Fever genome
November 26, 2007
[Source: TGen] – The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Arizona Department of Health Services have been awarded a highly competitive Arizona Biomedical Research Commission (ABRC) grant to study the genome of the fungus that causes Valley Fever, a…
Innovation of the Week: Researchers discover novel stem cells in menstrual blood
November 21, 2007
Medistem Laboratories, Inc., in collaboration with researchers from three partner institutions — the University of Western Ontario, the University of Alberta, and the Bio-Communications Research Institute — has announced the discovery of a novel stem cell population derived from menstrual…
UA’s Richard Herrier first to earn Jacob Award for pharmacy practice
November 21, 2007
[Source: UA LQP Faculty/Staff News] – Richard Herrier, clinical associate professor at The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, is the first recipient of a new award for innovative pharmacy practice. The Danny and Rae Jacob Award for Pharmacy Practice…
UA researchers create robot driven by moth’s drain
November 21, 2007
[Source: UA LQP Faculty/Staff News] – University of Arizona researchers have designed a robot that moves by using the brain impulses of a moth, which could be a step toward a future in brain engineering that will help repair damage…
UA scientists receive $2.5 million to study Amazon forests, climate change
November 21, 2007
[Source: UA LQP Faculty/Staff News] – A University of Arizona-led international team of scientists has received a five-year, $2.5 million grant that will send students and early-career scientists to the Amazon to study tropical ecology and biogeochemistry, and conduct related…
TGen and NAU awarded federal grant to develop biowarfare disease diagnostic
November 20, 2007
[Source: Tgen] – A faster diagnostic tool will give physicians more timely and accurate information about melioidosis. The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) have been awarded a highly competitive five-year $4.5 million research grant from…
Have your students learn about foreign cultures
November 20, 2007
The Young Diplomats School Outreach Program, created by World Affairs Council of Arizona, helps inform students in metro Phoenix schools about foreign cultures and countries enriching their understanding of what it means to be a citizen diplomat. A young citizen…
