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
Two profs at UA win big honor in science
November 13, 2007
[Source: Eric Swedlund, Arizona Daily Star] – Two University of Arizona professors are newly elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Carol A. Barnes and Nancy A. Moran are among 471 scholars nationwide who are being recognized…
Fruit flies, UA creating buzz in study of genetics
November 13, 2007
[Source: ALAN FISCHER, Tucson Citizen] – UA researcher Therese Ann Markow appreciates the huge role that fruit flies, the tiny pests that buzz around decaying fruits and vegetables, have played in the study of genetics. But she still smashes them…
Drug firm opens Valley office
November 13, 2007
Company seeks investors to help develop cancer drug [Source: Ken Alltucker, The Arizona Republic] – A small Indiana-based drug-development company seeking to develop an “off switch” to cancer has established a Scottsdale office as ground zero in its battle against…
Firm looks to grow Valley presence through new plant
November 13, 2007
[ Source: Angela Gonzales, The Business Journal of Phoenix] – Phoenix’s bioscience hub could be key to expansion plans for a Los Angeles pharmaceutical company that uses nanotechnology to kill cancer cells. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, CEO and executive chairman of…
Parkinson’s tie to impulsiveness studied
November 13, 2007
[Source: Lauren Neergaard, Time Magazine]
Admitted
November 12, 2007
[Source: Inside Higher Education] — The chancellor of the City University of New York [recently] floated a unique approach to dealing with the long lamented problem of low enrollments in the sciences: Offer promising students conditional acceptances to top Ph.D.…
Database of metro Phoenix bio education programs being created
November 12, 2007
Richard Fisher and Christa Thompson at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University are creating a comprehensive database of current and emerging bioscience programs in metro Phoenix. You’re welcome to click here to review and download an Excel file of…
