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
Science lessons in a kit let kids see, do, learn
October 19, 2007
[Source: Jakob Hanes, Arizona Daily Star] — Most business inventories don’t include bulk orders for Madagascar hissing cockroaches, snails and thousands of plastic tubes
House Science Subcommittee reviews new STEM report
October 19, 2007
[Source: Jim Dawson, American Institute of Physics] — A National Science Board (NSB) report addressing the U.S. system of pre-college through 12th grade science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education received generally favorable reviews in an October 10 hearing before…
Arizona BioIndustry Association names new CEO
October 19, 2007
The Arizona BioIndustry Association has named a new president and chief executive officer to lead the growing statewide bioscience trade association. C. Robert (Bob) Eaton, who led a bioscience industry support organization in Maryland for 10 years, has relocated to…
New facilities provide support for novel bio collaborations
October 19, 2007
Three new facilities, from Flagstaff to the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, exemplify the enriched infrastructure enabling Arizona's drive toward more collaborative research initiatives with immediate, real-world applications. Two are now welcoming their first occupants, and a third broke ground this month.
Integrated Biosystems Research 2007 Symposium
October 18, 2007
“Advances in Proteomics Research,” sponsored by the Arizona Proteomics Alliance, will be held Friday, November 16, 2007: 8 am ~ Registration (& Coffee), Poster set up 8:45 am
Scientific luminaries launch personalized diagnostics initiative
October 17, 2007
The Partnership for Personalized Medicine, an unprecedented initiative to develop personalized molecular diagnostics, is being launched collaboratively by 2001 Nobel laureate Lee Hartwell, the Translational Genomics Research Institute, and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. The effort is being…
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and Flinn Foundation launch $45M initiative to develop personalized diagnostics
October 17, 2007
Two Arizona-based philanthropic organizations have committed $45 million to fund an innovative initiative to develop personalized molecular diagnostics. The ability to diagnose and treat disease based on every person’s unique physiological makeup is critical to enabling physicians to improve health…
