BioBlog: 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.
BioBlog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
News and Updates
Best Buy to provide $800K for innovative tech use
August 06, 2007
Grant Title: Best Buy Teach AwardsEligibility: K-12 schoolsValue: Eight awards of $100,000 eachDeadline: September 30, 2007Applications are now available for the 2008 Best Buy Teach Awards, which award innovative use of technology in K-12 classrooms. Winners will be announced in…
New tech ed classes to draw 17,000 students in Pima Co.
August 06, 2007
[Source: Konstantinos Kalaitzidis, Tucson Citizen] — High school students in Pima County will be able to sign up for more than math, English, and biology this school year. How about cosmetology, aircraft mechanics, nursing services or culinary arts It’s all…
Penn State to lead NASA K-12 education project
August 03, 2007
[Source: UPI] — NASA selected Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Science and Schools to lead the agency’s Aerospace Education Service Project. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials said the comprehensive educational five-year program designed to reach all 50 states, as…
Arizona Science Center sponsors Global Awareness Day, 8/18
August 01, 2007
[Source: Arizona Science Center] — Here are three simple things you can do to support a healthy environment: Use less energy by washing clothes and dishes in the early morning or at night when it
Study reveals genetic clues about Lou Gehrig’s Disease
August 01, 2007
[Source: TGen] — A comprehensive scan of the human genome by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has identified more than 50 genetic abnormalities in people with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease), according to…
NHGRI awards $15M to drive development of next-gen sequencing technology
August 01, 2007
[Source: GenomeWeb News] — The National Human Genome Research Institute has pumped over $15 million into 12 new grants to develop methods and technologies aimed at
‘Better Than Ever’ teams up with El Tour for 2nd annual bike training program
August 01, 2007
Better than Ever, an Arizona Cancer Center-based fitness and fundraising program, invites the community to participate in the 2nd Annual Bike Training Program to complete the 35-mile or 66-mile event of El Tour on Nov. 17, 2007. Better Than Ever…
