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
Tucson’s ImaRx goes public
July 30, 2007
ImaRx Therapeutics, a Tucson-based drug developer, became the city's fifth firm traded on a major exchange on Thursday with a $15 million initial public offering. Tucson now has two publicly traded bioscience firms: ImaRx and Ventana Medical Systems.
Tucson schools’ biotechnology training praised
July 30, 2007
[Source: Mary Bustamante, Tucson Citizen] — Three Tucson Unified School District high schools have been recognized for their programs in biotechnology. Palo Verde, Pueblo and Tucson high magnet schools were featured in a Flinn Foundation and Salt River Project report,…
Student sleuths unravel secrets of DNA at UA camp
July 30, 2007
[Source: Tucson Citizen] — Extracting DNA from a banana and collecting fingerprints were part of the fun last week at CSI Camp at the Arizona Cancer Center. The camp offered seventh- and eighth-grade students the opportunity to be part of…
Tucson teen interns get early look at life in science
July 30, 2007
[Source: Bryanna Botham, Tucson Citizen] — While most Tucson teens are enjoying the lazy days of summer, others are interns at research laboratories. Over the past five weeks, nine students have spent their days working as research interns in eight…
BNI in Phoenix hosts 12th Annual Student Poster Day
July 27, 2007
On Monday, July 30 high school and undergraduate students working in the Barrow Neurosciences Research Laboratories will present posters and slide talks of their research projects. Interested persons are welcome to attend. Location: Goldman Auditorium and Marley Lobby of the…
Survey: Math Courses Aid Science Studies
July 26, 2007
[Source: Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer] — Students who had more math courses in high school did better in all types of science once they got to college, researchers say. On the other hand, while high school courses in…
Arizona science teachers discover that learning can be seriously fun
July 25, 2007
[Source: Amy K. Erickson, Translational Genomics Research Institute] — Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Van Doren once said, “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” The truth of this statement was recently underscored at a TGen/NAU-hosted hands-on genomics…
