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
Congress schooled on STEM teaching crisis
June 25, 2007
[Source: Laura Devaney, Associate Editor, eSchool News] — At a June 21 briefing on Capitol Hill, federal legislators and policy makers got a lesson in why schools have a hard time recruiting and retaining teachers in science, technology, engineering, and…
Basha science teacher gains a biotech edge
June 22, 2007
[Source: Ray Parker, Arizona Republic] — In the sprawling complex of high-tech labs, researchers diligently tamper with DNA. Others apply precise computer programs to reconfigure the tiny, complicated strands. New Basha High science teacher Sharon New is spending her summer…
Arizona’s bio community gathers at annual expo
June 22, 2007
More than 220 people attended the 2007 Arizona Bio Expo earlier this week to hear presentations from state and national scientists and business leaders. The expo, an event of the Arizona BioIndustry Association, was held in downtown Phoenix in conjunction…
UA, IBM to host science camp for Hispanics
June 21, 2007
[Source: Business Journal of Phoenix] — The University of Arizona in Tucson will be among hosts of SciTech 2020 math/science camps for Hispanic students this summer. The camps — open to incoming high school sophomores — are the first project…
Luring girls to math, science
June 21, 2007
[Source: Andrea Rivera, Arizona Daily Star] — By introducing middle school girls to Web page design, robotics and lip-gloss ingredients, IBM is hoping to spark their interest in math and science. Thirty incoming seventh- and eighth-graders at Flowing Wells Junior…
Leaders in Arizona biosciences honored at ABA awards dinner
June 21, 2007
Eight individuals and companies were honored for their efforts to advance Arizona
Leaders in Arizona biosciences honored at ABA awards dinner
June 21, 2007
Eight individuals and companies were honored for their efforts to advance Arizona's emerging bioscience sector last night at the third-annual Excellence in Bioscience Awards Dinner in downtown Phoenix, hosted by the Arizona BioIndustry Association.
