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
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.
Summer camps pick up a clue from TV, add ‘CSI’ themes to attract kids
June 20, 2007
[Source: Lisa Nicita, Arizona Republic] — Instead of learning a new cheer or building a campfire this summer, dozens of kids from Tempe to Glendale are dusting fingerprints and testing blood. Fake blood, but still blood to the kids. New…
Scientific pioneer named to ASU Biodesign Institute advisory board
June 20, 2007
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University recently named acclaimed cell biologist James E. Rothman, PhD, to its advisory board. Rothman is a professor of physiology and cellular biophysics at Columbia University, director and founder of Columbia
Science in the City helps students explore world in summer camp
June 19, 2007
[Source: Sadie Jo Smokey, Arizona Republic] — Three years ago the Phoenix Union High School District created Science in the City, a summer enrichment camp where students immerse themselves in science. The goal of the day camp, staffed by middle…
