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 receives 925K for new instrumentation
June 14, 2007
New funds received by The University of Arizona go towards the purchase of a hybrid quadrupole (or linear ion trap) Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer with high-throughput, high-resolution, and high-mass accuracy and equipped with electron capture dissociation and…
Three new first-in-class cancer therapies developed at UA
June 10, 2007
Researchers at The University of Arizona
UA Clinical trial for detection of MRSA leads to FDA approval
June 08, 2007
The University of Arizona
TGen study identifying alteration in gene associated with uterine cancer lays groundwork for more targeted therapies
June 05, 2007
Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute announced the discovery of previously unrecognized alterations in a gene called FGFR2 in a subset of endometrial cancers, the most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. The mutations in FGFR2 result in…
Two-week forensics course for Tucson students and teachers begins Wednesday
June 04, 2007
[Source: Rachel Hamilton, Tucson Citizen] — A University of Arizona science program is offering high school students, college freshmen and grade-school teachers an opportunity for an intensive, two-week forensics course. “Forensics: The Science Detectives” is offered by the Arizona Research…
