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
Going to great lengths for math (Business Week article)
May 28, 2007
[Source: Moira Herbst, Business Week] — A few years ago, when she was a Catholic school teacher in the city of Cebu, Philippines, Juditha Capa started looking for a change. She loved her work, but she had grown restless after…
BNI’s Dr. Pipe to serve on International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Board of Trustees
May 27, 2007
Jim Pipe, Ph.D., of the Barrow Neurological Institute and St. Joseph
According to ASU, there’s a new wrinkle in evolution — man-made proteins
May 27, 2007
Nature, through the trial and error of evolution, has discovered a vast diversity of life from what can only presumed to have been a primordial pool of building blocks. Inspired by this success, a new Biodesign Institute research team, led…
Two Scottsdale teachers earn national math, science award
May 26, 2007
[Source: Amanda Keim, East Valley Tribune] — Two Scottsdale-area teachers have received the nation
Biodesign Institute scientists offer new view of photosynthesis
May 26, 2007
A research team led by Neal Woodbury, at ASU’s Biodesign Institute, has come up with a new insight into the mechanism of photosynthesis, which involves the orchestrated movement of proteins on the timescale of a millionth of a millionth of…
State proteomics consortium launches
May 25, 2007
Nine institutions have united to launch the Arizona Proteomics Alliance (AZPA), a statewide consortium focused on advancing the study of proteins in the human body. The consortium includes Arizona State University, Banner Health, Barrow Neurological Institute, Carl T. Hayden Veterans…
Flinn Foundation staff Johnson, Read receive promotions
May 25, 2007
Two Flinn Foundation senior administrators have received new titles reflecting heightened levels of responsibility and achievement in guiding the Foundation and its programs. Saundra E. Johnson, MPA, FACHE, has been promoted to Executive Vice President, and William A. Read, Ph.D.,…
