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
BIO5 to Host K-12 Science Teacher Symposium April 28
April 11, 2007
Sublime Slime, Cootie Genetics, Tox Rap, Insect Discovery and The Teenage Romance Riddle are a few of the workshops available to K-12 teachers during the BIO5-sponsored 2007 Arizona Science Teacher Symposium on Saturday, April 28 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at…
Changes on way for AIMS test
April 10, 2007
[Source: Mary Bustamante, Tucson Citizen] — Thousands of local students will find a new subject — science — on the AIMS test they’ll be taking this week and next. But they shouldn’t freak out. The science won’t count — this…
TREO lays out Tucson economic plan
April 09, 2007
Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Inc. has announced an economic blueprint for the Tucson area that includes strengthening the region’s science and technology base. The report, titled “Securing our future now: an economic blueprint for the Tucson region,” lays out a…
Govs. Napolitano, Rendell visit UDHS students in PA
April 05, 2007
[Source: Dan Russo, News of Delaware County, PA] — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano leaned over the shoulders of students in several classrooms at Upper Darby High School Thursday afternoon as they inspected the laptop computers…
Science wows Manzanita crowd
April 05, 2007
[Source: Jeff Commings, Arizona Daily Star] — Erika Cook stood among a dozen of her classmates and marveled at the sight of nonfat dairy creamer bursting into flames. Like others around her, including the adults, she couldn’t quite describe watching…
ASU professor tapped for USDA genetics panel
April 05, 2007
[Source: Ty Young, Business Journal of Phoenix] — An Arizona State University professor has been appointed to a federal panel that will make recommendations about the future of genetically engineered agricultural products. Guy Cardineau from ASU’s Biodesign Institute and the…
Report offers snapshot of Arizona high school bioscience programs
April 04, 2007
The Flinn Foundation, in conjunction with Salt River Project, has issued “Building the Bioscience Pipeline,” a 28-page “snapshot” of Arizona high school bioscience offerings. The programs profiled in the report represent some of the most promising models for the advancement…
