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
Sign up now for BSCS Keys to Science; early registration deadline is 5/11
May 02, 2007
Time to reinvigorate your passion for science and teaching? Join us in beautiful Colorado Springs this summer for an engaging experience that will enrich your understandings of scientific inquiry and/or evolution and will provide a professional learning community among you…
Learn about the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT)
May 02, 2007
The purpose of GCAT is to: Bring Functional Genomic Methods into Undergraduate Curriculum Primarily Through Student Research Use Centralized Chip Reader to Make Microarray Experiments Affordable Create a Clearing House of Information for Teachers to Use when Teaching Genomics Create…
Sun Health Institute opens research building, adds staff
May 01, 2007
Source: Erin Zlomek, The Arizona Republic Along with opening a second 36,000-square-foot medical research building, the Sun Health Research Institute announced the hirings of four new employees expected to investigate the puzzles presented by Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. At the…
Yuma leaders: More math, science education would aid kids, work force
April 28, 2007
[Source: Sarah Reynolds, Yuma Sun] — Employers and educators say high school students, locally and nationally, will need to do more to prepare themselves with the math and science skills they’ll need to compete in the global economy. “The general…
Governors make case for expanded technical education
April 26, 2007
[Source: Minneapolis, MN Star-Tribune Editorial] — America once was unrivaled on patents produced and its information technology exports. But no more. With India and China graduating three to four times more engineers than the United States, the next great ideas…
Southwest Airlines Adopt-A-Pilot Program celebrates 10 years
April 26, 2007
[Source: PR Newswire] — What if you could inspire struggling students to believe in themselves — and in their future careers? What if you could ignite a students’ desire to pursue a degree in science, math, writing, or other fields?…
U.S. cancer group launches mass cancer study
April 26, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The American Cancer Society said it was looking for half a million volunteers willing to let researchers watch them for the next 20 years to see if they get cancer. The aim is to match similar big…
