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
Governor’s P-20 Council emphasizes math and science instruction
August 09, 2006
The primary goal of Governor Janet Napolitano’s P-20 Council, launched on July 8, 2005, is to improve education in Arizona, as well as to ensure more students graduate from high school, succeed in college, and are ready for the modern…
Teen girls pursue a passion for science at IBM camp
August 05, 2006
[Source: Diana Bellettieri, The Journal News] — A group of budding young scientists recently made a discovery that could improve life for millions of women: The perfect formula for lip gloss calls for three parts strawberry, three parts chocolate and…
State invests $7 million in autism research
August 03, 2006
Thanks to $7.1 million in state funding, the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Southwestern Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC) will collaborate to develop a diagnostic test to determine whether newborns have autism. There are currently no such…
“Water: Our Bio-Engineered Resource” is topic of August 19th 6th grade teacher workshop
August 03, 2006
Teacher training workshops for middle- and high-school science teachers consist of a full-day workshop on applying the biosciences. Each workshop, held at the Arizona Science Center in downtown Phoenix, covers a set of lesson plans and background information that you…
Phoenix NPR station holds hour-long segment on Arizona’s biosciences
August 02, 2006
You know very well the terms “bioscience” and “biotechnology” and strive to teach them to your students. Now you can provide students some local perspective thanks to KJZZ, our National Public Radio station. Why are local and state governments, philanthropists,…
NASA’s fledgling teacher training program fosters interest in science instruction
August 02, 2006
[Source: Laura Ascione, Assistant Editor, eSchool News] — With an ultimate goal of drawing more students to careers in science and related disciplines, NASA has announced the creation of a nationwide network of teacher-mentors charged with helping inspire the next…
