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
C-Path growth outstrips current office space
August 17, 2006
Just seven months after its grand opening at St. Philip’s Plaza in Tucson, the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) has tripled its work space to keep up with its growing staff and programs. The leased 4,394-square-foot office suite is located across…
Urban Institute issues report on women’s progress in the fields of science, math, engineering, and technology
August 17, 2006
The purpose of the Urban Institute’s article, Taking stock: Where we’ve been, where we are, where we’re going, is to trace the trajectory of women’s progress in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) over the past decade and suggest directions…
NAU and TGen awarded grant to develop high school science programs
August 17, 2006
Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) have been awarded a three-year grant from the Arizona Board of Regents to give Arizona high school teachers the training they need to best educate and advise students who have…
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…
