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
Arizona delegation brings back bioscience lessons from Ireland
July 14, 2006
Recognized for generations as an agricultural economy, Ireland now boasts one of the most successful high-tech and bioscience industries in the world. The result has been a rapid upswing in employment rates and a soaring gross domestic product. A delegation…
Teachers can sign up for AP Summer Institute in Biology, July 24-27
July 13, 2006
[Source: Deborah Dillon, City of Phoenix] — The Phoenix Desert Summer Institute at Pinnacle High School, 3535 E. Mayo Blvd., is holding their AP Summer Institute in Biology, July 24-27, 2006 (8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.). Cost: $580. For more…
Phoenix youth/schools may apply for Focus on Results grant
July 12, 2006
[Source: Deborah Dillon, City of Phoenix] — The City of Phoenix Youth and Education Commission, in partnership with the Human Relations Commission, offers grants to Phoenix schools for the Focus on Results Grants Initiative. The Mayor and Phoenix City Council…
NSF grants nearly $1 million to innovate biotechnology education
July 11, 2006
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, ASU Polytechnic campus, Mesa Community College, and Mesa Public Schools have together been awarded a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to address future workforce needs in the field of biosciences. The…
Wildcat School seeking students interested in science and math (Tucson Citizen article)
July 11, 2006
[Source: LaMonica Everett-Haynes, Tucson Citizen] — The University of Arizona-affiliated charter school, Wildcat School, which will open next month, will hold open houses for parents. The events are meant to educate parents, potential students and neighbors about the non-profit school’s…
Mesa puts biotech on fast track (Arizona Republic article)
July 10, 2006
[Source: Josh Kelley, Arizona Republic] — Educators in Mesa have devised a novel strategy to attract young people to the burgeoning field of biotechnology. This fall, students will begin decoding the genome of a bacterium as part of a research…
