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
Pima County receives federal bioscience job training grant
June 10, 2005
Pima Community College and local employers are the recent recipients of a $276,393 grant from the U.S. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to help bolster southern Arizona's bioscience workforce.
Arizona companies net federal grants, must seek local sources
June 08, 2005
Several local companies have given Arizona's growing bioscience sector a shove in the right direction with some lucrative federal grant dollars and leadership roles on national research projects. Even as the recent Meds and Eds report warned of relying solely…
In Tucson, RCT and C-Path get new administrators
June 07, 2005
Two of southern Arizona's bioscience rising stars are getting new additions to their front office this summer. Tucson entrepreneur Larry Aldrich has been named chief operating officer of the new drug development institute, C-Path, and 36-year-old Shaun Kirkpatrick is taking…
Chandler high schools to add biotech class (Independent Newspapers article)
May 25, 2005
[Source: Alex Pickett, Independent Newspapers] — A new biotechnology course will debut at Hamilton and Basha high schools this fall, giving students the opportunity to learn skills that will be crucial in filling jobs in the area
TGen chair perfects art of multitasking as attorney, diplomat, and dad
May 19, 2005
Jose Cardenas does not have a lot of time to sit down. Between his role as chair at Lewis and Roca law firm in Phoenix and chairman of the board at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, Cardenas finds the time…
French delegation exchanges biotech updates with Phoenix leaders
May 12, 2005
The French delegation included the Grenoble mayor and two city council members; several top municipal officials; members of the Grenoble-Phoenix Committee; a journalist and photographer. Directors of two French research institutes were among the group. The French consul general based…
Legislature passes tax-credit bill for angel investors
May 10, 2005
Arizona's technology sector scored a long-awaited victory at the Legislature with last week's passage of a bill that would entice angel investors to buy in to early-stage technology companies in the state. The angel-investment bill, now on the governor's desk,…
