News and Updates

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.  

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News and Updates

Northern Arizona University forms new alliance for bioresearch and education

June 17, 2005

This spring, the Arizona Board of Regents approved the creation of the new Strategic Alliance for Bioscience Research and Education, or SABRE, at Northern Arizona University. The alliance, funding under the state's Technology and Research Initiative, replaces the former Institute…


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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.


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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…


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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…


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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


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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…


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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…


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