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
Poste named R&D’s Scientist of the Year
October 08, 2004
George Poste, director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU, was named 2004 Scientist of the Year by R&D magazine, which honors a scientist annually for his or her career accomplishments. Poste's career spans 38 years to date and includes such…
VC conference gives way to angels
October 08, 2004
The Arizona Venture Capital Conference is gone, but there will be something new in its place: the Arizona Angel Investment Conference.
Biosciences central to draft blueprint for downtown Phoenix makeover
September 30, 2004
The City of Phoenix's new vision for its downtown, presented in draft form to the public last week, features biomedical research as a cornerstone element—more so, in fact, than in previous plans.
Phoenix City Council approves P-Bio accelerator plan
September 30, 2004
Phoenix Biotechnology Accelerator, LLC, or 'P-Bio,' got the go-ahead and a lease agreement from the Phoenix City Council last week for the first phase of development of its downtown incubator, which will be located on the northeast corner of 7th…
Ribomed to move near TGen, offer bio accelerator
August 25, 2004
The founder of a Valley biotech firm intends to open a small-business accelerator as part of her company's upcoming facility in downtown Phoenix. Ribomed Biotechnologies CEO Michelle Hanna plans to house her company's labs and offices, as well as the…
Phoenix pursuing hospital for downtown bioscience campus
August 17, 2004
In the wake of last week's announcement of a joint ASU/UA biomedical campus in downtown Phoenix, city leaders wasted no time in pursuing their next major goal of adding a hospital to downtown's growing biosciences center.
Tucson welcomes new nanotube manufacturer
July 28, 2004
Tucson welcomed another technology startup to its growing high-tech industry this month when Tailored Materials Corp., a manufacturer of carbon-based elements called "nanotubes," announced it had raised $2 million in private equity to finance the initial phases of commercializing and…
