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
IBSB: And then there were four
March 15, 2004
A University of Arizona program that seeks to increase collaboration among life sciences faculty and improve technology commercialization efforts has pared its list of possible directors to four.
UK newspaper features AZ bio
March 15, 2004
Arizona bioscience efforts have been highlighted in the Scotland-based Sunday Herald. The article provides a brief overview of the past two years' efforts to transform Arizona into a bioscience and biotechnology hub, including the establishment of two keystone organizations, International…
Agreement OK’d for multi-university bio campus
February 11, 2004
The three state universities will soon join the construction frenzy at the Phoenix Bioscience Center, as officials from the City of Phoenix sign an agreement with higher-education officials to designate space and existing buildings for use by the Arizona Biomedical…
Napolitano embraces capital legislation at tech forum
February 11, 2004
Governor Napolitano rallied nearly 500 business and technology leaders at her annual tech forum, urging passage of three new bills and a constitutional amendment that would strengthen the state's high-tech infrastructure.
Bioscience VC plans move to Scottsdale
February 09, 2004
Due to uncertainties that have arisen since its publication, this story has been removed from the Flinn Foundation Web site.
ASU gains science policy think tank
January 29, 2004
ASU President Michael Crow has convinced the Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, a science policy think tank, to move to ASU from its current home at Columbia University.
Banker leads governor’s charge to boost Arizona knowledge economy
January 13, 2004
From the rugby field to the board table, Ed Zito thrives on hard work and perseverance--old-fashioned values that propelled his rise in the local banking industry and, more recently, his success as chairman of the governor's technology council. Governor Napolitano…
