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 Bioscience News: Arizona Science Center Grant; Disrupted sleep study; Terros Health and Lifewell merger.
August 15, 2024
Arizona Science Center gets $1M grant to expand education fair / KTAR | A new $1 million grant from the Helios Education Foundation will support and grow the Arizona Science Center education fair by including more participants and communities throughout…
Arizona Bioscience News: University of Arizona presidency; 40-year asthma study; 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge
August 08, 2024
Single candidate being considered for University of Arizona presidency / Arizona Daily Star | Suresh Garimella, the current president of the University of Vermont and former executive vice president for research and partnerships at Purdue University, is the only candidate scheduled…
Flinn application for seed grants program due Sept. 26
August 02, 2024
The Flinn Foundation has opened its application for the next round of $100,000 translational research seed grants for Arizona-based research teams. About 10 teams affiliated with an Arizona university, research institution, or health-care system will be awarded the grant over…
Arizona Bioscience News: Dynamic muscle function; Arizona Venture Development Corp. CEO; Sonoran Oasis Science and Technology ParkArizona
August 02, 2024
NAU researcher part of national study on dynamic muscle function / Arizona Daily Sun | Kiisa Nishikawa, a regents’ professor of biological sciences and the director of Northern Arizona University’s Biomechanics Laboratory, is co-leading research on dynamic muscle function through…
Arizona Bioscience News: Melanoma treatment; Alzheimer’s GUIDE model; HABIT program; AI in health care
July 29, 2024
New melanoma treatment records success in HonorHealth clinical trial / Scottsdale Independent | For the first time in Arizona, a patient with extensive melanoma cancer was successfully treated outside a clinical trial at HonorHealth Research Institute with a new type…
Arizona Bioscience News: Flagstaff, Yuma startup gems; Venture capital uptick; No. 1 ranking for Maricopa County
July 19, 2024
Why Maricopa County was ranked No. 1 for economic development / Phoenix Business Journal | Maricopa County has been ranked No. 1 in the country for economic growth in the past year for its substantial surge in jobs and investment from…
Arizona Bioscience News: New Tech Parks Arizona execs; 2024 TGen Bioscience Leadership Academy; Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers
July 11, 2024
New execs named at Tech Parks Arizona, University of Arizona Center for Innovation / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) | Tech Parks Arizona—the organization responsible for connecting the University of Arizona and its research with technology companies to spur innovation and…
