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: Phoenix Bioscience Core; 2024 AZ Inno Fire Awards; Valley Fever; Quantum Quest
June 20, 2024
Phoenix to vote on $16.5 million and free rent for UA’s bioscience hub downtown / KJZZ | The Phoenix City Council will decide whether to give the University of Arizona $16.5 million, along with free rent, to develop the $265 million…
Arizona Bioscience News: Bioscience growth areas; Goodyear cancer center; Flinn Foundation bioscience exhibit
June 14, 2024
Flinn Foundation-sponsored study identifies three bioscience growth areas to advance innovation and economic growth in greater Phoenix / Flinn Foundation | A new study of the Phoenix area’s bioscience ecosystem has identified three areas poised for rapid growth and global…
Flinn Foundation-sponsored study identifies three bioscience growth areas to advance innovation and economic growth in greater Phoenix
June 13, 2024
Precision oncology/medicine, digital health, translational neurosciences to advance Phoenix Bioscience Core, new hubs A new study of the Phoenix area’s bioscience ecosystem has identified three areas poised for rapid growth and global impact at the Phoenix Bioscience Core and in…
Arizona Bioscience News: New Flinn leadership; UA’s StartUpHub; Taiwan bio delegation
June 06, 2024
Flinn Foundation names new leaders as longtime executive retires / Greater Phoenix In Business | Flinn Foundation Executive Vice President Brad Halvorsen, who has been key to the success of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap and Flinn’s entrepreneurship and translational research programs, is…
Flinn Foundation names new leaders as longtime executive retires
June 05, 2024
Brad Halvorsen joined the Flinn Foundation in 1989 as its first communications employee. After 35 years of service to the foundation and Arizona, including nearly a decade as executive vice president, Halvorsen retires June 14. Halvorsen’s departure prompts two other…
Arizona Bioscience News: Land near TSMC auctioned; BNI opens new center; Arizona students shine at science fair
May 30, 2024
Land auctioned near TSMC could see $7B in multi-use development / Arizona Republic | Mack Real Estate Group has purchased 2,400 acres surrounding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s campus to develop a site the City of Phoenix has named the “Sonoran Oasis…
Arizona Bioscience News: Nectero Medical; Arizona’s tech sector; Science Prep Academy; National Rural STEM Learning Summit
May 23, 2024
Tempe biotech firm Nectero lands $96M VC investment to support clinical trials / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) | Tech-based biotech company Nectero Medical, which focuses on heart disease treatments, has closed a $96 million series D round to accelerate…
