Today, BioForward Wisconsin, the collective voice of Wisconsin’s robust and comprehensive biohealth cluster representing more than 220 member organizations, shared results of the Wisconsin Biohealth: Industry Landscape and Economic Impact Report....
At the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds, researchers continue to pursue the science of well-being, sharing knowledge and guidance to help people manage their stress and emotional health during times of hardship....
Cars, trucks and airplanes need to be as light as possible to run as efficiently as possible, which means their parts need to be lightweight too. Those parts also need to be sturdy and reliable. A Madison-based startup is making the process of designing those...
After recently receiving its at-home or self-collection authorization from the FDA, Exact Sciences has a new option for employers to test their employees for COVID-19. The FDA approval allows someone to swab on their own without a medical professional....
Yoshihiro Kawaoka is studying COVID-19 at his posts at UW–Madison and the University of Tokyo. When Yoshihiro Kawaoka first came to the United States in the summer of 1983 to work on influenza viruses, the man who became his American mentor, Dr. Robert Webster of...
As Americans begin pulling up their sleeves for an annual flu vaccine, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have provided new insights into an alternative vaccine approach that provides broader protection against seasonal influenza....
A national research initiative announced today will place the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the forefront of a revolution in imaging fostered by cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography — technologies that can illuminate life at the atomic scale....
The race to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is happening with unprecedented speed, and will represent the largest global vaccination effort since the fight against polio nearly 70 years ago....
UW-Madison’s College of Engineering received its largest donation in the college’s history that will start a new scholarship program, help expand the undergraduate student body and create several professorships to keep top talent in Madison....
While economic uncertainty and the changes to daily life caused by the global pandemic have created countless challenges for business owners across many sectors, startup companies founded by UW–Madison innovators have managed to demonstrate resilience....
UW Health and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) are among the first sites in the country to study whether an investigational vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca can prevent COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2....
PROGRAM GOAL: The goal of the Wisconsin Investment Pilot (WIP) Program is to support technology-based startup and emerging growth companies in the state of Wisconsin. This program was initiated by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee to support early-stage companies trying to raise additional or bridge capital...