The Epic Health Research Network is essentially a consortium of company customers who choose to contribute de-identified data on a mix of health issues that could stand to benefit from more study. In the late summer of 2021, a report by the Epic Health Research...
Madison's unicorn startup Fetch Rewards Inc. has hired former Facebook executive David Sommer as its first chief customer officer, according to a Wednesday announcement....
To determine the best markets for STEM professionals, WalletHub compared the 100 largest metro areas across 19 key metrics. Our data set ranges from per-capita job openings for STEM graduates to median wage growth for STEM jobs. ...
Viruses can be wily adapters, changing their identities to find new hosts and thwart efforts to stop them. That’s why University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and their collaborators are making progress toward developing universal vaccines against some the planet’s most harmful pathogens, including the virus family...
Exact Sciences plans to pour more than a third of a billion dollars into its Madison campuses in a move designed to bring more than 1,000 new jobs to the area. “Since relocating to Wisconsin in 2009, Exact Sciences has grown from a handful of...
Seven small businesses in Wisconsin will receive up to $600,000 to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding. The state matching grant program provides assistance to companies in the process of completing a project in the federal Small Business...
Madison-based biomedical giant Exact Sciences Corp. has acquired a genetics lab in Marshfield for $190 million in order to research hereditary cancer tests for patients, the company said Monday....
If you’ve driven by University Research Park lately, you might have noticed the huge hole in the ground at the corner of Mineral Point Road and Whitney Way. That’s the future site of Element Labs, a five-story, 142,000-square-foot laboratory building where up to 20 bioscience...
Invenra, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of multispecific antibodies for immuno-oncology, today announced the appointment of Daniel S. Pereira, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer....
FluGen, Inc., a clinical-stage vaccine company transforming vaccine efficacy in infectious respiratory diseases, today announced that the Company will present at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, which is being held virtually on January 10-13....
After two years of pandemic-fuelled disruption and uncertainty, entrepreneurs are pondering their business prospects for the year ahead and anticipating the trends that could impact their plans. Advances in digital technology are a given, particularly around the automation of repetitive processes and workflows to boost...
As 2021 comes to a close, we at PBS Wisconsin Education are thrilled to share some of the most-loved educational media from the past year, including - Wisconsin First Nations, Meet the Lab, Re/sound: Songs of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Biographies....