The weather's FINALLY getting warmer, so that means the triumphant return of Carts in the Park! The season kicks off next Wednesday, April 16. We're looking to expand Carts in the Park to multiple days (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays) and multiple locations (adding Science Drive back in to...
WAUKESHA -- Shobhan Thakkar and Kari Douglas of Tascet Inc., a 9-year-old Madison-based tech firm that invented software to protect clients from identity fraud, nabbed Randall Lambrecht, an executive with Aurora Health Care for just 15 minutes on Monday. It was enough time for them to...
URP was pleased to host a successful Startup Weekend April 4 - 6. Madison's third annual Startup Weekend event assembled entrepreneurial minds from southern Wisconsin and beyond to collaborate on innovative projects and potentially form startup companies.Read more[more-link]...
Exact Sciences Corp. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee determined by a unanimous vote that Exact Sciences has demonstrated safety, effectiveness and a favorable risk benefit profile of Cologuard ®, the...
Exact Sciences, located at URP, successfully cleared another hurdle in the rollout of its Cologuard product, a non-invasive screening test for colorectal cancer. Next week, an FDA panel will review Exact Sciences' pre-market approval application. Read more [more-link]...
University Research Park is proud to host the 3rd annual Startup Weekend to take place April 4 to 6. Startup Weekend is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs to test and hone their startup ideas. Read More [more-link]...
Cellular Dynamics reports an 81% increase in total revenues and an 87% increase in average sales to its top 10 customers during fiscal year 2013. Read more [more-link]...
University Research Park is partnering with BioForward and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to offer scholarships for Wisconsin bioscience companies to attend the 2014 International BIO Conference in San Diego. Deadline to apply is March 17.Read more [more-link]...
The success of Madworks Coworking's Cryptocurrency Hackathon is indicative of the heightened interest in Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Read More[more-link]...
A new project, involving a partnership between the Morgridge Institute, UW-Madison, Indiana University and the University of Illinois, aims to root out software vulnerabilities that can leave the door open for viruses, website hacking or other forms of cybercrime, ?estimated as a $100 billion...
A $10.6 million, five-year EPA contract for Stemina Biomarker Discovery, announced this week, doesn’t just provide a new source of revenue. It also holds the potential to make the Madison company’s technology a standard for testing chemicals and drugs for their toxic effects, long-term, CEO...
When University Research Park in Madison was founded in 1984, it was seen as an off-campus outpost for science faculty pursuing the impure goal of commercializing their ideas. Today, URP is home to about 125 companies and nearly 4,000 highly paid workers. Read More[more-link]...