UW-Madison professors at the forefront of sequencing COVID-19 strains in the community are expanding their research tracking the virus’ spread while fostering closer ties with more public health agencies with the hope of improving future pandemic response....
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which manages intellectual property for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has just been ranked seventh for U.S. utility patents granted in 2020, according to the annual Top 100 Worldwide Universities report....
Emerging technologies developed at UW-Madison will receive a funding boost as the result of a $200,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) in support of an on-campus grant program administered by UW’s Discovery to Product (D2P)....
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved StrataGraft for the treatment of adult patients with thermal burns containing intact dermal elements (remaining deep skin layers) for which surgical intervention is clinically indicated....
Radhika Gupta stood on her tiptoes, holding a laser pen above her head. The 12-year-old pointed the laser down through a saltine-cracker-sized, cardboard-framed glass slide that she was trying to hold steady with her other hand....
University Research Park (URP) is commencing a project northeast of Charmany Drive that will impact one area of the park. Tenants and neighbors might wonder what is going on and University Research Park wants to provide clear information on what to expect. ...
In the U.S., Rockefeller will support what it dubs Regional Accelerators for Genomic Surveillance, which includes the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Florida, and others....
To address the growing need for scalable and effective health technologies, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), an early-stage program for science and tech-based startups, is launching CDL-Wisconsin Health & Wellness, its second program based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
Cellular Logistics has joined Forward BIOLABS, a non-profit, co-working life science lab for an early-stage biotech. Forward BIOLABS life science laboratories are fully equipped, maintained, supported, and come with introductions, training, and networking that help startups grow. It was founded based on the belief that...
Rapid change on the public health front has been a hallmark for over a year, and recent weeks have brought a particular flurry of developments in the COVID-19 pandemic....
Wes Schroll holds no grudges against all the potential investors who said “no” to putting money into Fetch Rewards. That’s good, because there were far more who said “no” than who said “yes,” especially in the company’s early days. “As an entrepreneur, you’re going to...
A UW-Madison spinoff company that has developed a device to better monitor the heart during surgery, thus saving lives and cost, is the grand prize winner of the 18th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest....