Cellular Dynamics International, the stem cell company founded by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson, is backing off on moving its headquarters to Verona and will stay in Madison, at least for now, as it prepares to push forward with its first potential stem cell-based...
The 2017 Wisconsin Science Festival on November 2-5 will celebrate one of the great scientific “firsts” that Wisconsin bestowed on the world — the birth of public radio — while gazing into the future of radio technology, including the search for extraterrestrial life....
By Judy Warner, Altium In 2013, Elon Musk introduced the concept of a Hyperloop transit system in a white paper. He proposed a completely open source approach to its development and invited universities to participate in a pod competition. SpaceX funded the construction of a near-mile...
Exact Sciences said a major study on its second product in the pipeline — a test for lung cancer — will likely begin in early 2018....
B. Lynn Allen-Hoffman and Stratatech are full of big ideas at University Research Park....
Throughout its history, UW-Madison has ranked in the top five research universities in the country—not by accident, but by a meticulously cultivated ecosystem fueled by some of the brightest brains, a uniquely cooperative spirit, collaborative infrastructure, innovative partnerships and a thriving entrepreneurial spirit....
Invenra today announced a collaboration with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, to discover fully human therapeutic antibodies against an unnamed target of interest to Merck. ...
In Madison, Wisconsin the tech job market grew 5% in 2013-2014 and a whopping 30% in 2015-2016, making it the market with the most momentum....
A regenerative medicine treatment for skin burns developed by Stratatech could make it to the market more quickly following a regulatory decision announced Tuesday....
Women in Biohealth (WIB) is an organization developed to support and create a network for professional women in biohealth in the Madison, Wisconsin area....
Varigen Biosciences, based at URP, received the Qualified New Business Venture certification, which allows investors in qualified startup and early-stage companies to receive a 25 percent state tax credit on the amount they invest in the business....
Stratatech, a University of Wisconsin–Madison spinoff, located at URP, that makes an innovative material designed to speed healing of serious burns has begun a large clinical trial for the “regenerative skin tissue” it has been developing since 2000....