This success has led the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education to launch the next generation of research funding, Research Forward, to continue supporting highly innovative and groundbreaking research at UW–Madison....
'Unprecedented' pace of #COVID19 drug development pushing Madison companies, including ExactSciences, GoDxInc, FluGenInc, Pan Genome Systems, all located right here at URP, to expand....
The bucolic, sprawling University Research Park on the West Side, home to some of the area’s most illustrious biotech companies, is poised to begin a new era....
A group of entrepreneurs and investors across Wisconsin have formed a new coalition they hope will improve the success and growth rates for early-stage companies in the state....
WisconsinEye senior producer Steve Walters interviews Malia Jones, UW-Madison PhD MPH, and Amanda Simanek, UW-Milwaukee PhD MPH, on the "Dear Pandemic" project....
For exemplary contributions to Wisconsin innovation, WiSys honors two professors and a team of three students as 2020 Carl E. Gulbrandsen Innovators of the Year....
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced that the COVID-19 vaccine is roughly 90 percent effective based on early trial results, raising some hopes that there could be a preemptive treatment available soon....
As we see COVID-19 disproportionately impacting Black, Latinx and Indigenous people, we are reminded of the importance of ensuring everyone gets a flu shot to protect against severe influenza outcomes....
Working with Waisman Biomanufacturing, WHV scientists manufactured a novel 4-valent gp120 protein vaccine for further clinical testing of its preventive HIV vaccine candidate PDPHV....
Four veteran state lawmakers who have served as leaders on bills advancing Wisconsin’s tech-based economy over time will act as co-chairs of a new “Tech Caucus” within the Wisconsin Legislature. “The Wisconsin Technology Council is pleased to announce the creation of the caucus, which deepens...
It’s no surprise that when a new challenge arises, like the COVID-19 pandemic, the researchers and companies at University Research Park swing into action....
Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, University of Wisconsin‒Madison investigators have developed a far more precise way to identify cases of COVID-19-induced pneumonia....
When Aaron Bird Bear first arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison two decades ago, he was shocked by its lack of infrastructure for retaining and graduating Native and Hawaiian students....
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....