Biogenic monoamines — molecules like dopamine and serotonin — are famous for their role as the brain’s emissaries of mood, learning and memory, stress mechanisms, and fight-or-flight responses in the body. But these neurotransmitters existed in nature long before brains popped up in the evolutionary...
About 400 bills have been introduced or enacted around the country, which is a regulatory pace that seems to be faster than the development of the industry itself. Wisconsin may among those states that follow a more deliberate path....
Ci Ji Lim, a UW–Madison biochemistry professor, has been named a Pew biomedical scholar by the Pew Charitable Trusts. He is one of 22 early-career scientists to receive the honor in 2024....
The WFAA Board of Directors has voted to appoint WFAA president and chief advancement officer Alisa Robertson as president and CEO effective January 1, 2025. Robertson is a Madison native and a two-time Badger....
Dr. Chang Hee Kim opened GoDx in Madison in June of 2017, and the company has benefited from being centrally located in the University Research Park, surrounded by the biotech industry and proximate to the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
Independent judges recruited by the Tech Council heard June 5 pitches from finalists in four categories – Advanced Manufacturing, Business Services, Information Technology and Life Sciences – and winners were announced the next day based on judges’ scores and other contest background....
Cameron Wicks, a PhD student in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Department of Food Science, is working on a new technology that adds naturally occurring compounds to ice cream to prevent it from wreaking so much havoc....
CranioSure, a Madison-based company that has designed a mobile app to screen infant head shapes to detect risk of craniosyntosis – accurately and early enough to help avoid surgeries – is the grand prize winner of the 21st annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest....
As one of the nation’s leading research institutions, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been at the forefront of countless medical breakthroughs. On Friday, May 31, National Institutes of Health Director Monica Bertagnolli got an up-close view of some of UW’s cutting-edge work to tackle the...
For decades, Wisconsin has quietly been an expanding force within the pharmaceutical industry. Now, with the recent announcement that Eli Lilly and Co. will take over a new pharma manufacturing plant, Wisconsin’s star may shine even more brightly. Aaron Olver, managing director of University Research...
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed the most sensitive method yet for detecting and profiling a single molecule...
Gov. Evers, together with WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, today announced a major step forward in supporting Wisconsin entrepreneurs with the launch of the Wisconsin Investment Fund, a public-private venture capital initiative that will initially invest $100 million in startup businesses throughout the state....
Morgridge Investigator Randy Bartels is using optical imaging techniques to answer complex biological questions by observing phenomena that have previously been difficult to capture....
A hotbed of the health care, information technology and manufacturing industries, Madison has steadily welcomed new residents over the past decade and is growing to accommodate and entertain these transplants....
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire life science company Mirus Bio for US$ 600 million (around € 550 million)....
Researchers at the UW-Madison have taken a step toward in-space manufacturing of replacement electronic components by successfully 3D printing RAM device units in zero gravity for the first time....
Being named a “new Ivy” is a reflection of UW–Madison’s successful efforts to strengthen educational outcomes, career development, and the college experience for all students, says UW Provost Charles Lee Isbell Jr....
The UW Carbone Cancer Center is now home to the Initiative for Theranostics and Particle Therapy. This initiative will foster collaboration between experts across medical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine, medical physics and other specialties....
During a special event on Tuesday, Apr. 30, investigator Melissa Skala and her team opened their lab doors for a group of enthusiastic, science-curious donors and supporters to take a closer look at the beautiful world of microscopy and biomedical imaging....
The report underscores the organization’s commitment to advocacy, collaboration, education, and networking, which continues to deliver exceptional value to BioForward members and the broader biohealth community....