URP: WHERE COVID MEETS CUTTING EDGE
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....
18 October, 2020
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UW researchers find more precise way to detect COVID-19 pneumonia
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....
16 October, 2020
Cap Times Idea Fest: How can Madison attract more professionals of color?
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....
07 October, 2020
New BioForward Report Puts Statewide Biohealth Industry Economic Impact at $28B
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....
01 October, 2020
Virtual events explore science of well-being, feature new insights from Dalai Lama
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....
30 September, 2020
Madison-based SciArt’s software helps engineers design parts for aerospace and automotive
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...
25 September, 2020
Exact Sciences prepares for November launch of at-home COVID-19 tests
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....
25 September, 2020
Madison is home to one of the world’s top virologists
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...
24 September, 2020
New vaccine strategy harnesses ‘foot soldier’ T-cells to provide protection against influenza
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....
22 September, 2020
New national imaging center has potential to transform medicine
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....
21 September, 2020
Keys to a successful COVID-19 vaccine
The race to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is happening with unprecedented speed, and will represent the largest global vaccination effort since the fight against polio nearly 70 years ago....
21 September, 2020
UW College of Engineering gets $32 million to expand student body, add scholarships
UW-Madison’s College of Engineering received its largest donation in the college’s history that will start a new scholarship program, help expand the undergraduate student body and create several professorships to keep top talent in Madison....
18 September, 2020
Meet the campus innovators launching successful companies in an unprecedented time
While economic uncertainty and the changes to daily life caused by the global pandemic have created countless challenges for business owners across many sectors, startup companies founded by UW–Madison innovators have managed to demonstrate resilience....
14 September, 2020
UW Health and University of Wisconsin selected as one of first clinical sites in the U.S. to test new COVID-19 vaccine
UW Health and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) are among the first sites in the country to study whether an investigational vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca can prevent COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2....
10 September, 2020
Wisconsin Investment Pilot
PROGRAM GOAL: The goal of the Wisconsin Investment Pilot (WIP) Program is to support technology-based startup and emerging growth companies in the state of Wisconsin. This program was initiated by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee to support early-stage companies trying to raise additional or bridge capital...
10 September, 2020
Waisman Biomanufacturing partners with GigaGen to manufacture new COVID-19 drug
Waisman Biomanufacturing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will begin manufacturing a new drug to treat and prevent COVID-19, developed by California-based biotech company GigaGen....
09 September, 2020
Everybody poops, some shed the virus that causes COVID-19. Wisconsin’s wastewater surveillance is looking for it.
It’s like searching for a needle in a haystack. Except the haystack is human excrement. The needle, a tiny fragment of the tiny genetic material of a tiny virus that has, since December 2019, had a massive impact on the world....
08 September, 2020
Seven High Impact Projects at UW-Madison Funded by the Dairy Innovation Hub
The University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently selected seven projects for funding through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. The one-year grants will fund promising work in the Hub’s four priority areas: stewarding land and water resources; enriching human health and...
02 September, 2020
Calling all companies! Apply for three chances to pitch at the 2020 Early Stage Symposium
Applications are being accepted now from young companies that want to tell their stories to investors at our annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium #ESSWI, to be held Nov. 9-11 on a virtual platform....
02 September, 2020
Multi-omic data and interactive web tool made publicly available to aid COVID-19 research
Why is it that some COVID-19 patients become extremely ill and die, while others experience only mild symptoms? The molecular underpinnings of COVID-19 are the subject of a recent collaboration between the Morgridge Institute for Research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Albany Medical College. ...
28 August, 2020
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