Wisconsin has been a center for research and clinical applications in human health for well over a century, from vitamin discoveries to the founding of the nation’s first college genetics department to breakthroughs in organ …
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Move Your Tech out of Academia Recap!
On September 28th the Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) in partnership with Discovery to Product (D2P) hosted an event called Moving Your Tech Out Of Academia during UW Innovate Week. At this lunch & learn, …
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Showcase
If there was one thing the three panelists, who were invited to participate in the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Showcase event, made clear is that working in startups means choosing passion. The Showcase event, which took place …
Personalized medicine could see big boost after Wisconsin designated a tech hub
Wisconsin on Monday was named one of 31 regional tech hubs by the Biden administration, a designation involving Madison companies such as Exact Sciences and Accuray that allows the state to compete for $40 million …
Katy Jinkins: I-Corps Experience Story
The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program prepares researchers for commercialization, and for CEO and Co-founder of SixLine Semiconductor, Katy Jinkins, the program’s tangible skills and training helped set the groundwork for her entrepreneurial success. …
Wisconsin receives regional tech hub designation from the federal government
Wisconsin will receive a regional tech hub designation from the federal government focused on the state’s growing biohealth sector, with President Joe Biden saying he thinks work being done in the state will save lives. …
Wisconsin designated as Regional Tech Hub for biohealth – with UW–Madison helping lead the way
With today’s announcement that Wisconsin has received a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub) designation focused on biohealth, the University of Wisconsin–Madison expands its national leadership as a collaborative powerhouse in personalized medicine, bioscience …
New UW-Madison app designed to make happier, healthier cows
A new cow pen created by a UW–Madison researcher includes a feed bunk, salt blocks and beds of sand on which the animals can lounge between milkings. Only the pen isn’t on a plot of …
Mooooo’s in distress? In the barn of the future, smart system will keep hot cows cool
As extreme heat gripped much of the world in summer 2023, many people struggled to stay cool. They weren’t the only ones: Using electricity-gobbling giant barn fans and misting machines that sucked thousands of gallons …
UW–Madison project combines art, policy and science to create plant-based plastics and benefit marginalized communities
A team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison scholars has a plan to turn paper mill waste into plant-based plastics, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution and creating economic opportunities in ways that benefit marginalized …