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Wisconsin’s biohealth industry is growing quickly, fostering innovation
Over the last four years, Wisconsin’s biohealth industry has grown and become a leading economic driver for the state. Last year, it had an economic impact of $32 billion and generated $1.2 billion in state …
Probiotic ‘backpacks’ show promise for treating inflammatory bowel diseases
Like elite firefighters headed into the wilderness to combat an uncontrolled blaze, probiotic bacteria do a better job quelling gut inflammation when they’re equipped with the best gear. A new study by researchers at the …
A New Tactic in the Superbug Battle
Vatsan Raman is “supercharging evolution” to create an army of bacteria-killing phages that can combat antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. During a 2015 trip to Egypt, Tom Patterson suffered a gallstone attack and soon fell terribly ill. But …
FluGen, with new study results, seeks money, partners to get flu vaccine approved
Nearly 81% of adults who got a high dose of Madison-based FluGen’s experimental flu vaccine in a study had a broad immune response and 71% had a significant response to a particular flu protein, the …
A Strong Start for StartUp
Sixty four extremely excited, self-selected first year students made the StartUp Learning Community their home this past September. Since its’ founding in 2008, StartUp residents have had the opportunity to live and learn together in …
Budding Matchmaker of Ideas
The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, INSITE and the StartUp Learning Community invited entrepreneurially-minded students to attend a combined workshop entitled Winning Ways: An Overview of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competitions on Campus and PartnerUp! Winning Ways …
PhD student named ‘Rising Tech Leader to Watch’
Rebecca Alcock, a PhD student in industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named among the “2022 Rising Tech Leaders to Watch” by Milwaukee Business Journal. Read full story at …
Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium —TRIPLE E AWARD CEREMONY NOV. 9
Joe Kirgues and Troy Vosseller, who launched gener8tor 10 years ago in Wisconsin and have guided its growth into one of the nation’s leading accelerator programs for young companies, will accept the “Excellence in Entrepreneurial …
University of Wisconsin–Madison named an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University. The APLU awarded UW–Madison this designation based on the university’s significant, sustainable and campus-wide commitment …