Several businesses are partnering with the Wisconsin Clinical Lab Network to increase the state’s capacity to test people for the novel coronavirus. According to a statement from Gov. Tony Evers’ office, Fitchburg-based Promega, Madison-based Exact …
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With medical supplies dwindling in COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin businesses shift gears
No one will be drinking Doundrins Distilling’s newest product — it’s hand sanitizer. On the other side of Dane County, workers are assembling face shields for doctors based on a design sketched out by UW-Madison …
UW-Madison School of Pharmacy producing hand sanitizer
UW-Madison School of Pharmacy is stepping in to produce hand sanitizers for UW Health. Ed Elder, with the UW Madison School of Pharmacy, said it was a challenge at first to obtain the ingredients: alcohol, …
Engineers Made a DIY Face Shield. Now It’s Helping Doctors
Early last week, Lennon Rodgers, director of the Engineering Design Innovation Lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison, got an urgent email from the university’s hospital. Could his lab make 1,000 face shields to protect staff testing …
UW researchers study COVID-19 coronavirus to try to develop treatments, vaccines
In his UW-Madison lab, Adel Talaat developed an experimental vaccine to protect chickens from coronavirus. When the pandemic of a different strain arose in people late last year, Talaat used his technique to create a …
UW–Madison engineers, local manufacturers race pandemic to protect healthcare workers
University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers are working with Madison-area manufacturers, the design consulting firm Delve, and campus colleagues on a product to help meet urgent and growing demand for medical face shields — key pieces of …
Online services and support for campus entrepreneurs
Note As of April 7, the information on this page has moved to a more user-friendly web page. Find the updated information here: https://innovate.wisc.edu/covid-19-news-and-resources-for-innovators/ COVID-19 resources and services for entrepreneurs As campus leadership monitors and …
Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic wins WEDC award to support rural entrepreneurs
The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic at University of Wisconsin Law School has been awarded $50,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to support entrepreneurship in rural Wisconsin. At the L&E Clinic, new businesses get …
Supporting pillows and boosting gelato: Rural entrepreneurs get free legal help from UW Law School
Ryan Del Balso had quit his job and was planning to buy an RV with his wife, travel around the country and road school their children. When his wife received an unexpected diagnosis that prevented …
Biotech startups share space, services at Madison’s Forward BIOLABS
After Tobias Zutz raised $900,000 for Gregor Diagnostics, his Madison startup developing a new test for prostate cancer, he didn’t want to spend a big chunk of the money on lab equipment right away. He …