From a fresh-out-of-college founder whose startup is already being used by 60 companies, to standout interns at some of Wisconsin’s most well-known corporations, the 2022 Wisconsin Inno Under 25 class includes five impressive technologists and …
Stories
How COVID-19 shaped the evolution of a collaborative manuscript writing tool
The COVID-19 pandemic and the evolution of a tech-driven world are both major factors highlighting the need to increase the accessibility of research and improve upon the efficiency of science publishing. Manubot is one tool …
UW–Madison Innovate Week Oct. 10-14
Events, learning, and connections to resources for campus entrepreneurs and innovators UW’s Discovery to Product (D2P), the UW Innovate Network and community partners will offer inspiring stories, engaging events and practical tools to advance UW …
Team receives $5 million award to continue research on misinformation correction
A team of researchers that developed Course Correct, a tool to help journalists identify and combat misinformation online, will now be testing that tool in the real world, through partnerships with journalists. The tool offers …
New Genetic Test Identifies Dogs’ Risk of Common Ligament Rupture
By looking at him, you might not know Thabiso had two ruptured cruciate ligaments. “He was a massive dog, 125 pounds,” Allison Smith says about her beloved Labrador retriever. When Smith got Thabiso in 2010, …
CRISPR-produced CAR T cells could better treat solid tumors
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are biological assassins: white blood cells that are specifically engineered to attack cancer cells. Over the past five years, they’ve become an established therapeutic option for patients with blood …
Growing a New Type of Organ Donor
Not enough human organs are available for all the people who need life-saving transplants, despite longstanding efforts to solve the problem. So scientists are turning to a new group of potential donors: pigs. They are …
Tom Still: Spurred by national science goals, Wisconsin groups think beyond geography
Perhaps Wisconsin should thank the National Science Foundation for helping to pull together many of its regional science, technology and economic development players. All it took was a big challenge. The NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines …
Government price controls could threaten UW research
By Erik Iverson, Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Those of us engaged in Wisconsin’s innovation economy had a good summer. The recently passed CHIPS and Science Act authorizes historic investments in research that …
Discovery to Product adds Grant Program
UW–Madison Innovators Eligible A new Piloting Research Innovation & Market Exploration (PRIME) grant program will support critical research needed for commercialization of innovations developed at UW–Madison. Administered by UW-Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P), successful project …