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Cho Lab Receives D2P SEED Funding to Develop App to Detect Birth Defects of the Skull

July 8, 2025

It’s not uncommon for infants to have a misshapen head, and often these skull deformities are caused by the baby’s position in the womb or when they pass through the birth canal during delivery. But …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Medicine, Research

How UW–Madison’s Startup Ecosystem is Shaping the Next Generation of Innovators: Faculty and Graduate Student Q&A

July 7, 2025

At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO) plays a pivotal role in helping graduate students and faculty translate their research into real-world impact. Through programs like WARF Accelerator, Discovery to Product (D2P), …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Research

From Lab to Launch: How Entrepreneurship Amplified Emily Bick’s Impact on Global Agriculture

July 7, 2025

It is hard to find anyone who knows more about insects than Emily Bick. Not only does she possess an award-winning encyclopedic knowledge of insect trivia, but she has an extensive understanding of how bugs …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Agriculture, Sustainability

5 Questions with Professor Dan van der Weide: From Early Research to Acquisition

July 7, 2025

Before the Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO) was established at UW–Madison, faculty like Professor Dan van der Weide were already demonstrating how groundbreaking research can turn into marketable products that make a positive impact in bettering …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Medicine

Badger beginnings to biomedical breakthroughs with John Martens

July 3, 2025

John Martens (BSChE ’68) built a career that spans polymer chemistry, defense, materials science, consulting, and now biochemistry and biomedicine—but it all started at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As a chemical engineering and chemistry double …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Biochemistry

Galasys, UW–Madison spinoff company, among winners of 2025 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest

July 2, 2025

Galasys, a University of Wisconsin–Madison based spinoff company, took first place in the Advanced Manufacturing category of the 22nd annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contest was developed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Entrepreneurship, Tech

University Research Park and Forward BIOLABS Partner to Power Madison’s Science and Tech Startups

June 26, 2025

For the past 40 years, University Research Park (URP) has been helping emerging businesses in the sciences and technology fields grow and flourish. As UW-Madison’s internationally recognized hub for research and technology, URP also continues …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Research

Robey named Wisconsin SBDC Network’s 2025 ‘State Star’

June 26, 2025

Stephanie Robey, Outreach Program Coordinator, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) State Office, was chosen by her peers as the Wisconsin network’s 2025 State Star. In her award nomination, Robey was described as demonstrating dedication and …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Business

Fusion Starts Here: Wisconsin’s Bold Leap Into Clean Energy

June 17, 2025

Everyone thought the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company was crazy. It was 1858 and energy was a solved problem. Mountains of coal powered the industrial revolution and lamps lit by clean-burning whale oil unlocked evening hours …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Clean Energy, Engineering, Sustainability

UW-Madison spinoff Type One Energy achieves milestone for fusion power plant

June 17, 2025

University of Wisconsin-Madison spinoff company Type One Energy has published a comprehensive and robust physics basis for a practical fusion pilot power plant. The advance is an important and promising milestone that brings fusion power …

Posted in News, Patenting and Licensing, Profiles, Stories, UW spinoutsTagged Clean Energy, Engineering, Sustainability
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  • Cho Lab Receives D2P SEED Funding to Develop App to Detect Birth Defects of the Skull
  • How UW–Madison’s Startup Ecosystem is Shaping the Next Generation of Innovators: Faculty and Graduate Student Q&A
  • From Lab to Launch: How Entrepreneurship Amplified Emily Bick’s Impact on Global Agriculture
  • 5 Questions with Professor Dan van der Weide: From Early Research to Acquisition
  • Badger beginnings to biomedical breakthroughs with John Martens

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