Stories indexed under: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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• WARF Gilson business panel focuses on high-tech first steps Feb. 8, 2011 A panel of experts will discuss the first steps in starting a high-tech business at the WARF Gilson Bootstrapping seminar being held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9 in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St.
• WARF debuts Gilson Bootstrapping Series at Discovery Town Center on Jan. 25 Jan. 24, 2011 Allen Dines of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Office of Corporate Relations will be the first speaker featured in WARF's new Gilson Bootstrapping Series. He will discuss the wide variety of resources available to new entrepreneurs, or to those just thinking about starting a business, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery facility opens on UW-Madison campus Dec. 2, 2010 Twin research institutes and a space designed for all to engage in science opened Thursday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• PATH researcher speaks on health care technology at Gilson Global Impact Series Oct. 11, 2010 The perspectives and experiences of a leader in health care technology research will be the focus of WARF's Gilson Discovery Series event to be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave.
• Team receives funds to advance development of production method for medical isotopes Oct. 4, 2010 An acute shortage of a medical isotope needed by tens of thousands of medical patients daily will be addressed through a federal funding agreement reached Sept. 30 to advance pioneering technology developed at a Middleton, Wis., company and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• eBay founder’s investment model for social impact examined May 28, 2010 The economic climate of the past several years has fueled interest and innovation in investments and philanthropy.
• Stage set for WID's Town Center to welcome visitors May 6, 2010 It won’t open until December, but the Town Center now under construction within the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is already sharing its plans for engaging citizens with world-class science.
• NIH reapproves WiCell’s H9 and three other Wisconsin stem cell lines for federally funded research April 27, 2010 Today the National Institutes of Health reapproved the WiCell Research Institute's H9 (WA09) human embryonic stem (ES) cell line, the most used and cited in scientific research, for ongoing use in federally funded research.
• WID Town Center previewed May 6 April 22, 2010 Get a sneak peek at the design, attractions and menus of Town Center at “Journey to the Center of the Institutes,” a preview May 6 in the Memorial Union’s Tripp Commons and Deck.
• Former governor discusses using technology to transform global disaster relief at WARF Gilson Event April 14, 2010 Recent disasters in Haiti and Chile have shown once again that the rapid delivery of needed relief to people in crisis often means the difference between life and death.
• Decades on, UW-Madison Research Park thrives, plans for growth Feb. 24, 2010 After getting its start during a time of pessimism and doubt, the UW-Madison Research Park has turned into an engine of high-tech economic development.
• Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation names CFO/COO Feb. 16, 2010 Steven Mixtacki, the longtime senior vice president and chief financial officer of American TV and Appliance of Madison, has joined the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) as chief financial and operating officer.
• Morgridge Institute for Research announces scientific leadership team, research areas Feb. 10, 2010 The Morgridge Institute for Research has finalized its inaugural team of top scientists selected to bring to life the institute's mission of accelerating discovery to delivery to improve human health.
• WARF vindicated by court's denial of company's appeal Jan. 6, 2010 The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Jan. 5 affirmed the 2006 decision of U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb's award to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) for licensing fees from Xenon Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian biotechnology company.
• WiCell donates $1 million in gear to UW-Madison labs Sept. 15, 2009 Four advanced pieces of scientific laboratory equipment with a total value of approximately $1 million now are available for use by University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell and other researchers at several campus departments and centers due to a donation by the private nonprofit WiCell Research Institute.
• Aova moves feed additive invented at UW-Madison into Asian markets Aug. 25, 2009 Aova Technologies Inc., a startup company that produces animal feed additives based on University of Wisconsin-Madison technology and licensed through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), has completed two key goals in its efforts to capture part of the $70 billion global aquaculture market.
• New approach to wound healing may be easy on skin, but hard on bacteria Aug. 19, 2009 In a presentation today (Aug. 19) to the American Chemical Society meeting, Ankit Agarwal, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, described an experimental approach to wound healing that could take advantage of silver's anti-bacterial properties, while sidestepping the damage silver can cause to cells needed for healing.
• WARF, Cargill sign agreement for patented canola breeding technology Aug. 11, 2009 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cargill have entered into a license agreement for patented canola breeding technology.
• New UW-Madison startup census seeks community input July 17, 2009 From educational software to embryonic stem cells, University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty, students and staff are well-known for creating new knowledge and businesses - and an ongoing count of university-related startups bears that out.
• First cGMP feeder-independent pluripotent stem cell banks released for distribution July 6, 2009 The WiCell Research Institute and the Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility (WCBF) announced today (July 6) the release of the first current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) feeder-independent pluripotent stem cell banks available for sale and distribution to researchers worldwide.