Why biotechnology?

Think of Gov. Tommy Thompson's proposed investment in UW-Madison biotechnology as fuel for intellectual and economic engines.

Building four new cutting-edge research centers on campus will fuel UW-Madison's national leadership in the biosciences. UW-Madison attracts more bioscience research funding than nearly any public university in the country, and leads the nation in the total number of science and engineering Ph.Ds awarded.

The collective effort is producing big advances in fighting disease and improving agriculture. It's creating new tools to solve problems at the genetic scale.

In turn, the investment will fuel the Wisconsin economy. University-based science is providing the raw material for a nationwide boom in biotechnology business. Advances in the lab at UW-Madison have already produced scores of new companies and high-paying jobs for Wisconsin citizens.

The investment is meant to further stimulate that transfer from the laboratory to the company, and make Wisconsin a national leader in the biotechnology industry.

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