Tag Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

WARF Gilson panel focuses on early-stage financing for technology firms

March 23, 2011

A panel of experts will discuss funding opportunities available to young firms for advancing the research and development of their technologies at the WARF Gilson Bootstrapping seminar being held Wednesday, March 23.

TomoTherapy sold, but medical physics spinoffs continue to benefit Wisconsin

March 9, 2011

The announcement March 7 that TomoTherapy Inc., a Madison producer of sophisticated cancer treatment equipment, was sold to Accuray, a California maker of equipment for radiation surgery, spotlights the economic impact of the Department of Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Discovery Town Center debuts Saturday Science Series for families

March 3, 2011

The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center will debut a new monthly series of free science exploration and education programs aimed at kids and families this Saturday March 5. Its first program, Leopold Discovery Day, invites learner of all ages to celebrate the life and discoveries of legendary University of Wisconsin–Madison environmentalist Aldo Leopold, known as the "father of wildlife management."

WARF Gilson business panel focuses on high-tech first steps

February 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

January 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

December 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

October 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

October 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

February 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

February 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

February 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

January 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

September 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

August 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

August 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.