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WARF, Cargill sign agreement for patented canola breeding technology

August 11, 2009

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cargill have entered into a license agreement for patented canola breeding technology. Read More

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. Read More

Registration now open for Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium

July 2, 2009

The second annual Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium, to be held July 23 and 24, will bring together science and technology researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors from across the state to help them share ideas and spark new collaborations. Read More

Cellectar shares inventor, investor and CEO perspectives at WARF Gilson Series

June 18, 2009

The perspectives of the inventor, investor and CEO of Madison's rising startup radiopharmaceutical company Cellectar Inc. will be the focus of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's Gilson Discovery Series event, to be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Read More

WARF signs license agreement with Pfizer for human embryonic stem cells

May 6, 2009

Pfizer Inc., a major biopharmaceutical company, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private, nonprofit patenting and licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, announced May 5 that they have signed a license for human embryonic stem (hES) cell patents for the development of new drug therapies. Read More

Sustainability to be focus of annual bioethics forum

April 20, 2009

Sustainability will be the focus of the eighth annual International Bioethics Forum to be held in Madison Thursday and Friday, April 23 and 24. Read More

Researchers use brain interface to post to Twitter

April 20, 2009

In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter - just by thinking about it. Read More

Biotech pioneer presents ‘From Research to Commercial Reality, in the New World’

March 2, 2009

Famed chemist, biotech pioneer and Harvard University professor George M. Whitesides will present "From Research to Commercial Reality, in the New World" at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 9, at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Read More

Genetic information personalizes warfarin prescribing

February 18, 2009

Warfarin, one of the world's most widely used drugs, is also one of the trickiest to prescribe. Half of those who take it are at risk of serious problems when given the standard starting dose. Read More

Cellartis, WARF sign license agreement for human embryonic stem cells

January 15, 2009

Cellartis AB, a premier provider of human embryonic stem cell (hES) derived products and technologies, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private, nonprofit patenting and licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, announced today (Jan. 15) that they have signed a license for hES patents that enables Cellartis to commercialize undifferentiated hES cell products in the U.S. Read More