Interdisciplinary Research
ppointer2026-02-18T13:02:51-06:0032 Principal Investigators in 17 Departments
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The WID logo, a compass rose, embodies our outward facing direction and four values of Interdisciplinary Research, Inclusive Engagement, Global Impact, and Grand Challenges. WID's values reflect the Wisconsin Idea to enhance the lives of every person in the State of Wisconsin, as well as around the nation and the world.
Innovator Profile: Randolph Ashton and Gavin Knight
ppointer2026-05-05T14:19:25-05:00Ashton and Knight founded Neurosetta to commercialize RosetteArray™ technology, a scalable screening platform that models human brain and spinal cord development, specializing in neurodevelopmental disorders such as Spina Bifida and Autism Spectrum Disorder. This platform can be used by chemical and drug development companies to screen for the developmental neurotoxicity associated with potential compounds in their product pipelines.
Welcome New Discovery Fellow Emile Gluck-Thaler
ppointer2024-11-14T20:42:20-06:00Emile Gluck-Thaler joined the UW–Madison faculty in September 2023 as an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology.
Wright named to 2024 class of National Academy of Engineering
ppointer2024-11-14T20:43:25-06:00Discovery Fellow, Stephen Wright was cited for theory and design of optimization algorithms and their application in signal processing and machine learning. Inauguration in to the National Academy of Engineering is one of the highest professional distinctions in the field.
Through undergraduate research, engineer predicts the path, impact of viral mutations
ppointer2024-11-14T20:44:58-06:00Schwab joined the lab of John Yin, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. That decision led Schwab to a three-year research career that has culminated in the publication of a new paper in the journal Virus Evolution.
We Are About to Enter the Golden Age of Gene Therapy
ppointer2024-11-14T20:45:13-06:00From the Inverse: Krishanu Saha, a bioengineer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose lab is working on gene therapies for treating blindness, says the precision allowed by CRISPR-Cas9’s programmability is its singular selling point.
Capital Data Sponsors WID 2023 Symposium
ppointer2025-01-27T15:02:18-06:00Meet our Gold Sponsor at the Symposium Expo
Looking ahead at this year’s Wisconsin Science Festival
ppointer2024-11-14T20:46:54-06:00Annual Wisconsin Science Festival returns Oct. 16-22 with new theme
Symposium at WID highlights Latinx Scientists
ppointer2024-11-14T20:47:18-06:00The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery hosted the “Celebrating Latinx voices in STEM” symposium in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Inclusion in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Oct. 5.
Del Pia adds another INFORMS honor
ppointer2024-11-14T20:47:33-06:00He has earned the 2023 INFORMS Computing Society Prize for a series of papers at the intersection of operations research and computer science.
Saha Lab Alumnae Announced JITC Best Immune Cell Therapies and Immune Cell Engineering Paper
ppointer2024-11-14T20:47:46-06:00Katherine P. Meuller, PhD and Nicole J. Piscopo win with “Production and characterization of virus-free, CRISPR-CAR T cells capable of inducing solid tumor regression”
Celebrate Curiosity at Wisconsin Science Festival! October 16-22
ppointer2023-09-19T11:33:20-05:00Activities include hands-on science experiments, live Q&A sessions and interviews with scientists, demonstrations, performances, behind-the-scenes tours and more.
Alberto Del Pia Wins 2023 Egon Balas Prize
ppointer2024-11-14T21:23:55-06:00The award goes to a researcher “for a body of contributions in the area of optimization.”
Fuel Scientific Discovery
ppointer2024-11-14T11:52:03-06:00Support cutting-edge research that addresses pressing global challenges in health, environment, technology, and more.
Can solar power and farming coexist? This partnership between UW, Alliant aims to find a way
ppointer2024-11-14T21:26:06-06:00WID Discovery Fellow, Josh Arnold is working with Alliant Energy to design a 2.25-megawatt solar farm on its Kegonsa Research Campus near Stoughton as a laboratory for a multi-disciplinary study of agrivoltaics — the co-location of solar energy and agriculture.
Bacteria with a taste for an inflammatory compound could help protect against heart disease
ppointer2024-11-14T21:26:36-06:00Discovery Fellow, Federico Rey and colleagues identified bacteria able to break down uric acid in the low-oxygen environment of the intestines and the specific genes that enable the process.
Roy Lab Members Jiaxin Li and Zhiwei Song Initiated into Phi Kappa Phi
ppointer2024-11-14T21:27:45-06:00Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society that is open to students across disciplines, recognizes the achievements of the most outstanding students in every school and college at UW–Madison.
Karan Srivastava earns 22-23 Teaching Assistant Award
ppointer2024-11-14T21:29:49-06:00"I aim to create an environment where students can ask questions, make mistakes, and learn to move past them."
WID Welcomes Michelle Wildgen as 2023 Writer-In-Residence
ppointer2025-01-27T15:01:15-06:00She will host a hands-on workshop to improve academic, creative, or professional writing practices, leaving participants more productive and less stressed.
El Zoominario: giving a voice to Latinx scientists and inspiring the next generation
ppointer2024-11-14T21:31:12-06:00With the goal of highlighting Latinx scientists for other scientists as well as Latinx children, Solís-Lemus co-created El Zoominario, an online seminar series aimed at the general public.
New nanoparticles deliver therapy brain-wide, edit Alzheimer’s gene in mice
ppointer2024-11-14T21:31:27-06:00Shaoqin "Sarah" Gong and her lab have developed a way to move therapies across the brain’s protective membrane to deliver brain-wide therapy with a range of biological medications and treatments.
Yin is part of a grant to create and study a “digital twin” of the urinary tract
ppointer2024-11-14T21:32:08-06:00Yin and collaborating researchers are building the model to investigate how the nervous system and urinary tract are connected.
