Microwell Moat Prevents Spillover
Jay Warrick, John Yin, and Stephen Lindsay have developed a new microwell design for use with conventional micropipetting equipment (e.g., a hand-held micropipette or automated pipetting robot).
Jay Warrick, John Yin, and Stephen Lindsay have developed a new microwell design for use with conventional micropipetting equipment (e.g., a hand-held micropipette or automated pipetting robot).
WID Principle Investigators Krishanu Saha and Randy Ashton and graduate student Ty Harkness speak to the issue of funding their research.
Learn what’s in the creative toolbox of architectural historian and Discovery Fellow Molly Wright Steenson.
New Field Day Lab, based in Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, teams with Department of Public Instruction to bring apps, games and context to K-12 education.
A bold new idea of how the eukaryotic cell and, by extension, all complex life came to be is giving scientists an opportunity to reexamine some of biology’s key dogma.
How can researchers extract useful information from patient data to develop life-saving treatments while making sure records stay private and protected? A WID collaboration looks for an answer.
How do you parse insight from big data? What does it mean for business and research? Jordan Ellenberg weighs in.
The Daily Nexus highlights a conversation between Simpsons creator Matt Groening and WID faculty and cartoonist Lynda Barry.
WID researcher Patricia Flatley Brennan comments on using technology in the home to improve health care.
When employees need hardware at the social media behemoth Twitter, Inc., they turn to WID alumna Sarah Rich. Learn how her work in optimization translates to industry.
Now at NASA, WID alumnus Jamon Van Den Hoek takes a bird’s eye view to understand the causes and impact of social conflict on society and the environment.
Peering through lenses, researchers are finding award-winning fluorescent landscapes, artful strokes, and a multitude of cell shapes and signals.
WID graduate students submitted the winning entry in a science image contest.
Cartoonist and WID faculty Lynda Barry teaches ways to find and express insight across all ages. Watch the video for a peek inside her classes and workshops.
Students wrestle with the sustainability challenges of making real-world decisions about biofuel agriculture while playing an educational video game developed by WID researchers.
What if a computer program could take a problem you’re trying to solve and send back the most efficient solution?
Madison.com features outreach experiences offered through WID’s Living Environments Laboratory and others at UW–Madison.
WID Frontier Fellow Sreedevi Nair examines U.S. exoneration cases and searches for patterns to better understand the math behind false convictions.
Researchers are working on ways to standardize how stem cells are harnessed to advance therapies and study disease.
WID researcher Jordan Ellenberg shares his views on the impact of math on daily life with The Cap Times.
Bloomberg View shares why WID researcher Jordan Ellenberg’s new book makes its summer reading list.
WID faculty member Jordan Ellenberg shares his views on stage for TEDxMadison.
The Boston Globe reviews Discovery Fellow Jordan Ellenberg’s new book on math.
WID’s Jordan Ellenberg received a shout-out in The Sunday Book Review for his book “How Not To Be Wrong.”
Distinguished Scholar Anthony Gray believes ethics are to be learned and practiced like other skill sets. Learn what’s in Gray’s professional toolkit and how curiosity drives his work in our monthly Q&A series.