NSF Supports Interdisciplinary Pandemic Prevention Workshops
WID’s John Yin is part of a team assembling February workshops on predictive intelligence for pandemic prevention.
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UW Engineers and Vision Researchers Develop Stem-cell Therapy for Combat-related Eye Injuries
Using a microscopic retinal patch, researchers at the University of Wisconsin‒Madison will develop and test a new way to treat United States military personnel blinded in combat with help from engineers including WID’s Sarah Gong.
Thompson Center Badgercast: Michael Ferris
WID’s Michael Ferris joined the Thompson Center on Public Leadership to discuss a data-based planning tool called “Wisconsin Expansion of Renewable Electricity with Optimization under Long-term Forecasts” (WEREWOLF) he developed with Thompson Center faculty research funding.
Michael Graf pivots from making commercials to writing movie scripts
In early December the International Screenwriters’ Association named Graf, Writer in Residence in WID’s Science to Script program, to its Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch In 2021.
UW Researchers Partner with US Department of Defense to Develop Stem Cell Therapy for Combat-Related Eye Injuries
Using an ingenious microscopic retinal patch, eye researchers at UW‒Madison will develop and test a new way to treat United States military personnel blinded in combat. WID’s Sarah Gong is a collaborator on the project.
Randolph Ashton and Collaborators Win WARF Innovation Award
WID’s Randolph Ashton, Gavin Knight, Benjamin Knudsen, and Nisha Iyer take top honors from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation’s Innovation Awards. Their work, Superior Neural Tissue Models for Disease Modeling, Drug Development and More, was selected from more than 400 innovation disclosures.
Professor Stephen Wright Announced Winner of the Test of Time Award at 2020 NeurIPS Conference
Professor of Computer Sciences at WID Stephen Wright and three colleagues were announced winners of the prestigious Test of Time Award at the 2020 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.
Researchers Design New Strategy for Gene Therapy Development
A promising platform developed by the Saha Lab at WID advances the CRISPR genome editing field and could lead to effective treatments for many diseases.
AP: Michael Graf Named an ISA Top 25 Writer to Watch in 2021
WID’s Science to Script Writer in Residence, Michael Graf, had been named to the International Screenwriters’ Association’s top 25 writers to watch.
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
WID and its home, the Discovery Building, opened in December, 2010. A decade later, the institute is celebrating success and looking to the future.
New Effective and Safe Antifungal Isolated from Sea Squirt Microbiome
By combing the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have discovered a new antifungal compound that efficiently targets multi-drug-resistant strains of deadly fungi without toxic side effects in mice. WID postdoc Marc Chevrette is part of the team that published the finding in Science.
Researchers Look to Control Organ Function Through New Computational Model
A cross-institutional team including WID’s John Yin is creating a computational model to guide the development of bladder therapeutics.
Data Science Research Bazaar Seeks Proposals
The Bazaar, happening throughout February, 2021, has the theme Data Science for the Social Good.
The Cap Times: New South Side Mural Aims to Teach Science Through Art, Convey “Invisible Beauty”
A new Science to Street Art mural on Madison’s south side aims to teach passersby about the molecules that shape the living world around them.
Madison Magazine: New Mural Celebrates Fusion of Science and Art
UW’s Science to Street Art initiative produces newest artwork.
UW–Madison to Continue Fundamental Data Science Research with Phase II Award from NSF
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery is home to the Institute for the Foundations of Data Science, which has received Phase II funding from the National Science Foundation.
WPR: Research on the Origins of Life
The theory of the origin of life has advanced greatly in recent years. Larry Meiller (WPR) talks with David Baum and Lena Vincent about their work and their understanding of how life began.
WPR: A Decade Of Cooperative Science At The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
WID Director Jo Handelsman talks to Wisconsin Public Radio about interdisciplinary science, research in the age of COVID-19, science-art fusion, and ten years of discovery at WID.
Solís-Lemus Awarded Grant to Develop Statistical Theory for Soil Data
Assistant professor of plant pathology Claudia Solís-Lemus is a recipient of funding from the Department of Energy to develop statistical theory and tools for computational biology.
With NASA Award, PhD Student Seeks Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions
Lena Vincent is a graduate student in David Baum’s lab at WID. She studies the origin of life by searching for life-like behaviors in systems of molecules.
UW Researchers Devise Approach to Treat Rare, Incurable Form of Blindness
WID’s Kris Saha was among UW–Madison researchers who have published a proof-of-concept method to correct an inherited form of macular degeneration that causes blindness, and that is currently untreatable.
Sridharan Earns Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
Rupa Sridharan was among 24 UW professors to earn Vilas professorships and awards. The Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award recognizes research and teaching excellence and provides flexible research funding for three years.
WID Researchers Among Data Science Institute Mini Grant Recipients
Jon Eckhardt, Robert Nowak, and Kevin Ponto were among the recipients of nine mini grants from the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute to advance data science.
Exploring a New Universe of Science Learning
Researchers in WID’s Virtual Environments Group partnered with the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center and Field Day Lab to create a journey from Antarctica through the cosmos that sparks interest in astrophysics research.
New Tool for Assessing Heart Muscle Cells Helps Unlock Their Potential
A team of UW-Madison researchers led by Discovery Fellow Wendy Crone has created a powerful tool to help assess what experimental factors help to produce stem cell-generated cardiomyocytes that behave like adult heart cells.