May 2018 – Accelerator Pipeline Newsletter – WARF https://www.warf.org Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:02:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.warf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png May 2018 – Accelerator Pipeline Newsletter – WARF https://www.warf.org 32 32 Building Momentum: A message from Leigh Cagan https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/may-2018-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/building-momentum-7/ Tue, 01 May 2018 20:07:37 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14973 Read More

]]> Since 2010, the WARF Accelerator Program has been advancing the commercialization of groundbreaking UW–Madison technologies. I am excited to announce that in April we awarded our 100th AP project! I would like to thank all of our Catalysts, UW researchers and the entire WARF staff for making this milestone possible. We recently closed our third AP license agreement this year.

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]]> Technology Monitor: Invisible hearing aid, proteins in 3-D and more https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/may-2018-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/technology-monitor-7/ Tue, 01 May 2018 20:06:26 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14976 Read More

]]> The WARF Accelerator Program speeds the development of technologies with exceptional potential for commercial success. With targeted funding and expert advice from seasoned business mentors known as Catalysts, the Accelerator Program helps inventors develop their technologies and advance to the marketplace. The latest developments: Hearing loss: For many suffering from hearing loss...

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]]> Accelerator Chronicle: Into the light https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/may-2018-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/accelerator-chronicle-7/ Tue, 01 May 2018 20:05:06 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14978 Read More

]]> The Irish potato famine drove Katie Gold’s ancestors to America. Today, alongside Profs. Amanda Gevens and Phil Townsend, she looks to catch the culprit before it is too late. In infamy, few crop diseases rival late blight. It starved one million people and displaced a million more when it ravaged Ireland’s potato fields in the 1840s. More recently, it struck Bangladesh. “Late blight continues to...

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]]> The Leading Edge: Good exchange, an interview with Patrick Sajbel https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/may-2018-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/the-leading-edge-4/ Tue, 01 May 2018 20:04:43 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14980 Read More

]]> A new addition to the Accelerator Program, Patrick Sajbel grew up in Wisconsin paper country. Now he stands on the cusp of the bioeconomy. WARF: At its core your company is looking to ancient life to solve a modern challenge. PS: LanzaTech’s process uses microbes (acetogens) that grow on gases rather than sugars, as in traditional fermentation. The process is one of the oldest biological reactions...

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