September 2018 – Accelerator Pipeline Newsletter – WARF https://www.warf.org Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:43:17 +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 September 2018 – Accelerator Pipeline Newsletter – WARF https://www.warf.org 32 32 Building Momentum: A message from Leigh Cagan https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/september-2018-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/building-momentum-6/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:05:06 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14964 Read More

]]> I would like to start by reflecting on the performance of the Accelerator Program over our 2018 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. We welcomed Greg Keenan as WARF’s new program manager and our Board of Trustees approved funding to continue the program for another three years through June 2021. In this year of transition, our AP team delivered five commercial licenses, including two startups...

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]]> Technology Monitor: Super slippery coatings, flexible electronics and more https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/september-2018-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/technology-monitor-6/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:04:16 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14966 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: Research tool: Mike Sussman (biochemistry) and J.

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]]> Accelerator Chronicle: Synergy https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/september-2018-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/accelerator-chronicle-6/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:03:26 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14968 Read More

]]> New chemistry forged at UW–Madison could take the petroleum out of your paint – and change the economics of ethanol by dollars on the gallon. Let the scale-up begin. “When I describe what I do, I say I put dirt in a reactor, heat it up and flow liquid over it,” jokes Kevin Barnett. It is a profound understatement for Barnett, a postdoctoral researcher in the visionary lab of Prof.

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]]> The Leading Edge: In the family, an interview with Jack Kaltenberg https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/september-2018-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/the-leading-edge-3/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:02:21 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14970 Read More

]]> Seedsman Jack Kaltenberg has spent a lifetime in agriculture. The farm is going high-tech, he says. That means better, not bigger. WARF: How did you become involved with WARF? JK: Being president of the Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association, I got involved in the release of germplasm – predominantly small grains. WCIA has become the release mechanism for varieties coming out of UW–Madison and...

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