February 2020 – Accelerator Pipeline Newsletter – WARF https://www.warf.org Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:58:08 +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 February 2020 – Accelerator Pipeline Newsletter – WARF https://www.warf.org 32 32 Building Momentum: A message from Greg Keenan https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/february-2020-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/building-momentum-2/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 20:15:19 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14924 Read More

]]> Happy New Year! Winter break meant campus was more quiet than usual, but things kept humming at WARF Accelerator. We closed 2019 with our second annual WARF Innovation Day. Over 400 industry professionals, campus researchers, investors and community members registered to hear six quick pitches from researchers at UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Platteville. Our presenters did a remarkable job...

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]]> Technology Monitor: Protection from radiation injury, Labrador genetics, tracking cancer and more https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/february-2020-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/technology-monitor-2/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 20:14:53 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14926 Read More

]]> WARF Accelerator speeds the development of technologies with exceptional potential for commercial success. With targeted funding and expert advice from seasoned business mentors known as Catalysts, WARF Accelerator helps inventors develop their technologies and advance to the marketplace. The latest developments: Companion health: Many Labrador retrievers develop a debilitating respiratory disease...

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]]> Accelerator Chronicle: Quality control https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/february-2020-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/accelerator-chronicle-2/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 20:13:26 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14928 Read More

]]> Emerging cell therapies are giving hope to cancer patients. But to guide the process new analytical tools are desperately needed. Melissa Skala and her team are going all in. There was a time when biomedical engineer Melissa Skala dreamed of becoming an astronaut. But at a young age a fascination with physics, and then with light, emerged. It was Lake Mendota that first drew Skala – a skilled...

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]]> Innovation Day recap https://www.warf.org/accelerator-pipeline/february-2020-accelerator-pipeline-newsletter/innovation-day-recap/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 20:12:27 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=14930 Read More

]]> Now in its second year, this gathering of investors, researchers and innovators is becoming a signature event. More than 400 registrants were treated to sneak peeks of some of our most commercially promising technologies in development. From treating asthma to providing fresh drinking water, monitoring vulnerable patients to preventing crop disease, these are technologies that matter.

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