Red Cross Blood Drive
WARF Building 614 Walnut St., Madison, WIJoin us for our summer blood drive and enjoy beautiful views of campus from the 14th floor! To donate, sign up online; walk-ins are also welcome….
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Force for Positive Change Informational Webinar
VirtualJoin us for an informational webinar with past winners and the competition organizers to learn more about the Force for Positive Change competition….
Kiss My Glass
High Noon Saloon 701A E. Washington Ave, Madison, WIBig Ideas + Nerd Nite = One great night of nerdiness at the Wisconsin Science Festival! Join us at the High Noon Saloon for prizes, fluorescent cocktails & guest host Maynard Okereke, the HipHop MD. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. No cover. For adults only. 7 p.m. – Big Ideas for Busy People Flash talks on…
The Warfarin Story: Groundbreaking Ceremony and Public Presentation
Room 1211, Biochemical Sciences Building 440 Henry Mall, MadisonIn February 1933, a chance encounter between a farmer from northwest Wisconsin and a biochemistry professor in Madison led to a medical breakthrough that has treated millions of patients. That’s the story of warfarin, a prescription blood thinner that is still prescribed today and, for many decades, was also the world’s most widely used rat…
Science on the Square/Madison Night Market Fusion
Downtown MadisonJoin us for one fantastic night that blends science with downtown Madison businesses! Back for its fifth year, the ever-popular Science on the Square event is again fusing with the Madison Night Market to create a unique way to explore hands-on science activities while also supporting local businesses and vendors. Plus, as a nod to…
SoundWaves: Through the Looking Glass
Hamel Music Center 740 University Ave., Madison, WISoundWaves takes a look at (and through) glass at this year’s Wisconsin Science Festival. What is glass? How is it used to explore our universe? To build our buildings? To tell stories about our beliefs? To create musical sounds? Find out in the Collins Recital Hall at Hamel Music Center at the first SoundWaves event…
Red Cross Blood Drive
WARF Building 614 Walnut St., Madison, WIJoin us for our fall Red Cross Blood Drive! To donate, sign up online; walk-ins are also welcome….
Understanding the Global Plastics Problem to Inform Solutions
VirtualPlastics are a class of diverse and versatile materials that we rely on in modern-day life, yet plastics are known to contaminate marine, aquatic and terrestrial environments around the globe. Kara Lavender Law, professor of oceanography at the Sea Education Association, will discuss the global plastics problem from production through disposal, including the environmental science…
Red Cross Blood Drive
WARF Building 614 Walnut St., Madison, WIJoin us for our winter Red Cross Blood Drive! To donate, sign up online; walk-ins are also welcome….
WARF Ambassador Trivia Night
Varsity Hall III, Union South 1308 W. Dayton St., Madison, WIUW-Madison postdocs and grad students are invited to show off your science, pop culture and miscellaneous trivia knowledge with the WARF Ambassadors! WARF will provide pizza, appetizers and beer. Come by yourself or with a team of up to four people. The top three teams will receive prizes….
WARF Therapeutics Symposium
Chemistry Building, North Tower, Room S413 1101 University Ave., Madison, WIJoin WARF Therapeutics, the UW-Madison Department of Chemistry and the UW-Madison Synthesis and Catalysis Center for the 2023 WARF Therapeutics Symposium. 3:30-4:15 p.m. Student Presentations Ben Chi, Weix Group Environmentally Friendly Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Difluoromethylation of Aryl Bromides Emily Schroeder, Schomaker Group Expanding the Scope of Silver-BOX Catalyzed Enantioselective C-H Amination via Nitrene Transfer Tony Meza,…
Phenylketonuria: Insights into Pathophysiology and Novel Therapeutics
John D. Wiley Conference Center, Waisman Center 1500 Highland Ave., Madison, WIPhenylketonuria (PKU), due to recessively inherited phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency, is among the most common inborn errors of metabolism with an incidence of 1:16,000 live births in the US. PAH deficiency causes accumulation of the amino acid phenylalanine (Phe) to extremely high concentrations throughout the body but most importantly in brain. The precise molecular mechanisms…