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UW–Madison leaders, innovators and partners will join the slate of entrepreneurial events presented during annual Forward Fest
August 12-19, 2021
The five virtual events include a three-event “Biotech Spotlight” series, which will focus on aspects of startups, tech and innovation within the biotech space. The final event, “Launch, Learn and Pivot: Startup Stories” will present opportunities, challenges and lessons learned from several local entrepreneurs at various stages of growth in their respective businesses.
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Combining low-dose radiotherapy with immunotherapy eradicates metastatic cancer in mice
July 14, 2021
news.wisc.edu
University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists report today in the journal Science Translational Medicine that combining targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy with immunotherapy significantly boosts eradication of metastatic cancer in mice, even when the radiation is given in doses too low to destroy the cancer outright.
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Arosa and WARF Venture Funds lead financing to expand Pyran, Inc.
July 13, 2021
Innovate WI
Pyran, Inc., a high-growth company that creates high-performing 5-carbon products made from renewable resources, today announced that it has closed its latest round of fundraising, bringing its total of investments and grants to nearly $4 million. The investment comes from lead investor, Arosa Capital, with support from the venture arm of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
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After COVID-19 Successes, Researchers Push to Develop mRNA Vaccines for Other Diseases
July 8, 2021
American Scientific
In 1990, the late physician-scientist Jon Wolff and his University of Wisconsin colleagues injected mRNA into mice, which caused cells in the mice to produce the encoded proteins. In many ways, that work served as the first step toward making a vaccine from mRNA.
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Global program new to Wisconsin offers mentorship for risk management- and health-related startups
July 7, 2021
WISCONSININNO
Four Wisconsin-based companies — RoofMarketplace Inc., Opterrix, Pythonic Corp. and Last Lock Inc. — recently graduated from the inaugural cohort of a selective global entrepreneurship program that expanded to the University of Wisconsin-Madison last year with sponsorship from American Family Insurance.
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Innovate 608 podcast offers entrepreneurs a new way to connect
July 4, 2021
madison.com
Like others, entrepreneurs consume news in different ways. It can be in print, or in any number of digital forms that range from video to audio to social media to online news services. An upcoming addition to the news menu for entrepreneurs in Madison is “Innovate 608,” a podcast hosted and produced by StartingBlock, one of the city’s most familiar startup hubs.
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FluGen gets $11.4 million grant for study of experimental flu vaccine
July 1, 2021
madison.com
Madison-based FluGen has been awarded a $11.4 million grant from the Department of Defense to study the ability of its experimental flu vaccine to protect against drifted flu virus strains in older adults.
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Computer Sciences embraces interest and demand, and grows by 800%
July 1, 2021
UW Innovate Network
In the last ten years, the Computer Sciences Department, part of the School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences (CDIS), has seen a meteoric rise in the number of undergraduate major declarations. This spring, the department reached an unprecedented milestone by surpassing 2,000 majors, experiencing an increase of over 800% since 2011.
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