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Phil Terrien and Matt Knoespel at Atrility Medical
February 13, 2023

Biomedical engineering alums find rhythm at design program spinoff

Five years after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Matt Knoespel and Phil Terrien are co-founders and the engineering backbone of a medical device company that’s collected a slew of…

Assistant Professor Justin Boutilier and undergraduate student Katherine Breen
January 23, 2023

New program helps industrial engineering undergrads explore research

Over the course of three years spent working on the same research project, University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate Katherine Breen made a fundamental self-discovery that went beyond any data she’ll publish….

Research lab
January 20, 2023

New nanoparticles deliver therapy brain-wide, edit Alzheimer’s gene in mice

Gene therapies have the potential to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, but they face a common barrier — the blood-brain barrier. Now, researchers at the University of…

Grace Kreissler holds a clear 3D-printed skull in the lab
December 16, 2022

Engineers make headway in tackling traumatic brain injuries

An interdisciplinary research initiative led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison is emerging as a global leader in developing better technologies for detecting and preventing concussions and other traumatic brain injuries….

Industrial engineering students Greyson Wainwright, Josie Beres and Rayne Wolf work on a desktop hydroponics system.
December 2, 2022

New industrial engineering course puts design, manufacturing into students’ hands

University of Wisconsin-Madison industrial engineering students Rayne Wolf, Josie Beres and Greyson Wainwright huddle around a desktop hydroponic system, inspecting the growth of alfalfa, mung beans and soybeans. Later in…

A technician works with radioisotopes
November 21, 2022

From isotopes to internships, UW-Madison partnership energizes growing Wisconsin company

In late 2019, staff at Beloit, Wisconsin-based company NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes opened a package filled with radioactive materials. The delivery sparked an ongoing research collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison…

Randolph Ashton
October 18, 2022

Improved understanding of early spinal cord development paves way for new treatments

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are developing the means to turn stem cells into a wide range of specific types of spinal cord neurons and cells in the hindbrain—the…

microparticle shown via scanning electron microscopy
September 20, 2022

mRNA therapy could break down treatment barriers for patients with chronic spinal cord injuries

In the wake of a spinal cord injury, a protective scar forms to allow the central nervous system to heal. It’s not unlike the body’s reaction to a run of…

September 12, 2022

CRISPR-produced CAR T cells could better treat solid tumors

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are biological assassins: white blood cells that are specifically engineered to attack cancer cells. Over the past five years, they’ve become an established therapeutic…

Zombie covid virus
August 17, 2022

How zombie attacks could help fight the COVID-19 virus

In a July 2022 opinion piece in Scientific American, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in chemical and biological engineering John Yin discusses the potential for using zombie viral particles to reduce…