University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: September 2017

Ahead of the curve – exciting new development for flexible electronics

UW-Madison group creates a simple, fast and inexpensive fabrication process that is bound to catch the attention of product developers. Learn why this development is so unique.

New center to help UW-Madison and others to the next generation of crop breeding and plant genetics

Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center (WCIC) is a 100,000-square-foot facility—with labs, greenhouses and growth chambers—poised to be the home to future plant biotechnology achievements.

Shaping the future of farming: The Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center to serve as an incubator for agricultural improvement

In December 2016, Monsanto donated a $10 million, 100,000-square-foot facility—a warren of labs, greenhouses and growth chambers—to UW–Madison to become the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center (WCIC). WCIC leaders hope the center will add to its string of plant biotechnology achievements as one of just a few public facilities in the country dedicated to plant transformation.