A major collaborative data science effort now underway at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to aid understanding and response to COVID-19 began with an email from a yoga instructor. Brian Yandell, interim director of the American Family …
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Plasma from recovered coronavirus patients tested as therapy at UW Health
A COVID-19 patient at UW Hospital has received the first transfusion of plasma from a local patient who donated it since recovering from the disease. The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and …
Online platform from UW-Madison matches health care facilities with face shield manufacturers
Hospitals around the world are scrambling to secure enough personal protective equipment to safeguard their workers while treating COVID-19 patients, and manufacturers large and small are retooling their production lines to try to fill the …
UW School of Pharmacy Produces Hand Sanitizer For UW Health
With hand sanitizer in short supply around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy’s Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station team is producing hand sanitizer for UW Health. Although the Zeeh Station focuses on supporting drug …
UW–Madison, FluGen, Bharat Biotech collaborate to develop coronavirus vaccine
An international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing of a unique vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu. CoroFlu will build …
American Family Insurance announces creation of David R. Anderson Chair, builds on successful partnership with UW
As part of its generous $20 million gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, American Family Insurance announced the creation of the David R. Anderson chair to direct the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI). …
Career Events at UW-Madison
Bookmark this location to learn more about how to participate in these Spring 2020 events and to connect with UW-Madison students. Spring Career and Internship Fair Tuesday, February 4 | 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm …
UW-Madison student project aims to save food, reduce food insecurity, receives support from company grant
It’s late Thursday afternoon, and seven UW-Madison undergraduates are spending about an hour scooping jasmine rice and a lemon-grass tofu-vegetable dish into single-use plastic containers. Protein, starch and vegetables… it could be a meal designed …
Promega fosters art and science through UW’s Cool Science Image contest
For more than five years, Promega has supported the annual Cool Science Image contest at UW-Madison. Campus members are invited to submit images that depict an object or phenomenon from any discipline, which could have …
Where Science and Art Meet: The 2017 Holiday Card
Originally posted on Promega Connections December 1, 2017 University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate Celia Glime didn’t think she was creating a design for the 2017 Promega holiday card while doing lab work last winter for her …