Chicago — A swath of Wisconsin biotech companies had their chance to be heard at the Wisconsin Pavilion at BIO Chicago, but the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus' planned Institutes for Discovery stole the show when the governor arrived with two of the state's top stem-cell...
Wisconsin has always been a center for innovation and discovery. From medicine to manufacturing, some of the world's most important advances were made right here in our state....
Chicago — But few of the challenges facing the global biotechnology industry will compare with what immediately confronts the 20,000 convention visitors at BIO '06. Whose advertising slogans can you really believe?...
BIO 2006 Chicago is finally upon us as I write these words! This year's theme, "It's all here", reflects the broad diversity of biotechnology found in the Midwest from medical devices to diagnostics to drugs to agriculture to biofuels to environment to other applications....
Chicago — It may have an expo floor to rival any industry trade show, but Doug Tucker didn't come to BIO Chicago looking to make a sale. And many companies came looking for partnerships that could pay off in the future, rather than getting pens...
Madison, Wis. — The planned Wisconsin Institute for Discovery has drawn the largest individual gift yet to the University of Wisconsin-Madison: $50 million from John and Tashia Morgridge....
Madison, Wis. — Just in case anyone doubts that the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has both the will and the resources to defend its stem cell patent, Andy Cohn would like to disabuse them of the notion....
Madison, Wis. — It may be a flat state, but at BIO 2006 in Chicago it's altitude that organizers of Wisconsin's pavilion hope will draw people from across the exhibition floor. The state's booth will feature a 16-foot tower with lighted displays....
Wisconsin's reputation as an emerging biotechnology hot spot will be further enhanced next month when the state is well represented at one of the world's premier biotechnology conferences, businesses and organizations here hope....
Milwaukee, Wis. — On a day when the fledgling Biomedical Technology Alliance (BTA) took a major step from concept to reality, it was an anecdote from a chemistry professor that showed the promise for formalizing pathways for collaboration between academic researchers....