MADISON, Wis.- Bruker AXS, a Wisconsin-based division of Bruker BioSciences has launched a new series of X-ray diffraction (XRD) systems for materials research applications, named SuperSpeedSolutions. The products are based on Bruker’s MikroGap technology that enables X-ray diffraction to go beyond current limitations in terms...
MADISON - Probing the last genomic frontier of higher organisms, an international team of scientists has succeeded in sequencing a little understood - but critical - genetic domain in rice....
CHICAGO – Last week, as part of our 2003 year-end biotech wrap up, I reviewed the performance of the Midwest biotech publicly traded companies. The region had an incredible year for this group. ...
Eau Claire, Wis. - Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) President Bill Ihlenfeldt told a news conference last week, that CVTC will begin teaching nanotechnology as early as September 2004 and that the region should prepare for sweeping changes and opportunities.
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Let’s start with the good in Midwest biotech in 2003. What’s clearly striking is the outstanding performance of the publicly traded Midwest biotech companies as measured by the ePrairie Midwest Biotech Index, which evaluates the top 20 biotech stocks of the region. Last week, I commented...
Monday’s Wall Street Journal featured the news of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer acquiring Midwest biotech company Esperion Therapeutics for $1.3 billion. ...
MADISON - When introduced to the world in 1998, human embryonic stem cells were considered heralds of a new age of transplant medicine. The prospect of an unlimited supply of cells and tissue of all kinds to treat disease captured public imagination and enthusiasm....
Madison, Wis., -- Fluent Systems, LLC, a start-up formed by two UW-Madison students, was acquired today by Raven Industries, Inc., for $1 million cash. The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Raven is a manufacturing company, and Fluent Systems’ product,...
Accelerate Madison hosted a discussion this fall entitled, “The Happy Marriage of IT and Biotech.” I wanted to know if information technology (IT) and biotechnology are happily married, just living together, or having a one-night stand. So, I talked...
MADISON, Wis. – Opportunities to access venture capital and partner with Canadian biotechnology companies can be facilitated at the 2004 The BioPartnering North America conference in Vancouver, Canada, February 8-10. The Wisconsin Biotechnology Association and Wisconsin’s Department...