MADISON - Improving access to capital for Wisconsin entrepreneurs, building the supply of human capital, enhancing the startup and business climate, and improving tech development, delivery and transfer are four major themes of the Wisconsin Technology Council's 2015 “white papers” report. The Tech Council is the...
The Board of Directors of Paragon Development Systems, a technology solutions and services company, has named Asif Naseem as the company’s new President and CEO. Asif Naseem has a Ph.D. in computer engineering and has been consulting with PDS since May 2014. Naseem has extensive experience...
Exact Sciences announced Cologuard has received a 2014 “Best of What’s New” award from Popular Science. Cologuard is the first and only FDA-approved noninvasive stool DNA screening test for colorectal cancer. Approved by the FDA in August, Cologuard detects the presence of...
Stemina Biomarker Discovery said yesterday that it has received a $2.3 million investment from the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation to support its clinical study of biomarkers in the blood of children with autism spectrum disorders. The research has the potential to enable earlier diagnosis and...
MADISON – Leaders of three of Wisconsin’s leading academic institutions will discuss how research partnerships are driving innovation and economic growth during a Nov. 13 opening panel discussion at the 2014 Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, UW-Milwaukee Interim Chancellor Mark Mone and...
On September 1st, 2014, SupraNet Communications, Inc. celebrated its 20th anniversary of delivering fast, direct and reliable Internet services to businesses in Wisconsin. In 1994 SupraNet aspired to set a standard of excellence as a service provider, and to become a well respected and engaged...
The planners of the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, a two-day event that has been connecting innovation and investment for three decades, are looking for innovative early stage companies from Wisconsin and other Midwest states to present in November at Madison’s Monona Terrace. The annual conference...
MADISON - The Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest - the nation's first statewide, tech-based business plan competition - is accepting entries online for the 2010 competition. Entries will be accepted now through 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. The contest's grand prize is...
The FBI recently approved the Promega PowerPlex® 16 HS System for use by laboratories participating in, or generating DNA records for, the National DNA Index System (NDIS). NDIS currently contains more than seven million profiles and has assisted in over 94,000 investigations. It is populated...
MADISON - DNASTAR, a leading bioinformatics software company, and Wageningen University and Research centre in Wageningen, the Netherlands announced today the signing of a broad site license agreement for the use of Lasergene® sequence analysis software developed by DNASTAR. Under the terms of the site license,...