According to a report by the University Committee, UW-Madison researcher Michele Basso?s right to due process was violated when her primate research lab was temporarily shut down last year.
Food Fight Inc. will operate the two public restaurants and catering services at the $205 million Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, which is expected to open in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in December.
Microsoft Corp. unveiled a $3.5 million upgrade to its database research lab near UW-Madison on Monday. The Jim Gray Systems Lab reopened at 634 W. Main St. with three times the space, new equipment and room for 30 researchers and staff. It had been running with nine staff members. Quoted: David DeWitt, who directs the lab and is an emeritus UW-Madison computer science professor.
When Steven Mixtacki became chief operating officer for one of the partners in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, he quickly learned what some of the unscientific requirements were for the new facility. “I was told researchers want good coffee, beer and a place they can collaborate and get together,” said Mixtacki, who joined the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation in February. Those elements are part of the plan. A new venture by the restaurant group Food Fight called Discovery Culinary Collaborative will run two restaurants in the center that is scheduled to open in December on the 1300 block of University Avenue.
A UW-Madison professor did not get due process when the university suspended her animal research last year, according to a report from a faculty committee. The University Committee found that the university suspended professor Michele Basso from working with animals without a formal investigation. Further, the committee that suspended her, the All Campus Animal Care and Use Committee, did not have the authority to do so, according to the report. UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin declined to comment Tuesday night while she reviews the report.
The animal care committee on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus that temporarily shut down a researcher?s lab in a high-profile case violated her right to due process and failed to follow established procedures, a faculty committee says after conducting its own investigation.
The seven-page report, which was obtained by The Capital Times, was dated Oct. 4 and addressed to Chancellor Biddy Martin. It outlines the University Committee?s findings from an investigation into a grievance filed by Michele Basso, an associate professor of physiology whose neurological research using monkeys was the subject of a long letter to the entire campus from Martin earlier this year.
The state filed an amicus brief Monday in the federal court case seeking to stop federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, Gov. Jim Doyle announced in a statement. The brief will seek to dissuade the court from hearing the case.
More University of Wisconsin-Madison students will get an opportunity to learn computer science from the industry?s biggest name.
For the past ten years scientists have been planning and building an ambitious experiment to explain the mystery of what produces the cosmic rays and elusive particles known as neutrinos, which constantly pepper our planet.
Quoted: UW-Madison Space Place Director Jim Lattis.
Quoted: Steven Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Dear Editor: After reviewing evidence presented to her in April of this year, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Amy Smith found probable cause to believe that several employees of the UW-Madison violated the ?Crimes Against Animals? Wisconsin statutes during experiments when sheep were killed using decompression. Those experiments took place over several years at the UW and I am concerned that these experiments are still going on.
Noted: The summit was hosted by the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative, created in 2007 by the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
….Doyle created the Wisconsin Covenant Program to make a college education affordable for all Wisconsin students, invested heavily in the UW-Madison campus and boosted biomedical research, including stem cell research.
Doyle never wavered in his support for stem cell research, even though it infuriates abortion opponents who equate the destruction of embryos with the destruction of human life. In fact, when running for re-election in 2006, Doyle often talked about how stem cell research could help people like his mother, who suffered from Parkinson?s disease.
Girls are just as good at math as boys but still hear messages to the contrary that may keep them away from certain classes and careers, according to a new review of math skills.
The state of Wisconsin filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to join an amicus brief in the case that will determine the state of stem cell research nationwide, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Tuesday.
The state of Wisconsin filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to join an amicus brief in the case that will determine the state of stem cell research nationwide, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Tuesday.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Tuesday Wisconsin has officially filed to join a lawsuit challenging the injunction banning federal funding for stem cell research.
Dear Editor: Scott and I have known Tom Barrett a long time, which is why I?m even more disappointed that he continues to lie to you about my husband.
Tom Barrett is using the Jim Doyle playbook by exploiting the plight of those afflicted with diabetes and other diseases in TV ads, falsely telling you that Scott is ?against hope? and that he would ?ban stem cell research.?
The state of Wisconsin wants to file a friend-of-the-court brief to uphold federal funding for stem cell researchers. Gov. Jim Doyle announced today that the state filed a motion to join an amicus brief in Sherley v. Sebelius, a case challenging the National Institutes of Health?s embryonic stem cell research guidelines. At a news conference last month, UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin said as many as two dozen UW-Madison stem cell researchers face disruptions in their research.
The Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, refused to say Tuesday whether he favors a ban on embryonic stem cell research — even though he previously told an anti-abortion group he does. Embryonic stem cell research was pioneered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and millions of dollars is spent on it each year in the state. During a Tuesday campaign stop in Madison, Walker said he would direct state money to stem cell research that doesn?t use cells obtained from embryos.
Males and females have equal math skills, a new report confirms.
While social scientists agree that both genders have equal math abilities, many parents and teachers still believe boys are better at math than girls. This can lead them to guide girls away from careers in math-heavy sciences or engineering, said the study’s chief author Janet Hyde, a professor of psychology and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, refused to say Tuesday whether he favors a ban on embryonic stem cell research ? even though he previously told an anti-abortion group he does.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker will not say whether he would ban embryonic stem cell research, as Democratic candidate Tom Barrett claims.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker is refusing to say whether he would seek a ban on embryonic stem cell research as his Democratic opponent Tom Barrett alleges.
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said Tuesday if elected governor he would shift funding from embryonic stem cell research to adult stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Republican candidate for governor is avoiding questions on whether he?d pursue a ban on embryonic stem cell research.
The UW?s efforts to diversify its faculty can be thwarted for many reasons. Unintended bias is one of them. A study funded by the National Institute of Health will develop a video game to neutralize assumptions that keep women and minorities from the sciences.
A $2 million grant to fund the development of a video game to examine and correct implicit biases in faculty members will continue the University of Wisconsin?s focus on increasing faculty diversity for the next three years.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2007 has been training a small but highly motivated group of students to be able to work in both science and public policy.
Quoted: Jonathan Martin, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at UW-Madison.
For the first time, surgeons have injected a spinal cord injury patient with human embryonic stem cells in a federally approved experiment, a biomedical firm said Monday. Food and Drug Administration officials approved the start of the privately funded safety trial in July, allowing a long-awaited test of the cells, which were grown from a single embryo to resemble forerunners to spinal cells. The unnamed patient received the cells at the Shepherd Center, an Atlanta hospital specializing in brain, spine and related ailments.
A study released Monday says the University Research Park in Madison contributes more than $825 million to the state?s economy each year.
Geron Corp. has begun testing an embryonic stem-cell treatment on a patient with spinal cord injuries, marking the first time such a medical therapy has been used on a human in a government approved study.
A study released Monday says the University Research Park in Madison contributes more than $825 million to the state?s economy each year.
Science writing has really changed in the past twenty years. A new market exists now: science for the layperson. Books like Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach and The Poisoner?s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum, make forensics, chemistry, and medicine accessible to the everyday reader.
Academic research and development is another economic asset. Led by the UW-Madison, academic R&D is a $1.2 billion sector, translating into thousands of direct and indirect jobs. UW-Madison is perennially in the top three universities in the nation for R&D, topping $1 billion in total research in 2009.
As a scientist, I shouldn?t have a stake in the upcoming midterm elections, but unfortunately, it seems that I — and indeed all my fellow climate scientists — do.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has threatened that, if he becomes chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, he will launch what would be a hostile investigation of climate science.
On Dec. 2 the University of Wisconsin will celebrate the opening of the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery. I wish David Iverson, a former news reporter for Wisconsin?s public television, would be invited to speak on this auspicious occasion.
While many will see this event as a huge investment in innovation technology and higher paying jobs for Wisconsin?s shrinking economy, many of us who suffer daily from disabling chronic diseases see it as a day of hope — hope that this new science facility?s foremost mission is to shorten the period before we are once again whole and free of pain.
Dear Editor: The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on the UW-Madison campus will soon be occupied by brilliant scientists and eager students. For the time being, it?s home to hundreds of men and women who are busy putting the finishing touches on a stunning research facility.
Their craftsmanship is evident at every turn. Less visible is their equally impressive generosity and compassion. These carpenters, pipefitters, welders, electricians and glaziers are also generous benefactors.
Quoted: John Lucey, a professor of food science at UW-Madison.
Despite challenging times for the agricultural economy, it appears more people are studying farming. A long distance learning class in Wisconsin is expanding its statewide reach.The Wisconsin school for beginning dairy and livestock farmers program has been around since 1996.
Based at UW-Madison, the school offered the long distance education program at ten sites in Wisconsin last year. This year, they?ll expand to 17 sites, as long as at least three students sign up at each location.
UW-Madison research expenditures at have exceeded $1 billion for the first time in the university?s history.
Spending on research at UW-Madison has for the first time topped the $1 billion mark, according to a survey by the National Science Foundation of research expenditures nationwide in 2009. Vice Chancellor for Research Martin Cadwallader said the milestone is important not just for the university but for the entire state.
Quoted: Ken Goldstein is a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Hallie Lieberman, a graduate student and teaching assistant at UW-Madison, is highly serious about her academic work on the subject of adult toys and their marketing in the United States.
Spending on research at UW-Madison has for the first time topped the $1 billion mark, according to a survey by the National Science Foundation of research expenditures nationwide in 2009.
Congratulations UW-Madison! The news that the state?s flagship campus now spends $1 billion on research, which is derived from various sources, including grants from the federal government, private fundraising and state aid, means UW is once again spending more money than the state?s entire budget for the Department of Corrections.
Research expenditures at UW-Madison topped the billion-dollar mark for the first time according to figures for fiscal year 2009 released by the National Science Foundation.
UW-Madison expenditures in science and engineering in 2009 were at $952 million, while those in other areas — including business, education, arts and the humanities — totaled $62 million.
Thousands of dollars in federal funding will help researchers further sustainability efforts of Wisconsin?s cranberry growers, industry leaders said. State officials announced Wednesday the allocation of $107,700 in U.S. Department of Agriculture grants for three University of Wisconsin-Madison research projects.
If you?re trying to lose weight, you may have more to worry about than what you eat, or how much exercise you get, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that not getting enough sleep may sabotage weight loss efforts because of an association between less sleep and an decrease in fat loss.
Rain and flooding that wreaked havoc on central Wisconsin in September could become more common because of global climate change, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
The world?s rivers are in greater danger than previously assumed, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin researcher.
Two Madison-area groups have received $500,000 each from the federal government to further develop technologies for making a radioactive isotope widely used in medical imaging tests.
The National Nuclear Security Administration awarded funding to a group including the Morgridge Institute for Research and Phoenix Nuclear Labs LLC of Middleton, as well as to NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC of Madison and its partners.
The Wisconsin partnerships are the third and fourth recipients of such awards, for which there will be one more funding round, said Jennifer Wagner, a spokeswoman for the administration, part of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Madison could be the only U.S. location producing technetium-99m, a substance that is in cardiac stress tests and cancer scans performed on tens of thousands of patients every day, and is in short supply worldwide. Two area companies, in separate arrangements, won the only two federal allocations announced Monday to manufacture the medical isotope molybdenum-99 which, when it decays, produces technetium-99m. One of the proposals is a partnership with UW-Madison, state of Wisconsin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and Phoenix Nuclear Labs in Middleton.
UW-Madison researchers will be spending more than $3-million in federal grant money to study how people handle their cash.The Social Security Administration is providing the grant, which will fund 14 financial literacy projects.
The system by which American universities make the fruits of federally funded research available to the public is fundamentally working — but it could use some fixing up, the National Research Council said in a report released Monday.
Every two years, the state of Wisconsin comes out with its 10-year predictions on job growth. The report is designed to guide young people into new careers, let business owners know what employment trends are coming and help educators adjust their training programs. But the timing of the just-released “2008 to 2018 Jobs Outlook” could not have been worse.
Quoted: Kari Dickinson of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)
When a pharmaceutical company is creating a compound that could become the next wonder drug, it helps to have a clean slate on which to build the drug. That?s the concept behind Scarab Genomics, 1202 Ann St., a company that grew out of research at the UW-Madison laboratories of genetics professor Fred Blattner, the company?s president and chief executive officer.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin of the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
