Lake Wingra could be cleaner with fewer carp if a demonstration “exclosure” project planned for the small Madison lake is successful.
Project aims for cleaner Lake Wingra
Capital Times
Category: Research
Area researchers fear stem cell brain drain (Ann Arbor, Mich. News)
Michigan officials ponder the effects of California’s stem-cell initiative there.
Yes, Madison is research ‘epicenter,’ but other parts of state can play a role, too
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Jim Doyle put on a game face of major league proportions when he rolled out Wisconsin’s response to California’s approval of $3 billion in state funds for a decade of stem cell research. He did what he had to do to keep Wisconsin in the forefront of bioscience. California’s initiative will be hard for a smaller state to match, especially one with a major deficit.
Key patent legislation passed by Congress
Capital Times
Both the Senate and House have passed key patent legislation backed by the UW-Madison and several state politicians, with President Bush expected to sign the bill in the next few weeks.
Avian flu looms as new pandemic with a high mortality rate
Capital Times
Early on a recent Friday morning, doctors from around the area gathered at a Meriter Hospital lecture hall to hear Dennis Maki talk about the flu. The top University of Wisconsin immunologist had plenty to say about the nation’s vaccine shortage. But, as bad as the situation was, that was not his biggest concern.
Contaminants found in Lake Michigan
Wisconsin State Journal
WASHINGTON – Concentrations of a flame retardant banned by many European countries have been found in Lake Michigan and are increasing, UW-Madison scientists have found.
UW-Whitewater wants to build a major in forensic science
Wisconsin State Journal
WHITEWATER – Professor Peter Killoran hopes forensic science will help his criminal justice students answer the question raised in the song “Who Are You?” the theme for the popular “CSI” television show about crime investigations.
Stem-cell question may land on ballot (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune
Days after state legislators voted down a largely symbolic measure supporting privately funded stem-cell research, politicians and medical leaders Tuesday announced plans to ask those same lawmakers to support an even broader initiative to publicly fund the promising but controversial medical research.
Illinois looks at $1 billion plan for stem cell research
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A state official in Illinois is proposing a 6% tax on face lifts and other cosmetic procedures to finance $1 billion in stem cell research over 10 years.
Kelley: Fact or fiction?
Wisconsin State Journal
What gives? First, Gov. Jim Doyle grandly proclaimed his intention to shower $750 million or so on UW-Madison research – then turned around and pilloried UW officials for not cutting their budget request to his satisfaction.
Stormy weather plagues Uranus
Daily Cardinal
After the Voyager fly-by of 1986, scientists pegged Uranus as an uninteresting planet. But with the emergence of large, ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a variety of remarkable weather patterns and unusual ring features on Uranus.
Humans, bacteria form surprising partnerships
Daily Cardinal
A tiny, luminous sea creature and its friendship with bacteria are shifting scientific focus on the benefits of microbes as the major components of the human body and other life forms. UW medical microbiologist Margaret McFall-Ngai wrote about the walnut-sized bobtail squid in the Nov. 12 issue of Science because the squid relies on a bacterial molecule that makes humans ill.
Ocean sediments may hold clues to extinction models
Daily Cardinal
Invertebrates living on the Atlantic Ocean’s floor are helping scientists see the effects of dwindling global biological diversity.
These invertebrates show how local species extinction can alter the ocean’s ecology and decrease the volume of ocean life, said an international team of scientists that includes UW-Madison researchers, in the Nov. 12 issue of Science.
Stem-Cell Industry, Research Evolving (ABC News)
ABCNEWS.com
Nov. 23, 2004 ââ?¬â?Ã? Much has been made of President Bush’s 2001 executive order limiting the use of federal funds for human embryonic stem-cell research. With Bush now slated for another four years in office, researchers and stem-cell supporters are seeking private investment to drive the science and the industry forward.
Congress Passes Bill to Foster Collaborative Research Among Universities and Companies
Chronicle of Higher Education
Legislation that would eliminate a barrier to collaborative research involving universities and companies is headed to President Bush after the U.S. House of Representatives gave it final approval on Saturday. (Subscription required.)
New Tools to Help Patients Reclaim Damaged Senses
New York Times
Cheryl Schiltz vividly recalls the morning she became a wobbler. Seven years ago, recovering from an infection after surgery with the aid of a common antibiotic, she climbed out of bed feeling pretty good.
Tom Still: Doyle�s proposal is about more than keeping pace with California (Wisc. Technology Network)
Wisconsin Technology Network
It was inevitable that Governor Jim Doyle’s proposal to build a $375 million interdisciplinary research center on the UW-Madison campus would be characterized as a ââ?¬Å?responseââ?¬Â to California, where voters passed a $3 billion, 10-year initiative to fund human embryonic stem cell research.
Birds of a feather may use UV light for identification
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Many a frustrated birder has griped about the difficulty of telling the neotropical black-chinned tanager from its neighbor, the blue-winged tanager. “It’s just slight color variation on the back,” said Robert Bleiweiss, a zoologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But new research shows the visual differences are greater than those that meet the birder’s eye. Indeed, if you hold them up to an ultraviolet light, the bird species become recognizably different.
Editorial: Remaining the leader (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When it comes to biotechnology, Wisconsin isn�t a wannabe, it�s a leader. It doesn�t need to catch up; it needs to keep up. And the only way to do that is to dramatically step up the investment in biomedical research. Gov. Jim Doyle realizes that one of the surest ways to spur economic, high-tech development in Wisconsin is to continue to bank on biotechnology.
Stem-cell proposal makes some bristle
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Concerned that economic policy will trump moral concerns in the state’s push to stay at the forefront of stem-cell research, opponents of research using human embryos are lining up to fight the use of public money to fund such exploration. Details of Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle’s $750 million plan for a biotechnology research institute on the UW-Madison campus won’t emerge until he submits his budget to the Legislature in January. But voices in and out of the Legislature are saying that any inclusion of embryonic stem cells in the plan could scuttle its chances.
Professor links squid toxin to cough
Badger Herald
A University of Wisconsin professor and four other medical scientists from around the country recently discovered a toxic molecule that causes disease in humans and simultaneously allows survival in small Pacific Ocean squid.
State must keep research edge
Wisconsin State Journal
No doubt to their chagrin, opponents of embryonic stem cell experiments have only helped Wisconsin hold the high ground in this promising branch of research. But that edge is eroding fast.
California Stem Cell Project Energizes Other States to Act (Los Angeles Times)
As California moves quickly toward setting up a $3-billion embryonic stem cell research agency, other states are scrambling to prevent their top researchers from being raided
New Google tool aids scholarly work (AP)
Capital Times
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google is setting out to make better sense of all the scholarly work stored on the Web. The online search company’s new service, unveiled late Wednesday, draws upon newly developed algorithms to list the academic research that appears to be most relevant to a search request. Google previously hadn’t been able to separate the scholarly content from commercial Web sites.
New UW program to aid start-up firms
Capital Times
The UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations announced that it will start a program next year to help create, support and sustain start-up companies that are based on research and technology developed at the UW.
Gov aims to keep stem cell edge
Capital Times
Gov. Jim Doyle is ready to take on California to defend Wisconsin’s crown as king of the stem cell states. About two weeks after California voters approved a $3 billion, 10-year referendum for stem cell research, Doyle responded by putting together a comprehensive package to showcase and build on Wisconsin’s investment in biotechnology.
State is at critical juncture on UW stem cell support (Racine Journal Times)
Racine Journal Times
Arthur Caplan, the head of the medical ethics department at the University of Pennsylvania, put it bluntly enough in a recent news story: “Wisconsin’s leadership ended Nov. 2.”
Wisconsin Governor Announces $750-Million Plan for Biotechnology and Stem-Cell Research
Chronicle of Higher Education
Wisconsin’s governor, Jim Doyle, announced a plan on Wednesday to spend nearly $750-million over several years on biotechnology and stem-cell research at the University of Wisconsin and several hospitals in the state.
A Big Boost For Biotechnology Research At The UW
WIBA Newsradio
In a public-private partnership…Governor Doyle says biotechnology research in the state…including stem cell research…will get a nearly $750 million boost. Standing alongside UW scientists…Doyle unveiled plans for a $375 millionÃ? facility on the UW campus.
Gov. unveils $375m stem-cell initiative
Daily Cardinal
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Wisconsin’s plan to invest in biotechnology and health science industries Tuesday at the Genetics/Biotechnology center on Henry Mall. With recent major contributions toward research in California, the governor, along with UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, emphasized the need to intensify Wisconsin’s own biomedical findings.
UW to house research institution
Badger Herald
Gov. Jim Doyle announced a proposal Wednesday afternoon to construct a $375 million research institution on the University of Wisconsin campus called the ââ?¬Å?Wisconsin Institution for Discovery.ââ?¬Â
Wisconsin governor calls for $750 million investment in life sciences (Wisc. Technology Network)
Wisconsin Technology Network
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? Wisconsin should hold on to its advantage in health and life-science research by drawing together $375 million in public and private funding for a new research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, Governor Jim Doyle said on Wednesday.
Experts say biotech needs cash
Wisconsin State Journal
As a center of technological innovation, Wisconsin competes with any region in the country, but the state’s growing biotechnology sector needs an influx of capital and experienced executive talent to thrive, according to a panel of venture capital managers.
State will help fund stem-cell institute
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Jim Doyle and UW- Madison administrators Wednesday escalated Wisconsin’s race with California for stem-cell supremacy.
They said state and private dollars will be used to build a $375 million institute on campus to centralize research aimed at curing diseases such as Alzheimer’s and diabetes.
Wis. governor plans stem cell spending
USA Today
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday to invest nearly $750 million to support human embryonic stem cell research and other medical experiments.
Governor unveils plan for biotech
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday for a $375 million institute for stem cell and other biomedical research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The institute is part of a nearly $750 million plan to bolster the state’s position in the growing biotech field.
Stem cell boost: Doyle calls for $375M research institute
Capital Times
Gov. Jim Doyle today announced a $375 million research institute for the UW-Madison campus to help the state compete in the field of stem cell research. The proposal will need to be approved by the Legislature as part of the state budget…. The governor is also asking the Legislature to invest $1.5 million in Alzheimer’s disease research.
Area firms bullish on economy
Capital Times
Most area businesses are expecting bigger sales in 2005 but that won’t necessarily mean a fatter paycheck for workers. The annual Dane County Economic Survey released today shows that 78 percent of firms here are projecting increased revenues next year. That’s up from 65 percent in 2004. The survey was conducted by the UW-Madison A.C. Nielsen Center for Marketing Research.
Doyle to unveil biotech initiative
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Jim Doyle is set to unveil today a multifaceted strategy to maintain Wisconsin’s importance in the growing scientific fields of stem cell research and biotechnology.
Editorial: Stem cell leadership
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The state�s leadership role in stem cell research is in jeopardy. California voters approved spending $3 billion over the next decade on embryonic stem cell research. California voters were persuaded that the initial investment would more than pay for itself. It�s clear in any case that if Wisconsin doesn�t pursue this research, others will. Besides California, several countries are also making huge monetary investments in this research.
Tom Still: UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Santiago determined to build on research base (wisbusiness.com)
www.wisbusiness.com
MILWAUKEE ââ?¬â?? At the State University of New York in Albany, Carlos Santiago helped forge a partnership between IBM and the campus that led to the creation of a $1.5 billion “center of excellence.”
Now that he’s taken up residence in Wisconsin, Santiago sees no reason why UW-Milwaukee can’t aspire to do the same.
Big Announcement On Wisconsin Stem Cell Research Coming
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s stem cell research is taking a big step forward. News 3 has learned Gov. Jim Doyle will announce Wednesday a plan to construct a research facility for stem cell work on the UW campus, geared toward keeping medical researchers in the Badger state.
Science Braces for Second Term (Wired News)
Wired.com
Quoted: R. Alta Charo, professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin Law and Medical Schools
UW plans entrepreneurship program to link campus resources (Wisc. Technology Network)
Wisconsin Technology Network
Entrepreneurs on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will have a new resource to help them navigate the process of starting a company and the many related centers on campus.
The Office of Corporate Relations is heading the New Business Start-Up Initiative, which is to include events, publications and both one-ond-one and class-based training. This assistance will be available to UW=-Madison faculty, staff and students.
Stem-cell patent holder�s view of the California challenge (Wisc. Technology Network)
Wisconsin Technology Network
Will all human embryonic stem (hES) cell research move to California in light of the recent passage of a $3 billion bond initiative that is intended to make California the leader in a technology discovered by UW-Madison researcher Dr. James Thomson?
Tear-free onions on the way
Daily Cardinal
When people think of onions they tend to think of bad breath and watery eyes. But what they sometimes overlook are onions’ many health benefits.
According to UW-Madison professor of nutritional sciences Pete Anderson, eating onions has been shown to lower cholesterol, benefit the health of the heart and reduce the risk of cancer. Onions contain thiosulfinates, chemicals that, among other benefits, appear to decrease the risk of a heart attack by limiting the degree to which blood platelets stick together.
Dino tooth yields clues
Daily Cardinal
The feeding habits of a well-known dinosaur have become more defined thanks to UW-Madison senior Daniel Hyslop, who discovered a leftover dinosaur bone that indicates the Tyrannosaurus rex may have ripped meat off the bones of its prey rather than eating prey whole, bones and all.
Stem cells a priority for state
Capital Times
Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to announce soon a strategy to keep Wisconsin at the forefront of stem cell research, despite a California vote to spend billions in public dollars on the effort.
Stem cell research leader leaving UW
Capital Times
R. Timothy Mulcahy, a top research official at UW-Madison, is leaving to go to the University of Minnesota. Mulcahy has been the University of Wisconsin’s point man on stem cell research and compliance with federal regulations on human and animal research, as well as some biological agents.
U hires new vice president of research (Minnesota Daily)
The six-month-long search for a new University vice president for research has ended.
R. Timothy Mulcahy, an associate dean for biological sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate school, will move to Minnesota to take the position Feb. 1. He will replace interim vice president for research David Hamilton, who plans to return to teaching.
Battles loom over basic patent on stem cells
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
According to the U.S. Patent Office, a Wisconsin foundation has the right to royalties that might be generated by stem cell therapies. But there are signs that a worldwide battle on that issue is already taking shape. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, known as WARF, holds among its 40 stem cell patents a basic one that broadly covers the preparation of embryonic stem cells. Basic patents, often the underpinnings of whole new industries, are highly prized and frequently contested.
Stem cell research race is wide open
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Jim Doyle says he plans within the next two weeks to announce a strategy to expand the state’s position in the tantalizing but still-unproven realm of stem cell research.
Stem cell research dean leaves Madison for Minn.
Daily Cardinal
In the midst of ongoing competition among public universities to remain at the forefront of the research field, administrators with a proven record are highly valued and sought. UW-Madison recently lost such an administrator to the University of Minnesota, a comparable national research university.
Global warming intensifies
Badger Herald
Global warming is liquefying the Arctic two times faster than it is heating the rest of the planet in what may be an omen for worldwide climate disasters in the next century, according to an eight-nation study released last week.
Research head will leave UW
Badger Herald
R. Timothy Mulcahy, associate vice chancellor for research policy, professor of pharmacology and associate dean for biological sciences at the University of Wisconsin graduate school, has announced he is leaving his top research post.
Scientists Surprised By Squid’s Trick
Wisconsin State Journal
You’ve heard the old saying that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure?
Grantsburg unearths questions of science
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Ron Numbers, a medical historian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on the evolution/ creation debate.
Venture conference showcases state’s medical start-ups
www.wisbusiness.com
MADISON ââ?¬â?? This week’s Wisconsin Life Sciences and Venture Conference will highlight the state’s emergence as a center for drug therapy start-ups.
A plan to stay a stem-cell leader (WSJ)
Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to soon announce a strategy to keep Wisconsin at the forefront of stem-cell research despite a California vote to spend billions on the effort.
Doyle hopes Wisconsin stays leader in stem cell research (AP)
Duluth News
MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to soon announce a strategy to keep Wisconsin at the forefront of stem cell research, despite a California vote to spend billions in public money on the effort.