Together with UW–Madison, we recruit top scientific talent, build powerful research collaborations and create shared resources to keep Wisconsin science at the leading edge.
As an independent institute, Morgridge can move quickly to follow interesting and important biological questions, wherever they may lead.Yet we have the best of two worlds. We are deeply engaged with one of the world’s preeminent public research universities and work strategically with the biomedical research community at UW–Madison.
With great foresight, our benefactors John and Tashia Morgridge expressly built into our endowment a component that allows us to invest in new initiatives. We evaluate and choose new ideas that reflect shared priorities with the university.This effort has led to thriving campus partnerships in metabolism research, bioimaging, mass spectrometry, research computing, stem cell science and science communication, among others.
We also exist in a unique culture. The Wisconsin way of doing things is different from many other places, where policy and direction are often determined top-down. People here build coalitions to get new ideas off the ground, which results in strong, grassroots support.
We think this approach unleashes the best ideas to advance human health.
