Alex Duckworth’s boundless curiosity takes him on remarkable journeys to view both the immense and the minuscule with the aid of advanced technology.
Author: Morgridge Institute for Research
Wisconsin Science Festival makes curiosity to go with “Science in a Bag”
As part of the 2025 Wisconsin Science Festival, the Morgridge Institute’s “Science in a Bag” program provided Wisconsin libraries with more than 3,000 drawstring backpacks, each filled with ten to twelve hands-on experiments and activities designed to spark curiosity.
Morgridge and UW researchers develop novel gene editing approach for stem cell therapy
Morgridge Affiliate Matt Brown and the Ron Stewart Computational Biology Group recently published a new approach to “hypoimmune” gene editing of pluripotent stem cell (PSC) therapies.
Rising Sparks: Peter Favreau, biomedical imaging alum
Along with curiosity and collaboration, Peter Favreau focused on developing his interpersonal skills to find success in building a career in microscopy.
Rising Sparks: Amritava Das, bioethics alum
Amritava Das, whose interdisciplinary work at Morgridge straddled biomedical engineering and bioethics, is taking his career beyond the theoretical realms of science, into the worlds of government policy and national defense.