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.
Author: Morgridge Institute for Research
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.
Lifesaving science at UW-Madison depends on patent rights
Morgridge Board member and former director Jim Dahlberg wrote a column for The Wisconsin State Journal illustrating how a research finding that stemmed from curiosity led to a discovery with huge value, not only in financial terms, but for the lives of the individuals who benefitted.
