2025 marks 100 years since the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) became the first-ever tech transfer office. It’s been a very successful first century for the nonprofit organization as we heard…
Kevin Walters: Vitamin D-fortified food changed universities forever
The story of technology transfer begins with Harry Steenbock’s discovery of how to create vitamin D- fortified food. Steenbock, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, established the…
WARF Advances in Engineering and Computer Science | March 2025
WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hybrid PLD of Complex Oxide Thin Films with Large Vapor Pressure Mismatch This new synthesis method, hybrid PLD (Pulsed Laser…
Innovations at UW-Madison improve CT-guided interventional procedures
CONTACT: Jeanan Yasiri Moe Director of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs [email protected] | (608) 960-9892 MADISON, Wis. – New medical devices and software tools created by researchers at the University of…
A century of partnership with WARF supports innovation
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) enjoy a century-long partnership that began when UW-Madison biochemistry professor Harry Steenbock patented his discovery that…
Submissions invited for WARF/Nexus NeuroTech Ventures Neurotechnology Challenge Grant
WARF Accelerator will award 2-5 grants from a $100K pool CONTACT: Jeanan Yasiri Moe Director of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs [email protected] | (608) 960-9892 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin…
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Jeanine Burmania, WARF
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Jeanine Burmania, senior director of intellectual property and licensing for WARF. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which handles patenting and licensing…
WARF Advances in Health Care | February 2025
WARF ADVANCES Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Simplifying the Process for Early Detection, Screening of Cancer A pair of surgery researchers developed a diagnostic that allows at-home…