Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (University of Wisconsin)(x)
WARF: A Leader in Technology Transfer Since 1925
Since its founding in 1925, WARF has served the University of Wisconsin-Madison scientific community by patenting the discoveries of UW-Madison researchers and licensing these technologies to leading companies in Wisconsin, the United States and worldwide. In this way, WARF also facilitates the use of UW-Madison research for the maximum benefit of society.
WARF distributes the income from commercial licenses to the UW-Madison, the inventors and their departments. Each year, WARF contributes over $50 million to fund additional UW-Madison research. The university refers to WARF’s annual gifts as its “margin of excellence” funding.
948 Innovations found
| Method to Make Nanophase Base Metals |
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Numerous attempts have been made to produce “nanophase” powders of the base metals, particularly iron, cobalt and nickel. Nanophase in this sense refers to powders composed of nanoscale particl...
| Fluorescent Molecular Probes |
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Despite the wealth of knowledge about the biochemistry, biophysics, and health-related effects of cholesterol, very little is known about the membrane trafficking of cholesterol in live cells. ...
| Portable Device to Monitor Water Quality |
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Surface water quality as well as the source of groundwater can be determined by analyzing dissolved gases in groundwater. Current methods of collecting gases for later analysis are cumbersome, ...
| One-dimensional Arrays On Optical Fibers |
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The invention provides methods for synthesizing and analyzing linear arrays of agents on an optical fiber. The agents on the optical fiber can be analyzed by subjecting them to an assay and then de...
| Spectral Enhancement of Acoustic Signals to Provide Improved Recognition of Speech |
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The invention provides a method for enhancing an auditory signal. Individuals with normal hearing are able to recover speech information even when spatial and temporal overlaps of adjacent speech a...
| Bone Morphogenetic Protein-1 Biological Materials |
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are critical for the formation of cartilage and its conversion into bone. The inventors have developed DNA clones, antibodies, vectors, and cell lines for exp...
| Method to Screen for Novel Antibiotics |
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The antibiotic vancomycin targets the peptidoglycan-containing bacterial cell wall. Inducible resistance to vancomycin and other glycopeptide antibiotics is becoming a serious health problem, n...
| Method for Refolding Proteins |
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The ability to overproduce natural or modified proteins in genetically engineered cells is crucial for many biotechnological products and processes. While some proteins are expressed in an active ...
| Data Flow Execution of Methods in Sequential Programs |
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To improve the speed of a computer program, computer systems run instructions from a program in parallel, but maintain the effect of running these instructions one after another. Systems with multi...
| Plasmids Encoding Avian Influenza Genes |
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Avian influenza causes significant economic losses for poultry producers worldwide and can be transmitted to humans and other mammals. The surface glycoproteins hemagglutinin (HA) and neuramini...
