Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
@widofficial.bsky.social
We are an interdisciplinary institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison exploring simplicity in complex systems at the intersection of digital and natural worlds.
Join us on November 21 at 10am for WID Discovery Fellow Bilge Mutlu to share his research 'Designing for Integration: Bringing Embodied AI into the Real World'. A truly timely presentation open to the public. More info on WID Faculty Seminars at wid.wisc.edu/all-events/w...
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Join us on November 21 at 10am for WID Discovery Fellow Bilge Mutlu to share his research 'Designing for Integration: Bringing Embodied AI into the Real World'. A truly timely presentation open to the public. More info on WID Faculty Seminars at wid.wisc.edu/all-events/w...
Join UW–Madison’s David Drake and Carroll University’s Mindy Waite to explore the relationship between humans and animals, both wild and domestic. How retrofitting animals into the human world has enabled new insights into behavior, adaptation, and the possibilities for living together.
October 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Join UW–Madison’s David Drake and Carroll University’s Mindy Waite to explore the relationship between humans and animals, both wild and domestic. How retrofitting animals into the human world has enabled new insights into behavior, adaptation, and the possibilities for living together.
Our director @johandelsman.bsky.social weighs in with @nytimes.com essayist @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social about the value of basic research and its relation to the #NobelPrize.
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
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October 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our director @johandelsman.bsky.social weighs in with @nytimes.com essayist @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social about the value of basic research and its relation to the #NobelPrize.
We congratulate Chandrani Kumari from the @sroyyors.bsky.social Lab for her first place poster at the 2025 UW–Madison postdoctoral symposium.
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We congratulate Chandrani Kumari from the @sroyyors.bsky.social Lab for her first place poster at the 2025 UW–Madison postdoctoral symposium.
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Shaoqin "Sarah" Gong creates novel biomaterials and nanomaterials, bridging engineering with materials science, chemistry and the life sciences. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @widofficial.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/gong/
August 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Shaoqin "Sarah" Gong creates novel biomaterials and nanomaterials, bridging engineering with materials science, chemistry and the life sciences. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @widofficial.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/gong/
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Why work with WARF?
"It is extremely challenging to be a professor and work to translate technology from your laboratory to the commercial sector. WARF has drastically facilitated this process," says Randolph Ashton, CEO and co-founder of Neurosetta.
#WisconsinInnovates
"It is extremely challenging to be a professor and work to translate technology from your laboratory to the commercial sector. WARF has drastically facilitated this process," says Randolph Ashton, CEO and co-founder of Neurosetta.
#WisconsinInnovates
September 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Why work with WARF?
"It is extremely challenging to be a professor and work to translate technology from your laboratory to the commercial sector. WARF has drastically facilitated this process," says Randolph Ashton, CEO and co-founder of Neurosetta.
#WisconsinInnovates
"It is extremely challenging to be a professor and work to translate technology from your laboratory to the commercial sector. WARF has drastically facilitated this process," says Randolph Ashton, CEO and co-founder of Neurosetta.
#WisconsinInnovates
Congratulations to WID faculty member Rupa Sridharan on earning an H.I. Romnes award.
July 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Congratulations to WID faculty member Rupa Sridharan on earning an H.I. Romnes award.
Congratulations to WID Discovery Fellow, Tim Kamp on his WARF named professorship.
July 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Congratulations to WID Discovery Fellow, Tim Kamp on his WARF named professorship.
Congrats to Giulia Scimonelli from the @sahakris.bsky.social Lab. The research award, funded by grants from Brittingham Wisconsin Trust, Knapp Bequest, and UW Division for Teaching and Learning, allows her to study T Cell Phenotype Enrichment Through mRNA Delivery for Enhanced CAR-T Manufacturing.
May 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congrats to Giulia Scimonelli from the @sahakris.bsky.social Lab. The research award, funded by grants from Brittingham Wisconsin Trust, Knapp Bequest, and UW Division for Teaching and Learning, allows her to study T Cell Phenotype Enrichment Through mRNA Delivery for Enhanced CAR-T Manufacturing.
Congratulations to WID: undergraduate researchers, Tianyi Xu, Solís-Lemus Lab; and Nolan You, Yin Lab for recently being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. We acknowledge your hard work in your labs and contribution to our institute.
May 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Congratulations to WID: undergraduate researchers, Tianyi Xu, Solís-Lemus Lab; and Nolan You, Yin Lab for recently being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. We acknowledge your hard work in your labs and contribution to our institute.
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CLS stormed Capitol Hill Thursday, delivering our message of the terrible consequences from abrupt terminations of grants.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...
@needhibhalla.bsky.social @johandelsman.bsky.social
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...
@needhibhalla.bsky.social @johandelsman.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
CLS stormed Capitol Hill Thursday, delivering our message of the terrible consequences from abrupt terminations of grants.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...
@needhibhalla.bsky.social @johandelsman.bsky.social
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...
@needhibhalla.bsky.social @johandelsman.bsky.social
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My department did a story about a new optimization course I’ve been working on- Something between “Intro modeling” and “Nuts and bolts of methods/theory” that I felt was missing
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New advanced optimization course provides industry preparation - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Industrial engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who are interested in learning the basics of optimization—mathematical techniques that can solve problems such as choosing the qu...
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April 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My department did a story about a new optimization course I’ve been working on- Something between “Intro modeling” and “Nuts and bolts of methods/theory” that I felt was missing
engineering.wisc.edu/news/new-adv...
engineering.wisc.edu/news/new-adv...
Final WID Seminar of the semester! Join us on April 29 at 1pm for Schloss Lab presenting Perceptual semantics for visual and haptic communication. More info at wid.wisc.edu/all-events/w...
April 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Final WID Seminar of the semester! Join us on April 29 at 1pm for Schloss Lab presenting Perceptual semantics for visual and haptic communication. More info at wid.wisc.edu/all-events/w...
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Please share the letter from the Coalition for the Life Sciences re termination of ongoing NIH grants. It's a breach trust betw researchers and govt, bad for trainees, potentially fatal for patients in clinical trials, and diminishes the US science. www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...
CLS Calls on the Trump Administration to Restore Research Funding - The Coalition for the Life Sciences
On April 14, 2025, CLS Chair Jo Handelsman and Exec Director Adrienne Hallett sent a letter outlining the tremendous consequences of terminating research and asking that it be reinstated.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org
April 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Please share the letter from the Coalition for the Life Sciences re termination of ongoing NIH grants. It's a breach trust betw researchers and govt, bad for trainees, potentially fatal for patients in clinical trials, and diminishes the US science. www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...
THIS FRIDAY! Featuring Christopher Taylor on piano.
Now would be a great time to reserve your seat for our final SoundWaves of the season taking place at the beautiful Hamel Music Center, Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall (740 University Avenue) on April 11th at 7:30pm. Invite your friends and make a night of it! go.wisc.edu/soundwaves
April 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
THIS FRIDAY! Featuring Christopher Taylor on piano.
Join us on April 22nd! We are part of the Earthfest Celebration!
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Join us on April 22nd! We are part of the Earthfest Celebration!
Welcome back home @wildtypemc.bsky.social! We are beyond excited for the reunification! 🧪🏒🥅🧀
The Chevrette Lab has some big news.
Beginning in August we'll be joining @uwmadscience.bsky.social in the Department of Plant Pathology and @widofficial.bsky.social
Beyond excited for this new chapter.
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Beginning in August we'll be joining @uwmadscience.bsky.social in the Department of Plant Pathology and @widofficial.bsky.social
Beyond excited for this new chapter.
youtu.be/t-M09m-y1KU?...
Kenny Chesney - Back Where I Come From (Live at Farm Aid 2005)
YouTube video by Farm Aid
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March 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Welcome back home @wildtypemc.bsky.social! We are beyond excited for the reunification! 🧪🏒🥅🧀
Now would be a great time to reserve your seat for our final SoundWaves of the season taking place at the beautiful Hamel Music Center, Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall (740 University Avenue) on April 11th at 7:30pm. Invite your friends and make a night of it! go.wisc.edu/soundwaves
March 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Now would be a great time to reserve your seat for our final SoundWaves of the season taking place at the beautiful Hamel Music Center, Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall (740 University Avenue) on April 11th at 7:30pm. Invite your friends and make a night of it! go.wisc.edu/soundwaves
You will not want to miss this. Shruthi Magesh is brilliant.
March 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
You will not want to miss this. Shruthi Magesh is brilliant.
Proud to have you represent!
🌍 Excited to join the @UWMadison delegation in India for Badger Utsav II! We'll celebrate the opening of @BharatBiotech’s new gene & cell therapy facility. Grateful for this opportunity to connect & collaborate.
#CRISPR
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#CRISPR
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Science is Global: Building Bridges with Dr. Kris Saha – Global Health Institute
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March 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Proud to have you represent!
Congratulations to Claudia Solís-Lemus! The Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award recognizes one University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty member and one academic staff member for excellence in engaging the public with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) research.
March 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Congratulations to Claudia Solís-Lemus! The Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award recognizes one University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty member and one academic staff member for excellence in engaging the public with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) research.
Mark your calendars! The @johandelsman.bsky.social lab presents Finding simplicity in complex systems: Signaling in a model #microbial community on March 18 at 1pm. If you can't make it to the seminar in person, please join us at the link in the QR code. Either way, see you there!
March 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Mark your calendars! The @johandelsman.bsky.social lab presents Finding simplicity in complex systems: Signaling in a model #microbial community on March 18 at 1pm. If you can't make it to the seminar in person, please join us at the link in the QR code. Either way, see you there!
TONIGHT!
You won't want to miss the final installment of our Crossroads of Ideas: Microbiome Mini-series on 3/4, 7pm in the Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum. Dr. Richard Davidson and @johandelsman.bsky.social discuss their inspirational research on the gut-brain superhighway. go.wisc.edu/crossroads-o...
Crossroads of Ideas
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Crossroads of Ideas is a public lecture series held monthly during the academic year that addresses topics that matter to our community and are the subject of research at UW-M...
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March 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
TONIGHT!
As a former Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, our director Jo Handelsman has first-hand knowledge of the damage these cuts would inflict.
“To be blunt, it’s disastrous if it would happen.” I spoke to City Cast Madison host Bianca Martin on today’s podcast about proposed federal funding cuts to science.
Federal Funding Cuts Could Be “Disastrous” for UW by City Cast Madison
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March 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As a former Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, our director Jo Handelsman has first-hand knowledge of the damage these cuts would inflict.