Congratulations to the ophthalmology and visual sciences researchers & alums awarded patents in June: Robert Nickells, Ruosen Xie & Ryan Donahue! Tell us your idea: warf.org/disclose

Looking for licensable university technologies? WARF Advances delivers breakthrough innovations from @uwmadison.bsky.social. Explore opportunities in: ✅ Clean Tech ✅ Engineering & Comp Sci ✅ Food & Ag ✅ Healthcare Sign up: https://www.warf.org/news/publications/warf-advances-uw-madison-technology

Officially open! Third Coast Foundry brings Midwest innovation to San Francisco, and we're proud to celebrate with @danielluriesf.bsky.social and our university partners.

What's the technology transfer process at @uwmadison.bsky.social? Here are six steps to working with WARF.

Apply by July 8 for Pressure Chamber 2026: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccNNJbLAQdaFae4SMXEy5eR-pGUlcQcxbJmW8h0WDXep3vdg/viewform Finalists will pitch live on August 18 during Forward Fest.

Looking to connect with innovators across Wisconsin? The WiSys SPARK Symposium brings together @universitieswi.bsky.social faculty, students, staff and alumni July 22-24 to share ideas, showcase research and spark new collaborations. Register now: https://www.wisys.org/event/spark

Heading to BIO? So are we. Let's partner on breakthrough @uwmadison.bsky.social technologies. Connect with Goutham Narla, Brian Dyck, Rafael Diaz, Mike Partsch, Jeanine Burmania and Josh Carson to explore opportunities in therapeutics and drug development. #BIO2026

At WARF, we’re proud to support groundbreaking discoveries that have the potential to transform industries and improve lives. Discover six of last year's most exciting new inventions from @uwmadison.bsky.social.

Don't miss the Wisconsin Drives Manufacturing Summit, held June 1-2 at Lambeau Field. The event brings together leaders from across disciplines to collaborate on the challenges shaping the future of manufacturing. Register: https://widrivesmanufacturing.com/

The future of fusion energy starts at @uwmadison.bsky.social. From breakthroughs in the lab to real-world impact, the university is driving innovation to make fusion energy commercially viable. Discover how Wisconsin is igniting what's next: https://ignitingfusion.wisc.edu/

A new study underscores the economic power of the Wisconsin Idea. @uwmadison.bsky.social and its affiliates and spin-off companies contribute an estimated $38.9 billion annually to Wisconsin's economy, delivering a $21.66 return for every state dollar invested. https://go.wisc.edu/impactnews

Happy World IP Day! https://www.wipo.int/en/web/ipday

Tomorrow is #WorldQuantumDay, and we celebrate the @uwmadison.bsky.social faculty who are helping turn quantum research into real-world impact. They play leading roles in startups including Dirac Labs, Infleqtion and Qolab, translating discoveries from the lab into emerging technologies.

WARF's Greg Keenan joined @uwmadison.bsky.social researchers Mark Saffman, @mickeykats.bsky.social, Matt Otten and Mark Eriksson for a congressional briefing on quantum technology hosted by @baldwin.senate.gov as part of UW-Madison Day in Washington, D.C.

Congratulations to the @uwmadison.bsky.social researchers named 2026 NAI senior members: Reinier Hernandez, Diego Hernando, Bin Ran & Victor Zavala! https://academyofinventors.org/nai-welcomes-newest-class-of-senior-members/

Let's talk data! It's #LoveDataWeek, and WARF's Justin Anderson (https://www.warf.org/contact-us/justin-anderson/) wants to hear about your data sets. #WisconsinInnovates Learn more: https://www.warf.org/invent/data-licensing/

Happy #NationalInventorsDay! We want to hear your ideas at https://warf.org/disclose. #WisconsinInnovates

Got cool science? Our IP team wants to hear from you. To get started, submit a 10-minute Innovation Disclosure: https://warf.org/disclose or reach out directly for a conversation: https://www.warf.org/invent/ip-experts/ We'd love the chance to learn about your @uwmadison.bsky.social research.

As our centennial year comes to a close, we celebrate the innovators who make @uwmadison.bsky.social‬ extraordinary. Meet some of the UW researchers whose work is shaping the future: https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/ #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social

Congratulations to our partners at WiSys on 25 years of collaboration, discovery and innovation! Explore the 2025 WiSys Innovation Report to see a year of impactful work happening across the Universities of Wisconsin: https://www.wisys.org/assets/documents-resources/2025-Innovation-Report.pdf

Did you know? Since the Bayh-Dole Act passed 45 years ago, it helped launch thousands of startups and bring life-changing technologies to market. We're proud to have helped make it happen. https://www.warf.org/about-warf/history/warf-the-bayh-dole-act/

Cary Forest directs the Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory (WiPPL), which operates several multi-investigator plasma physics devices. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @uwmadphysics.bsky.social @uwmadisonls.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/forest/

John Ralph studies plant cell wall structure, biosynthesis and utilization; lignin biosynthesis; and more. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @uwbiochem.bsky.social @uwmadisoncals.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/ip_ralph/

Reinier Hernandez aims to harness the power of radionuclides to tackle problems in diverse areas of biomedical research. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @wiscmedphys.bsky.social @uwiscradiology.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/hernandez/

Zongfu Yu extracts information and energy from light, using approaches from fundamental optical sciences that leverage machine learning and nanotechnologies. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @uwmadisonece.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/yu/

Aviad Hai's lab focuses on engineering next-generation tools to access the nervous system and accelerate the study of brain function and dysfunction. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/hai/

Xiangyao Yu researches cloud-native databases, new hardware for databases, core DB techniques in transactions and analytics. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/xiangyao/

Shubhra Pasayat works to helps bring wide bandgap group III-nitrides and ultra-wide bandgap group III-oxides to the market at an accelerated pace. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @uwmadisonece.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/pasayat/

@mebrown4.bsky.social explores the nexus of PSC biology and immunology and investigates the mechanisms underpinning the immune response to PSC-derived cell therapies. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @wiscsurgery.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/brown/

Randall Kimple's lab uses powerful patient-derived model systems to study how cancers evolve to overcome current treatments. #WARF100 @uwchancellor.bsky.social @wiscmedphys.bsky.social @uwmadisonradmed.bsky.social https://www.warf.org/commercialize/uw-madison-inventor-profiles/kimple/