With Heart cells, Middle Schoolers Learn the Hard Lessons of Science

The drug trial is not off to an auspicious start. The cells are not cooperating.

"My control is a beater, but right now my other ones are not," observes Morgridge Outreach Experiences assistant coordinator Irene Landrum as she works under a lab hood manipulating plates of cardiomyocytes, the workhorse cells of the human heart. "Let's get these guys warmed up. If they're too cold, they can stop beating." read more >

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Science and Technology Directorate awards $23.6 million to the Morgridge Institute for Research and UW–Madison to launch a new national cybersecurity project, led by Miron Livny.

Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research, Indiana University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Wisconsin–Madison have received a $23.6 million grant as part of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA 11-02) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate...  read more >

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John and Tashia Morgridge

Donors, Board Members; Morgridge Institute for Research

Brad Schwartz

Chief Executive Officer, Morgridge Institute for Research

Paul Ahlquist

Lead Scientist, Virology, Morgridge Institute for Research

Miron Livny

Director of Core Computational Technology, Morgridge Institute for Research

Thomas "Rock" Mackie

Director of Medical Devices, Morgridge Institute for Research

James Thomson

Director of Regenerative Biology, Morgridge Institute for Research

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