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New round of federal funding received for $85 million medical isotope project

The Morgridge Institute for Research has received a $20.6 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration to support development of a new process and manufacturing plant for a medical isotope needed by tens of thousands of U.S. patients daily. more >

Morgridge Institute Stem Cell Group’s Victor Ruotti Wins Cycle Computing Challenge

Victor Ruotti, a computational biologist on the regenerative biology team at the Morgridge Institute for Research, has won the 2012 CycleCloud BigScience Challenge. Ruotti’s award comes in the form of computing time—the equivalent of eight hours on a 30,000-core cluster. more >

In the News

Department of Energy funds to help start medical isotope plant in Janesville
5.8.12 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Kathleen Gallagher

A camera that peers around corners
3.20.12 | MIT News Office

Cycle Computing announces BigScience Challenge winner
3.13.12 | HPC Wire

Wisconsin stem cell group wins Cycle Computing $10,000 Challenge
3.13.12 | BioIT World | Kevin Davies

Christie partners honored with DSE 2012 awards
3.8.12 | Sign Builder Illustrated

Testing begins on video game for intelligence analysis
3.7.12 | The Oklahoma Daily | Paighten Harkins

Stem Cells: Flexible friends
2.29.12 | Nature | Nirupama Shevde

Q&A: Stemming the tide of misinformation
2.29.12 | Nature | Michael Eisenstein

Radioisotope recipe lacks one ingredient: cash
2.6.12 | New York Times | Matthew L. Wald

White House office studies benefits of video games
1.31.12 | USA Today | Greg Toppo

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Morgridge Scientific Leadership Team
Sang Kim, James Thomson, Paul Ahlquist, Susan Millar, T. Rock Mackie, Miron Livny and Rupa Shevde

Sangtae "Sang" Kim
Founding Executive Director, Morgridge Institute for Research
Director of Pharmaceutical Informatics, Morgridge Institute for Research

James Thomson
Director of Regenerative Biology, Morgridge Institute for Research

Paul Ahlquist
Lead Scientist, Virology, Morgridge Institute for Research

Thomas "Rock" Mackie
Director of Medical Devices, Morgridge Institute for Research

Susan Millar
Emeritus Director of Education Research, Morgridge Institute for Research and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Miron Livny
Director of Core Computational Technology, Morgridge Institute for Research

Nirupama “Rupa” Shevde
Director of Outreach Experiences, Morgridge Institute for Research

Carl Gulbrandsen

Board Chair, Morgridge Institute for Research
Managing Director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

John and Tashia Morgridge

Donors, Board Members; Morgridge Institute for Research

 



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