UW-Madison News Press Release, 03.03.10
Mentor Worldwide LLC's donation of a $16 million manufacturing facility to the new Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will help fuel the nonprofit's mission of accelerating biomedical discoveries to delivery as treatments and cures.
Sangtae "Sang" Kim, executive director of the private Morgridge Institute, said the 37,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art biomedical facility offers new and important resources for the institute and its scientists. The new facility is located on Madison's west side in University Research Park, the location of more than 100 companies employing about 3,500 people.
Morgridge scientists, which include stem cell pioneer James Thomson, TomoTherapy founder T. Rock Mackie, and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and virologist Paul Ahlquist, plan to collaborate frequently with biomedical and pharmaceutical companies in their efforts to efficiently transition drugs and medical devices into clinical testing and commercial production.
Mentor Worldwide LLC's donation of a $16 million manufacturing facility to the new Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will help fuel the nonprofit's mission of accelerating biomedical discoveries to delivery as treatments and cures.
Sangtae "Sang" Kim, executive director of the private Morgridge Institute, said the 37,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art biomedical facility offers new and important resources for the institute and its scientists. The new facility is located on Madison's west side in University Research Park, the location of more than 100 companies employing about 3,500 people.
Morgridge scientists, which include stem cell pioneer James Thomson, TomoTherapy founder T. Rock Mackie, and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and virologist Paul Ahlquist, plan to collaborate frequently with biomedical and pharmaceutical companies in their efforts to efficiently transition drugs and medical devices into clinical testing and commercial production.