Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Understanding the Global Plastics Problem to Inform Solutions

Virtual

Plastics are a class of diverse and versatile materials that we rely on in modern-day life, yet plastics are known to contaminate marine, aquatic and terrestrial environments around the globe. Kara Lavender Law, professor of oceanography at the Sea Education Association, will discuss the global plastics problem from production through disposal, including the environmental science…

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WARF Innovation Day at Summerfest Tech

Virtual

Get an inside look at some of the most commercially promising technologies from campuses across the state. Register for WARF Innovation Day and other Summerfest Tech events. Quick Pitch Lineup Control and Disrupt: Next-Generation Semiconductors Outperform Silicon Mike Arnold, Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at UW-Madison RosetteArraysTM: Transforming Risk Assessment and Drug Discovery for…

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New Strategies to Drug Challenging Targets by Exploiting Covalent Targeting, Beyond Rule of 5 Bitopic Ligands and Binary Pharmacology

Virtual

The GTP-ase K-Ras represents the most frequently altered oncogene in cancer patients. Directly targeting K-Ras is difficult due to its picomolar affinity for GTP/GDP and the absence of easily identifiable allosteric sites. Kevan M. Shokat, a professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at UCSF, a professor of chemistry at UC Berkeley and an investigator with…

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