Morgridge Institute for Research

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The Morgridge Institute for Research is a private, nonprofit biomedical research institute in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The institute works to improve human health by conducting, enabling and translating interdisciplinary biomedical research. Research areas include regenerative biology, virology, metabolism, and computational biology.

The institute was made possible with a $50 million gift from Tashia and John Morgridge as well as support from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the state of Wisconsin, which collectively funded the public-private partnership between the Morgridge Institute and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.^[1]

The interdisciplinary science at the Morgridge Institute is funded by the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other public and private sources. Relationships with industry^[2] and private investors leverage this funding to speed the commercial development of research results.

The Morgridge Institute for Research co-occupies the $150 million Discovery Building with the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation operates the building, including the 48,000-square foot Town Center,^[3] which functions to encourage interaction among scientists and community members and hosts events and educational programs.^[4] The entire project received gold certification in 2011 under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program and is expected to use 50 percent less energy and water than a typical laboratory.^[5]