February 2010
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Launches New Oris™ Collagen I Cell Invasion Assay.

January 2010
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Receives $2.2 Million Contract from Department of Defense.

December 2009
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Receives $100,000 SBIR Grant to Expand Cell Motility Assay Product Line.
  • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Launches New Oris™ Pro Cell Migration Assay.

August 2009
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Appoints New Members to its Board of Directors.

July 2009
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Issued New Patent.

March 2009
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Launches New Oris™ Cell Migration Assembly Kit - FLEX.
  • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Awarded $400,000 Grant from National Institutes of Health to Further Develop Asthma Monitor.

January 2009
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Launches New Oris™ Cell Migration Assay - TriCoated kit.

December 2008
• • Platypus Gives New CEO a Challenge.

• • Press Release: New President & CEO at Platypus Technologies.
  • Platypus Technologies appoints Richard Schifreen as president, CEO.

September 2008
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Announces Product Launch of Oris™ Cell Migration Assay - Fibronectin.

June 2008
• • Press Release: Platypus Technologies Wins 1st Place in the Life Sciences Category in the 2008 Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest.

• Press Release: Platypus Technologies Announces Product Launch of Oris™ Cell Invasion Assay.

• Press Release: Platypus Technologies Announces Product Launch of Oris™ Cell Migration Assembly Kits.

May 2008
• • Platypus Technologies Appoints Eric Apfelbach to its Board of Directors.

April 2008
• • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Innovation Inspected: Entrepreneurs get to compete for cash, plus priceless exposure, with ideas that capitalize on technology."
  • Platypus Technologies has been selected as a Finalist in the 2008 Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest.
  February 2008
• • Platypus Technologies' CEO, Dr. Jeffrey Williams, has been selected as 1 of 51 Semi-Finalists in the 2008 Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest.
  • Platypus Technologies announces the addition of Maria Perr as Director of Marketing.
  January 2008
• • Now Available: Podcast Interview of Platypus Technologies' CEO, Dr. Jeff Williams.

2007

• October 2007
• • Platypus Technologies presents at the WBMA Annual Conference, "Science Enhancing Life" on October 18, 2007.
  September 2007
• • Platypus Technologies receives $600K federal grant to develop environmental sensor
  • A Clear Crystal: Madison start-up seeks to shine at Mid-America Venture Forum
  • Platypus Technologies awarded $600K federal grant
  • Executive Q&A - Jeffrey Williams: Technology Lured Platypus CEO Back To Wisconsin
  • Platypus Technologies Awarded a $2.3 Million Contract from the Department of Defense
  • New CEO at Platypus Finally Comes Home
  August 2007
• Platypus Technologies Launches New Research Tool
• New Platypus Technologies CEO ready for key product launch
• July 2007
• • Platypus Technologies names biotech veteran its CEO
  • Platypus Technologies appoints Jeff Williams as CEO
  • Platypus Technologies highlighted in the Technology section of BusinessWatch,'Ready to Change the World - Platypus turning out revolutionary products'.
  June 2007
• • Platypus Technologies highlighted in the High Tech Review section of In Business: Madison, 'The Next small Big thing, Nanotechnology: coming soon to a pair of pants, window, drug ... near you.'
  April 2007
• • Platypus Technologies presents a poster highlighting, "A novel, high throughput 2-dimensional cell migration and invasion assay" at the 2007 Oak Ridge Conference

• September 2006
• • Platypus Technologies secures $450K SBIR grant
• July 2006
• • Life sciences company praised as a model for home-grown biotechs
  • Platypus Presents at National Institutes of Health Life Sciences Showcase
• May 2006
• • Platypus gets Grants for Disease Detection
  • Platypus gets $1.6 million Grant for Liquid Crystal Tech
  • Platypus Technologies receives $1.65M grant
• April 2006
• • Wisconsin State Journal, "High-tech businesses growing"
• February 2006
  • Wisconsin State Journal, "Wisconsin Companies On Front Line Of Cancer Fight"
• January 2006
• • Wisconsin State Journal, "Crystal Math Focus On Safety Adds Up To Success For Fitchburg's Platypus Technologies, Which Develops Test Devices Using Liquid Crystals"

• December 2005
• • Wisconsin State Journal, Business Digest
• November 2005
• • Platypus raises $1.2 million from private investors
• August 2005
• • Wisconsin State Journal, "Platypus Technologies Makes Toxin Detectors"
  • Wisconsin State Journal, "Getting State To See The Light - Nanotechnology
    Could Mean Big Things For The State's Economy, But Wisconsin Has
    No Government Plan To Help The Growing Industry"
  • Platypus Technologies receives $1.6 million NIH grant
  • Platypus Technologies receives Phase 2 grant
  • Wisconsin State Journal, "Work On The Cutting Edge"
  • Wisconsin State Journal, "The Start of Something Big - Nanotech Industry
    Adds Jobs, Millions of Dollars To Local Economy"
• July 2005
• • Platypus Technologies wins another SBIR grant
• June 2005
• • Wall Street Reporter Magazine "Interview with Barbara Israel, CEO"
  • Wisconsin State Journal, "Money Earmarked For High-tech Firms"
• Spring 2005
• • On Wisconsin, "The Next Big Thing Is Small
• March 2005
• • Inside Wisconsin, "Wisconsin Security Research Consortium Hopes
    to Tap State's Scientific Assets"
• March 2005
• • Capital Times, "Fitchburg Steals Scene"
    Platypus First Biotech Company to Locate in Fitchburg
• January 2005
• • Wisconsin State Journal, "Area Tech Firms Qualify For Tax Credits"

• October 2004
• • Platypus Technologies moving to Fitchburg Technology Campus
  • Platypus Technologies Sniffs Out New Home In Fitchburg Technology Campus
• September 2004
• • Platypus keeps gathering federal funding with $750,000 for defense research
• August, 2004
• • Wisconsin State Journal, "County Economy Powerful, Report: High-tech
    Companies Help Dane Add Jobs At Rapid Rate"
  • Platypus receives $2.14M grant to develop personal pesticide monitors
  • Platypus Tech fights cancer with $400,000 SBIR grant
• June, 2004
• • Wisconsin State Journal, "Conference Features City Companies,
    Two Businesses Are Using Bionanotechnology"
  • America's Biotech Heartland
• March 2004
• • America's Third Coast nurtures biotechnology
• February 2004
• • How to get a piece of the new economy
    Seven ways to start your path to a career in biotech
• January 2004
• • Get to work
  • Profiles: 19 ways to use your mind in the new economy
• November, 2002
• • Wisconsin State Journal, "A Strong Defense"