News Compass Demo Day to Showcase Deep Tech Startups Polsky Science Ventures and the Compass deep tech accelerator team at the University of Chicago are hosting a “demo day” to highlight innovative research and technologies across the life sciences,...
News Eight Alumni-Led Startups to Compete in 2022 ANVC Finals The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the eight finalist teams that will vie for investment in the 2022 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC), a global competition dedicated...
News Stretchable, Self-Powered Bioelectronics Mimic Skin in Form and Function Skin-like electronics could seamlessly integrate with the body for applications in health monitoring, medication therapy, implantable medical devices, and biological studies. With the help of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship...
News Small Business Spotlight: Sarah Ware, a Change Agent in Chicago Real Estate Real estate has historically been a white man’s game, and continues to be so at leadership levels. During its 139-year history, the Chicago Association of REALTORS® (CAR) has had only...
News Newly Discovered Electrolyte Could Be The Answer To Lithium-Ion Storage Capacity, Stability Researchers at the University of Chicago have discovered a novel ether solvent for lithium-ion batteries that allows for greater storage capacity, more stability, and the ability to operate at a...
News New Tissue-Like Hydrogel Semiconductor is ‘a Significant Step in Material Design’ Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed an entirely new material that functions both as a hydrogel and a semiconductor – overcoming longstanding challenges in bioelectronics. With a significant...
Page Weixin Tang // Gene Editing Tools The Tang Lab harnesses the unique properties of nucleic acid-modifying enzymes to profile, edit, and reprogram the human genome and transcriptome. This includes the discovery, characterization, and engineering of CRISPR-derived...
Technology Engineered Cytokine-Receptor System For Enhanced Cancer And Viral Infection Treatment The technology enhances cytokine signaling and immune function, optimizing the antiviral and anti-cancer efficacy of Type III IFNs by adjusting cytokine-receptor interaction affinity and relative JAK geometry, providing an effective…
Technology Silicon Nanomaterials for Neuronal Cell Activation Silicon is highly desirable for biomedical device applications because of its thermal and mechanical properties, as well as its biocompatibility. However, its practical application is presently limited by a lack…
Technology Process for the Low Cost and Non-Toxic Isolation of Cellulose Nanofibers from Grass Biomass Cellulose nanofibers are a class of nanocellulose that are favored in materials applications because of their desirable chemical, mechanical, and environmental properties. However, the isolation of these materials from biomass…
Technology Programmable And Hyperstable Engineered Synthetic Transcriptional Repressors A class of functionally enhanced synthetic transcriptional factor antagonists to modulate the MYC/MAX transcriptional network by direct competition for DNA binding. The Unmet Need: Transcription factors remain largely untapped as…
Technology Method for Controllable Strain Generation in Diamond Membranes This method enables non-invasive, predictable and controllable strain generation in diamond membranes, while improving spin coherence and enabling microwave control. The Unmet Need: Scaling networking technologies in diamond Group-IV color…
