Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
News Innovation on Display During Chain Reaction Innovations’ Demo Day Participants in Argonne’s entrepreneurship program will showcase their innovative technologies at Chicago’s Gleacher Center on September 12. For 18 months entrepreneurs in the first cohort of Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI),...
News Chain Reaction Innovations: Polsky Offers Special I-Corps Training to Argonne Teams In May, the Polsky Center ran a special four-week program for Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) accelerator. Six teams participated in this virtual I-Corps program, which included researchers from other...
News Winter Collaboratorium to Connect Students, Scientists Showcasing a Range of Innovations The winter Collaboratorium will connect innovators from UChicago Medicine, the Physical Sciences Division, and Argonne’s Chain Reaction Innovations program with University of Chicago students. The Collaboratorium provides the opportunity for...
Technology A Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Containing Nitrogen Donor Ligands For Highly Efficient Catalysis of Organic Reactions Pyridyl moieties are highly useful in catalytic applications because of their robust redox stability, metallic coordination versatility, and functionalization ease. However, their application is limited due to poor solubility and…
News UChicago Scientists Selected for Argonne’s Entrepreneurship Program Two University of Chicago innovators developing quantum technologies are among six selected for Argonne National Laboratory’s entrepreneurship program, Chain Reaction Innovations, which helps scientists launch and scale their businesses. The...
Technology Novel Aqueous Chemical Stabilization Method for Proteins Based on the Diels-alder Reaction Stabilization of therapeutic proteins and peptides is often necessary to improve pharmacokinetic properties and reduce proteolysis in vivo. However, pre-existing stabilization strategies require expensive catalysts or harsh reagents that prevent…
News Supply Chain Software Startup Takes First Place at 2024 Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge as Judges Award Record-Breaking $1.9M in Total Investments FreshX, a startup developing a supply chain software that helps food companies and freight brokers easily book and manage cold chain transportation and storage, has won first place in the...
News Polsky Center and Portal Innovations Announce New UChicago Science Incubator The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has teamed up with Portal Innovations, a national venture creation and development platform, to design and manage a science startup incubator at Hyde...
Technology DMSO-Enhanced CO2 Capture and Conversion System for Efficient Syngas Production A DMSO-based system uses an amine and salt to capture CO2 from industrial off-gas and electrochemically converts it into efficient syngas, offering improved performance over water-based methods. The Unmet Need:…
Technology Engineered Flt3L Variants For Antigen Tolerance Induction Engineered recombinant fusion of the dendritic cell growth factor Flt3L to serum albumin to modulate the antigen-presenting compartment and bias it toward tolerance particularly against therapeutic proteins. The Unmet Need:…
News Notoros: Building a More Secure Digital World A startup in the inaugural cohort of Transform, a data science and AI accelerator, Notoros is working to solve blockchain technology security issues. “We are aiming for a world in...
