News Cancer’s Achilles’ Heel? UChicago Startup Secures $7 Million to Develop ‘Game-Changer’ Treatments Onchilles Pharma recently closed its Series A funding round, bringing in approximately $7 million, including a $500,000 investment from the University of Chicago’s Startup Investment Fund. Cofounded by UChicago Associate...
News Onchilles Pharma Advancing Tumor-Killing Drug Candidate to the Clinic University of Chicago spinout Onchilles Pharma plans to initiate first-in-human clinical trials next year for its lead drug candidate – which has demonstrated broad, potent, and direct tumor-killing activity. The...
News Quantum Ecosystem Leaders Expand Collaboration to ‘Drive Meaningful Advances’ Quantum ecosystem leaders from the U.S. and Canada are expanding collaboration to create a positive and sustainable impact on society through quantum information science and technologies. Representatives from Distriq, Quantum...
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 From Months to Weeks: Gene Delivery Method Improved with New ‘One-Step’ System Delivered using adenovirus (Ad) vectors, therapeutic genes address the cause of disease – not just the symptoms. However, while advances in the understanding of human diseases and the genome have...
News Life Sciences Community Convenes at Chicago BioCapital Summit in a Showcase of Local Innovation Hosted by the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC), the inaugural Chicago BioCapital Summit this week brought together industry, academia, and investors in a showcase of the latest innovations in the life...
Technology Depalmitoylation Chemical Probes Protein palmitoylation is a post translational modification of cystine protein residues, the dysregulation of which is implicated in diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancers, and Huntington’s. Despite the importance of palmitoylation,…
News Drug Delivery, Diagnostics, AI Applications Among 10 Projects in the Spring 2021 I-Corps Cohort Ten teams are participating in the spring 2021 cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program – a highly experiential, 7-week-long program to empower scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial...
Program Market Navigator Use market research and AI-powered tools to identify customers, analyze markets, and uncover growth opportunities.
Program Small Business Growth Program Address key business challenges and determine new strategies for business growth with support from UChicago grad students.
