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 PartySlate Raises $1.6 Million PartySlate, an online platform to connect event providers with people looking to plan weddings, meetings and celebrations, has raised another $1.6 million. PartySlate, which is similar to home-building and decorating...
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...
Technology Atomic Layer Chemical Pattern For Block Copolymer Assembly Block copolymers can assemble into large-scale, dense, and regular nanoscale patterns, making block copolymer assembly a potential candidate for nanolithography. The assembly of block copolymers can be directed to follow…
Event Polsky Exchange Member Report Release Party October 28, 2025 Join us for a celebratory breakfast event to unveil the 2024 Polsky Exchange Annual Report! This special event is to honor the incredible achievements of our Polsky Exchange Members over the...
Technology Antibody Blockade Method To Augment Hemolysis For Treatment Of Sepsis Sepsis is a systemic response to infection and remains a leading cause of death in intensive care units worldwide while our understanding of the pathogenesis of sepsis across most tissues…
Technology Boosting Cancer Immunotherapy Or Radio-Immunotherapy For Enhanced Tumor Eradication New cancer therapy to enhance the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy and radiation by blocking tumor-promoting signals from erythroid progenitor cells, which secrete artemin to advance cancer progression. This approach…
Technology Synthetic Monoclonal Antibodies For Blocking Human Growth Hormone Receptor Signaling Synthetic monoclonal antibodies using phage display to bind and block the human growth hormone receptor, potentially offering a more potent and specific treatment for conditions like acromegaly by inhibiting receptor…
News NIH Funds Preclinical Testing of Proposed Anti-COVID Therapy Patented By UChicago Researcher University of Chicago researcher Raphael Lee, MD, ScD, the Paul and Allene Russell Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Medicine, has patented the methods and use of...
Technology Amphiregulin Screening And Inhibition Methods For Reducing Metastasis And Enhancing Radiotherapy Efficacy Methods to improve radiotherapy by blocking the protein Amphiregulin (AREG), which helps tumors resist treatment and spread. Inhibiting AREG enhances anti-tumor effects and reduces metastasis, making radiotherapy more effective …
Technology Antibody-Based Therapeutics For Inhibiting Growth Hormone Receptor Dimerization And Signaling Antibodies that block growth hormone signaling by binding the receptor or hormone to stop receptor pairing, based on high-affinity, defined sequences for therapeutic and research use. The Unmet Need: Effective…
News ETA Spotlight // Andrei Papayanopulos, MBA ’14, Cofounder of Arpa Capital Andrei Papayanopulos started at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with the aspiration to raise a venture capital fund in his native Mexico, where at the time, he...
