Page Where Are They Now? Episode 7 Episode 7: Braintree May 27, 2021 Growing up in a small, religious town in Utah, Bryan Johnson felt he existed in a video game where the rules were all mapped...
News Polsky Center and Chicago Booth Private Equity Group Host 25th Annual PE Conference Investors, students, and industry leaders gathered last week for the 25th Annual Chicago Booth Private Equity Conference, a day-long event exploring the evolving dynamics of private equity investing and value...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 1 Episode 1: The Story of NVC April 15, 2021 When it launched 25 years ago, the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge (NVC) was a pioneer in helping business school...
Event Chicago Booth Private Equity Conference 2026 March 6, 2026 Overview The 25th Annual Chicago Booth Private Equity Conference, hosted by the Chicago Booth Private Equity Group and the Polsky Center, is an annual event that brings together investors, students,...
Event Chicago Booth Healthcare Conference February 24, 2024 This year’s Chicago Booth Healthcare Conference will explore the theme of how healthcare organizations across the board are balancing questions of cost, quality and the patient experience. Of note...
Technology A Programmable Translational Activator Platform For Restoring Endogenous Protein Expression In Haploinsufficiency Disorders The CIRTS-4GT3 platform is a compact, programmable system that uses guide RNAs and human protein domains to boost production of specific proteins in cells, offering a safe and targeted therapy…
News Growth of Private Equity in a Challenging Environment: the 23rd Annual Private Equity Conference Last week the Polsky Center and the Chicago Booth Private Equity Group hosted the 23rd annual Private Equity Conference, bringing investors, students, and entrepreneurs together to network and share insights...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 8 Episode 8: PrettyQuick June 3, 2021 Coco Meers’ career has centered on helping women look and feel their best. When she caught the entrepreneurship bug and looked for a pain...
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 Bioorthogonal Enzyme-Probe System For Spatially Specific Biomolecule Labeling Novel proximity labeling technology utilizes a bioorthogonal protecting group, impervious to endogenous esterases, paired with evolved BS2 esterase mutants. The enzyme-mediated unmasking creates a reactive acid chloride intermediate that rapidly…
Technology Activity-responsive Split RNA Polymerase Platform for Biosensors and Gene Therapy An understanding of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) is critical to uncovering new disease pathophysiology and for developing small molecule and antibody treatments. Problematically, current approaches to assay PPIs are limited by…
