News UChicago Food Allergy Startup Raises $3.5 Million Bunning Food Allergy Professor Cathy Nagler had been researching the physiological origins of food allergy and potential treatments for over 30 years without ever considering the possibility of translating that...
News ClostraBio Closes $4 Million Series A to Transform Intestinal Health with Plug-and-Play Drug Delivery Platform University of Chicago spinout ClostraBio has closed a $4 million Series A-1 financing round to accelerate development of its lead candidate, expand its plug-n-play platform, and build out its team....
News ISTC Releases 2020 R&D Index and Names Three UChicago Professors Top Researchers to Know The Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) this week released its latest R&D Index – as well as this year’s Researchers to Know, which includes three faculty members from the...
News Polsky Day-long Conference Celebrates and Inspires Entrepreneurial Women A diverse roster of professionals, professors, and entrepreneurs all take to the stage at the Women and Entrepreneurship Conference.
News A Low Tolerance for ‘No’: In Conversation with Polsky’s Innovation Programs Director Breaking boundaries is not glamorous or easy, but having a low tolerance for ‘no’ and finding mentors can help advance professional opportunities for women in historically male-dominated industries. As we...
News Scientist Builds Drug Development Company Out of Research Lab When Cathryn Nagler set out to develop drugs to treat childhood food allergies, she knew she was heading into unchartered territory. Although Nagler, the Bunning Food Allergy Professor, has been...
News Polsky Center’s Life Science Launchpad Partners with Faculty to Launch Startups In 2014, the Bunning Food Allergy Professor Cathryn Nagler and her team discovered a potential treatment for food allergies.
News Polsky Center Announces Spring 2019 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky Center has announced the latest cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program.
News Patent of the Week: Boosting the Microbiome to Prevent Infection Many antibiotic-resistant infections in humans can be traced to food and animals due to the widespread use of antibiotics on farms. Because of this, there is an urgent need to...
Technology Potentiating the Microbiome for the Prevention of Enteric Bacterial Infection in Livestock Approximately 1/5 of antibiotic resistant infections in humans can be traced back to food and animals. The incidence of these infections is perpetuated by the widespread prophylactic use of antibiotics…
News Chicago Quantum Summit to Feature Diverse Perspectives on Building a Quantum Infrastructure The fourth annual Chicago Quantum Summit will feature presentations and discussions focusing on growing quantum ecosystems, commercializing research, and complex issues such as workforce development and inclusion — on both...
News Scientists and Business Leaders Tackle Shared Challenges at First-ever Chicago Microbiome Conference What singular topic has the ability to unite researchers studying skin care, cancer, irritable bowel disease, and Alzheimer’s disease? The microbiome – the study of the bacteria, fungi, and other...
