News Polsky Center Welcomes Newest Cohort of the Small Business Financial Fundamentals Program The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is welcoming a new cohort of entrepreneurs to the Polsky Exchange Small Business Financial Fundamentals program. The 10-week program is designed to support...
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 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…
Technology Defined Live Biotherapeutic Compositions That Restore Depleted Gut Metabolites To Improve Outcomes In Liver Disease Patients Patients with advanced liver disease, transplant recipients, and other critically ill populations frequently experience profound microbiome dysbiosis due to antibiotics and hospitalization. This dysbiosis is characterized by loss of microbial…
Technology Type I Interferons For Enhancing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Efficacy Method to enhance CAR T-cell efficacy by incorporating low-dose exogenous IFN-α2 into CD19-directed, CD28-costimulated CAR T cells post-transduction during manufacturing boosting cytolytic molecule expression, cytokine secretion, and cytotoxicity while minimizing…
Technology Patient Microbiota As A Predictive Biomarkers For Response To Checkpoint Blockade Therapy Improved prediction of patient response to checkpoint blockade immunotherapy through identification of specific gut microbiota biomarkers, thereby enhancing clinical decision-making and treatment efficacy in oncology. The Unmet Need: Reliably predicting immunotherapy…
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...
Program LBO Modeling Bootcamp Build financial modeling skills to analyze leveraged buyouts and evaluate investment opportunities with confidence.
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,...
Technology Fully Synthetic Adjuvant Delivery System For Enhanced Tumor-Targeted Immunotherapy A cancer vaccine that enhances immune response by directly binding adjuvants to tumor cells, avoiding targeting antibodies, and reducing related side effects The problem: Therapeutic vaccination has long been a…
Technology Expanding CAR T Cells Using Venetoclax For Enhanced Cytolytic Activity Against Tumors Expanding CAR T cells with venetoclax enhances their ability to target and kill CD19+ tumor cells, increases their effectiveness, and reduces exhaustion, potentially leading to better treatment outcomes for diffuse…
