News Autonomous Precision Machining Startup Takes First Place at 2023 ANVC Four startups received investment at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s 2023 Alumni New Venture Challenge (ANVC). The ANVC, which launched in 2019, is the alumni track of the New Venture Challenge,...
News UChicago Expands Microbiome Research Capabilities with New Manufacturing Facility The Duchossois Family Institute (DFI) at the University of Chicago can manufacture clinical-grade encapsulated bacteria – catalyzing opportunities to better understand the microbiome and its myriad of roles in human...
News Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2025: Built to Last Last week, the Polsky Center and Chicago Booth’s Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (EVC) Group hosted the Rattan L. Khosa SeedCon 2025, the university’s flagship entrepreneurship and venture capital conference. Held...
News It’s Time to Get Hardcore About Your Core Values The following article was written by Michael Curry, co-CEO and co-chairman of Lullwater, a Baltimore-based operations-focused investment company, and an adjunct assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth...
News Polsky Exchange and Huntington Bank Help Secure Funding for South Side Entrepreneurs An initiative led by the Polsky Exchange helped South Side entrepreneurs secure critical funding by preparing them to meet the specific criteria banks use to evaluate small business loan applications....
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 Enhanced Vaccine Efficiency via an Antigen Targeting, Immune Stimulating Co-polymer Vaccine efficacy is limited due to the inability to deliver in-tact antigens to antigen presenting (APC) dendritic cells (DCs) while simultaneously activating the cells in a non-toxic fashion. Adjuvants have…
Technology A Prognostic Gene Signature for Predicting Chemotherapy Sensitivity and Patient Survival in ER-negative Breast Cancer ER-negative (ER-) breast cancers make up 20% of all breast cancer diagnosis. However, no gene signature exists for predicting drug sensitivity and prognosis. Therefore, the clinical standard remains treating patients…
Technology Silicon Mesh for the Remote Modulation of Organ Electrical Activity Electric organ stimulation has shown promise in the clinic for treating aberrant neurological and cardiac activity. Problematically, this approach is limited by the high risk associated with surgical or gene…
Technology Novel Delivery Platform For Controlled Release Of Bacterial Metabolites To Modulate The Immune System Conditioning of the immune system by the microbiome has received substantial attention for the scientific community in recent years. Microbial metabolites are being assessed as novel therapeutic tools for various…
Technology Bioadhesive Polymer for Connecting Semiconductors to Wet Tissue This method imparts bioadhesive properties onto polymeric semiconductors, which enables effective transductions of bio-signals from biological tissues to electronic devices. The Unmet Need: Conformable and stable integration of semiconductor-based biosensing…
Technology A Gene-Modified T Cell Platform For Spatially Controlled Therapeutic Protein Delivery In Response To Radiation Engineered T cells to release cancer-killing proteins only when activated by targeted radiation, enabling precise, localized tumor treatment while minimizing side effects and improving the effectiveness of CAR-T therapy for…
