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 Industry Experts to Lead Panels in 2021 Entrepreneurial Outlook Series The Polsky Center’s annual Entrepreneurial Outlook series kicks off its 2021 lineup in late January. Now in its third year, the series spans five weeks with a new session held...
News 16 UChicago Researchers Awarded $7.2 Million from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago has funded its first cohort of Investigators at its partner institutions – including 16 researchers from the University of Chicago. The funding – a total...
News Midwest Biotech Startup Showcase Spotlights 30+ Breakthrough Innovations from Leading Research Institutions Bringing breakthrough science to the forefront of innovation, the Midwest Biotech Startup Showcase will highlight more than 30 emerging life sciences and biotech ventures from leading research institutions across the...
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…
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...
News Tanda Biotech: Revolutionizing Bioproduction for a Sustainable Future Tanda Biotech is a participant in cohort 2 of Resurgence, a cleantech accelerator led by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in partnership with the Pritzker...
Page Sihong Wang // Tissue-Like Bioelectronic Devices Sihong Wang’s research focuses on the development of biomimetic polymer electronics and bio-energy harvesting for interfacing with the human body and other biological systems as wearable and implantable devices. The...
News BiomeSense Raises $2 Million In Seed Round Funding University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has provided support for company through funding and programs BiomeSense, a microbiome startup developing a novel biosensor and analytics platform...
News Bioelectronics Get Upgrade with Novel Approach to Create More Stable, Electrically Efficient Devices Researchers at the University of Chicago have patented a new approach for developing carbon-based bioelectronic devices, which have a variety of applications in drug delivery, substance detection, and organ modulation....
Technology Ultrasoft Hydrogel Semiconductors for High-Performance Tissue-Integrated Bioelectronic Devices This technology blends a polymer semiconductor with a hydrogel to create a tunable, biocompatible, ultrasoft network that combines efficient charge transport with tissue-like mechanical properties, which are ideal for a…
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...
