News Meet the Investor: Jeffrey Stine, VestedWorld “We are very excited about what we call “tech-enabled” solutions, and Africa, in my view, is ground zero for these types of opportunities.” That is according to Jeffrey Stine, principal...
News F3 Platform Biologics Developing Cancer-Preventing Drugs Based on the Work of UChicago Researcher Amifostine has a long history and today could potentially help prevent the development of approximately 40,000 cancer cases each year – the goal of F3 Platform Biologics. Amifostine has traditionally...
News Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Christine Saffold Polsky Member Christine Saffold represents everything that makes the Polsky Exchange, as well as the South Side community as a whole, so strong.
News Polsky Center Hires Christine Karslake, MBA ’95, to Manage University of Chicago’s Portfolio of Science and Technology Ventures The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has hired Christine Karslake, PhD, MBA ’95, as Managing Director of Polsky Science Ventures. In this newly created...
News 6 Chicago Booth Students Honored with 2024 Student Entrepreneurship Awards Chicago Booth School of Business recently recognized six outstanding MBA students who demonstrated leadership in entrepreneurship, venture capital, or private equity during their time at school. The annual Student Entrepreneurship...
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...
Technology One-Pot Organic-Inorganic Composite Synthesis For Durable Solid-State Battery Electrolytes A one-pot method synthesizes a hybrid sulfide–polymer composite by crosslinking Li3PS4 with an organic polymer – yielding a flexible, durable electrolyte with excellent ionic conductivity for use in lithium metal…
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 Depalmitoylation Chemical Probes Protein palmitoylation is a post translational modification of cystine protein residues, the dysregulation of which is implicated in diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancers, and Huntington’s. Despite the importance of palmitoylation,…
Technology Protein Engineering Strategy for Enhancing Healing Of Chronic Diabetic and Radiation-Induced Wounds The problem: Chronic, non‐healing wounds have reached epidemic proportions and have a sustainable impact on both an individual’s quality of life and on healthcare costs as a whole The field…
Technology Development Of A Novel Anti-fibrotic (siRNA Talin2) That Reverses Existing Fibrosis Fibrosis is involved in 45% of deaths in the United States, and no treatment exists to reverse the progression of the disease. Fibrosing diseases include pulmonary fibrosis, congestive heart failure,…
