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News Four UChicago Projects Advance in Chicago Biomedical Consortium Accelerator The latest cohort of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium Accelerator Network (CBCAN) program includes four teams from the University of Chicago. “This is the greatest number of UChicago projects to advance...
News Drug Delivery, Diagnostics, AI Applications Among 10 Projects in the Spring 2021 I-Corps Cohort Ten teams are participating in the spring 2021 cohort of the Polsky I-Corps program – a highly experiential, 7-week-long program to empower scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial...
News UChicago Lab Creates ‘Quantum Casino,’ a Win-Win to Educate and Inspire How can integrating the arts with science and technology cultivate something new and unexpected? This question is one that Nancy Kawalek has been answering in several ways throughout her career...
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...
Technology Nanomaterial Based Intracellular Drug Delivery Of Therapeutic Peptides Intracellular delivery involves introduction of small biomolecules, nucleic acids, proteins, synthetic nanomaterials and drugs into the cell. There is a lot of focus on targeted intracellular delivery for improved therapy…
News Fall 2025 Collaboratorium Connects Researchers and Business Expertise Connecting researchers and scientists with business expertise, the Fall 2025 Collaboratorium will feature teams participating in the Polsky I-Corps program in addition to startups from other areas of the...
News A Gut Check for Post-Op Infection: Covira Offers a Pro-Bacteria Approach Covira is a Chicago-based startup backed by three decades of field-defining research by John Alverdy, Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago. Alverdy, who is Covira’s...
News UChicago Microbiome Startups Come Together Under New Company to Amplify Results Two University of Chicago startups are now operating under a parent company, 32 Biosciences – with a shared goal to revolutionize health care through advances in microbiome science. The name...
News New Fellowship Connects UChicago Students with Cleantech Startups The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has announced the inaugural cohort of the Resurgence Fellowship – a new program connecting students with startups in its cleantech...
News Polsky Center Fall 2021 I-Corps Teams Tackle Unmet Medical Needs, Data Transparency, and Other Challenges The Polsky Center’s fall 2021 I-Corps cohort is developing diagnostics, novel therapeutics, innovative devices, new materials, and other technologies across various industries. The Polsky I-Corps program is a 7-week highly-experiential...
News Commercialization Fellowship Welcome Five New PhD Students to Further Develop Research The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation welcomes five new University of Chicago PhD students to its Commercialization Fellowship program, which offers students the opportunity to create new ventures around promising...
