News Patent of the Week: Precisely Delivering High Dose Radiation to Multiple Tumor Sites University of Chicago researchers have developed an algorithm and prototype software package that successfully generates radiation beam angles for more precisely delivering treatment to multiple tumor sites. Stereotactic ablative body...
News UChicago Grad Student Named ‘Changemaker,’ Awarded Grant to Support Bionic Breast Project A graduate student in Sliman Bensmaia’s lab at the University of Chicago, Katie Long, MD/PhD ’24, has received $20,000 from Aerie to support her research into breast sensation. The intimate...
News 11 Teams Join Polsky’s Fall 2020 I-Corps Program Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the latest cohort of its Polsky I-Corps program, a 7-week highly-experiential program designed to empower UChicago scientists, researchers, and students...
News Sustainable Energy Outlook: The Limitations, Opportunities, and Role of Water The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation kicked off its 2021 Entrepreneurial Outlook series with a session examining the state and potential of sustainable energy. John Carlisle, PhD, director, Chain...
News NVC Alum elphi Closes Funding Round and Announces Advisory Board Less than a year after launching its software, elphi has closed a funding round and formed an advisory board of mortgage industry veterans as it looks to being a new,...
News Esya Labs Supports Drug Discovery Efforts at Novartis: ‘This is Only the Beginning,’ says CEO Esya Labs, which is developing several ground-breaking novel research assays, today has announced that Novartis is among the first companies to use its technology. Novartis, a global healthcare company, has...
News Special Report >> Deep Tech Deep Dive: In the Lab, On the Market, and What Comes Next What is deep tech? Defining a relatively nascent space is difficult as those involved grapple with finding a common language – this is an issue even in well-established industries. However,...
News DeepTechU Day 3: Navigating Lab to Launch, Deep Tech Investment, and a Culture Shift Toward Commercialization “The best companies we see have deep venture experience,” said Beckett Jackson, investing director, Boeing HorizonX. But they also have a grand vision about how the technology will become a...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 3 Episode 3: BenchPrep April 29, 2021 Ashish Rangnekar, MBA ’11, grew up in a sleepy town in India where success looked like a white-collar job, not entrepreneurship. But early on...
News Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge Investment Pool Swells to $1.73 Million After Additional Funding Rolls In; First-Place Winner Andes STR Gets $681,000 The record investment pool in the 25th annual Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) jumped to $1.73 million this week after investors put additional money into the finalist...
Page Where Are They Now? Episode 10 Episode 10: Andes STR June 17, 2021 Growing up in Chile in a family of entrepreneurs, Sebastian Rivas since childhood has been on the lookout for problems that need solving....
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