Page Weixin Tang // Gene Editing Tools The Tang Lab harnesses the unique properties of nucleic acid-modifying enzymes to profile, edit, and reprogram the human genome and transcriptome. This includes the discovery, characterization, and engineering of CRISPR-derived...
News Research from Steven N. Kaplan: The Most Important Personality Trait for CEOs If you’ve ever waded into the business section of a Barnes & Noble or gotten “thinkfluenced” by any number of LinkedIn influencers, you may have become aware of the fact...
News Meet Polsky Member of the Month: Vanessa Stevenson Polsky member Vanessa Stevenson is the human embodiment of everything that makes the Polsky community so great. In addition to regularly attending events held at the Polsky Exchange, Vanessa is...
Event Steven Mayer Lunch with Students November 5, 2024 Registration for this event is now closed. Join the Polsky Center and Steven Mayer, Cofounder of Atari, for a lunch session where he will discuss his career and be available...
News Steven Kaplan Speaks with Financial Innovator Richard Sandor About Creating New Markets The University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and the Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics recently held a conversation between Chicago Booth professor...
Team Steve Kaplan Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance; Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director, Polsky Center Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance; Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director, Polsky Center
Technology Context-Specific Cytosine Base Editors For Precise Single-Nucleotide DNA Editing Engineered TadA deaminase via directed evolution to produce CRISPR cytosine base editors that precisely convert target cytosines to thymines in specific DNA contexts with high efficiency and minimal off-target effects…
Technology Programmed RNA Editing with an Evolved Bacterial Adenosine Deaminase A novel platform, bacterial deaminase-enabled recoding of RNA (DECOR), utilizing an engineered bacterial adenosine deaminase to achieve programmable adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing on single-stranded RNA. The Unmet Need: Novel effector proteins…
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 You Should Be Safeguarding Your Innovations The following article was written by Narayan Subramanian, PhD, senior manager, Front End of Innovation, at the Polsky Center, and originally published in Crain’s Chicago Business on August 19, 2024....
News Meet the 3 New Innovation Fellows Joining the Polsky Center This Summer The Polsky Center is welcoming three new faces this summer taking on roles as Innovation Fellows. The Polsky Innovation Fellowship features three students with technical backgrounds to support analytical and...
