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UChicago Microbiome Startups Come Together Under New Company to Amplify Results
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UChicago Microbiome Startups Come Together Under New Company to Amplify Results
Fall 2024 Collaboratorium Brings Together Science and Business Expertise
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Fall 2024 Collaboratorium Brings Together Science and Business Expertise
UChicago Researchers Honored with Prestigious Innovation Awards
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UChicago Researchers Honored with Prestigious Innovation Awards

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…

Fall 2024 Collaboratorium Brings Together Science and Business Expertise

Connecting researchers with business expertise, the Fall 2024 Collaboratorium will feature teams participating in the Polsky I-Corps program in addition to startups from the Duality and Resurgence accelerators. >>…

UChicago Researchers Honored with Prestigious Innovation Awards

University of Chicago Assistant Professor Chibueze Amanchukwu and PhD candidates Pengju Li and Shawn Shan were recently recognized for their groundbreaking innovations. Shawn Shan, 26, has been named MIT…

Polsky Exchange and Women’s Business Development Center Partner to Empower Minority-Owned Businesses in Chicago

The Polsky Exchange will provide a number of resources for a Women’s Business Development Center-led program, including workshops led by Polsky Center staff, space to work, market research carried…

Impact in Action: Polsky Center Year in Review

  2023-24 Annual Report From providing world-class entrepreneurship education to advancing the commercialization of invaluable technologies, this past year helped cement the Polsky Center’s role as the central spoke connecting…

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,…

Neuroscientists Create New Algorithm for Better Decoding Brain Signals, with Applications Across Industries

Matthew Kaufman, assistant professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the Neuroscience Institute, has developed a new algorithm with myriad potential applications…

Small Business Spotlight: Chocolat Uzma

Chocolat Uzma is a retail chocolate shop located in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood which specializes in handcrafted, exotic chocolates inspired by its founder's South Asian culture. After years of working as…

10 Startups Graduate from Polsky Center’s Small Business Growth Program

In a ceremony at the Polsky Exchange, mentors, sponsors, and participants gathered to celebrate the completion of the program, which expanded from 10 weeks to nine months this year.…

Polsky Center and Portal Innovations Announce New UChicago Science Incubator

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has teamed up with Portal Innovations, a national venture creation and development platform, to design and manage a science startup incubator at Hyde…

Duality Quantum Accelerator Welcomes 5 Startups into Fourth Cohort

The Chicago-based Duality quantum accelerator has accepted its fourth cohort of startups into its program as the quantum revolution arrives in Illinois. The five startups in this cohort are…

How to Scale the Glass Cliff

The following article was written by Kim Vender Moffat, investor-in residence at the Polsky Center, and originally published in Crain's Chicago Business on July 15, 2024. Read the original article.…
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