Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie and University of Chicago have picked their initial set of projects to research cancer, a deadly disease given a renewed focus under the Obama administration. They include a new immunotherapy that could essentially weaponize a person’s immune… Keep reading
The University of Chicago Innovation Fund announced plans to invest up to $500,000 into two companies—Cephalgia Therapeutics and RWEDI water—that are working to combat migraines and increase water efficiency, respectively. These latest investments bring the Innovation Fund’s total investment amount… Keep reading
When Cathryn Nagler set out to develop drugs to treat childhood food allergies, she knew she was heading into unchartered territory. Although Nagler, the Bunning Food Allergy Professor, has been a research scientist for more than 30 years, she had… Keep reading
The University of Chicago and AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, have entered into a five-year collaboration agreement designed to improve the pace of discovery and advance medical research in oncology at both organizations. Read more.
Divya Varshney. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane While Divya Varshney attended the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, earning her master’s of business administration in 1999, she was not even aware of UChicagoTech. Recently named to the new position of… Keep reading
Nick Montgomery. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane One year ago, as the University of Chicago’s first not-for-profit spinoff, UChicago Impact was conducting just one pilot project in Michigan City, Indiana. Today it has sold its educational tools and services to schools in… Keep reading
Sanford Wolgel. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane “Twenty years ago, Argonne and the DOE must have had a crystal ball to develop an environmentally friendly refrigeration system that could meet today’s urgent demand for ‘green’ technologies,” says Sanford Wolgel about Argonne… Keep reading
Suzanne Conzen, MD. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane Moving a basic scientific finding from a lab to the clinical setting is the Holy Grail for medical researchers the world over. Suzanne Conzen, MD, professor of hematology/oncology at the University of Chicago,… Keep reading
The Innovation Workshop at Chicago Booth featured experts on how to use the Small Business Innovation Research program creatively to launch start-ups at universities. From left: Matthew Christian, moderator, and Lisa Kurek, Heather Steinman and Michael Poisel. Photo by… Keep reading
UChicago licensee Electrochaea uses electricity generated by the sun or wind to convert water and carbon dioxide into methane, the chief ingredient of natural gas. From left: Matt Martin, Jeff Fornero and Mich Hein. Photo by Vince Palermo … Keep reading
Richard P. Kraig, PhD, MD. Photo by Andrew Campbell University of Chicago researchers are opening a new front in treating migraine that could hold out hope for millions with the painful, debilitating condition—by mimicking the protective effects of physical and… Keep reading
John Flavin. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane A superhighway runs into Chicago’s leading universities, carrying innovative scientists, talented students and significant research funds, says John Flavin, the new executive director of Chicago Innovation Mentors (CIM). “We need to match that with… Keep reading