David Mack, PhD ’92. Photos by Jason Smith This is the worst climate to launch a startup or secure funding in the biological sciences. It’s also the toughest time to find a job in the field. “I’ve heard such sentiments… Keep reading
Professor Maryellen Giger. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane Approximately 70% of screening mammograms in the U.S. are subjected to a second read by a computer-aided detection system (CADe), a technology for assisting in the detection of cancerous lesions that was developed… Keep reading
Feature shot on story page: Professor Julian Solway, MD, conducts translational research that seeks to develop new treatments for asthma. Jasmin Nixon, summer student from Chicago State University (left) visiting on a CTSA-supported laboratory experience training program, assists. Photo… Keep reading
Heinrich Jaeger, PhD. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane “Fundamental research is what keeps me up late at night,” says Heinrich Jaeger, PhD, the William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago. One of those late… Keep reading
Professor Ben Glick, PhD. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane Imagine you know nothing about basketball and have to figure out how the game works based on a few random snapshots. Depending on the snapshots you happen to have, it could appear… Keep reading
University Provost Thomas Rosenbaum and Daniel Silevitch, Research Scientist, James Franck Institute, stand inside a shielded room, used to screen out radio interference from outside. To the left is the control console for the refrigerator used to cool their… Keep reading
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn visits the Chicago Innovation Pipeline booth at the 2010 BIO Convention held at McCormick Place. The pipeline, developed by UChicagoTech, is a collection of technologies available for licensing from 6 of the top research institutions… Keep reading
Nick Donofrio. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane Technology, invention, creativity and discovery. These forces are not enough to launch a successful product or service, create a company, or change the world. The key ingredient is innovation, the novel solution to a… Keep reading
Timothy Knowles, PhD. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane Last October, top-ranking representatives from McGraw-Hill spent a day on campus meeting with the authors, researchers and administrators responsible for creating some of the best, most widely used preK-12 math curricula in the… Keep reading
Professor Carole Ober. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane Eileen Dolan, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Chair of Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics at the University of Chicago, says she learned a lot at the Translation Event covering biomarkers held February… Keep reading
Ralph Weichselbaum, MD. Photo by Lloyd DeGrane Few, if any, University of Chicago faculty members have as many patents, products and promising commercial endeavors in various stages of development as does Ralph Weichselbaum, MD. The D.K. Ludwig Professor and Chairman… Keep reading
David Tiemeier and Ann O’Brien. Photos by Lloyd DeGrane During a routine business meeting in September at UChicagoTech’s new offices, Linda Darragh, Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago’s Booth School… Keep reading