The Polsky Center manages the IP portfolio for all University of Chicago innovations and technologies and works to foster collaboration between laboratory scientists, engineers, students, and researchers by connecting them with one another as well as with industry partners. Keep reading
ExPost Technology is backed by a team of leading researchers, including battery expert Shirley Meng from the University of Chicago, seen here discussing her work on batteries while standing near a glove box at Argonne National Laboratory. ExPost Technology,… Keep reading
NanoPattern CEO Yu Kambe, PhD ’19. NanoPattern Technologies has raised $1.5 million in a seed round to scale its photopatternable quantum dot ink, which enables the commercialization of next-generation displays. Cofounded by Yu Kambe, PhD ’19, and… Keep reading
Nicolas Chevrier in his lab, which develops interdisciplinary approaches and tools to study how the immune system functions across biological scales. A new technology developed at the University of Chicago has been recognized for its potential to make a major… Keep reading
A new mobile health tool for patients with obstructive sleep apnea uses a novel CPAP adherence metric and tracks lifestyle features to support behavior changes and optimize care. Director of the University of Chicago Sleep Center, Esra Tasali… Keep reading
Researchers have developed a minimally invasive system to deliver and retrain drugs inside the kidney. Delivering drugs to the kidney is difficult by nature of the organ’s function – to remove waste products and produce urine. To overcome this issue,… Keep reading
Katherine Rhodes, PhD ’21, CellCipher cofounder, presented at the George Shultz Innovation Fund finals where the team was awarded $150,000. CellCipher has developed a new type of organoid model that captures nearly 70 different cell types to enable drug discovery… Keep reading
NetMicroscope is cofounded by CEO Nick Feamster, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science at UChicago, and Francesco Bronzino, chief technology officer. NetMicroscope has developed a tool that lets customers monitor their network and extract meaningful data – enabling intervention before any… Keep reading
This visualization is a simulation’s prediction of what ultra-low-dose images could look like. The example shows a 20 mm diameter spherical lesion in the brain. Innovation out of the University of Chicago reduces the radiation levels and high costs associated… Keep reading
The goal of the Polsky Center’s Proof-of-Concept Fund is to validate technologies and increase the potential for industry interest and follow-on capital from investors. The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has launched a new “Proof-of-Concept Fund” to support University… Keep reading
In October, the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in partnership with the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, announced the launch of Resurgence, a new cleantech accelerator powered by Deep Tech Ventures, along with the… Keep reading
In September, the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute announced the seven early-stage companies accepted into the second cohort of its Transform accelerator for data science and AI startups. Over the… Keep reading