Homepage Archives list all CBC Announcements and News, Success Stories’ snippets, posts from the Director’s Corner, Opportunities and Chicago Biotech & Entrepreneurship News, that have been chronologically posted on the CBC homepage throughout the year.
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Posted: April 15, 2021
Community, Biotech & Entrepreneurship
June 24, 2021
Virtual Event
The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
▸ Immunoengineering 2021
April 6, 2021
News
CBC COVID-19 Seminar Series – Feb & Mar Recap
Featuring Elizabeth McNally, NU and Emily Landon, UChicago
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March 24, 2021
“In the News”
Freeze-Dried vaccines that can rehydrate on demand
CBC awardee, Michael Jewett, NU, and a team of biochemical engineers invents a new method of vaccine production that would freeze-dry essential components of vaccines that can be rehydrated with a drop of water.
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Posted: March 23, 2021
Announcement
March 25, 2021
Virtual Event
CBC COVID-19 Seminar Series
▸ CBC COVID-19 Seminar Series
Speaker: Emily Landon, Associate Professor of Medicine; Executive Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, The University of Chicago
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April 22, 2021
▸ Drug repurposing for COVID-19 and future pandemics
Speaker: Savas Tay, Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago
May 27, 2021
▸ SARS-CoV-2 Viral Genomics And Variation In The Chicago Region
Speaker: Egon Ozer, Assistant Professor of Medicine, NU
June 24, 2021
▸ Autoantibodies Against Angiotensinii Generated by COVID Infection and its Correlation With Disease Severity and Blood Pressure Dysregulation in Hospitalized Patients
Speaker: Melody Swartz, William B. Ogden Professor of Molecular Engineering and Deputy Dean for Faculty Affairs, UChicago
July 22, 2021
▸ Long Haul COVID-19
Speakers from UIC, NU & UChicago
Posted: March 22, 2021
Community, Biotech & Entrepreneurship
March 25, 2021
Virtual Event
Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
▸ BIF & NUSeq Core Facility Workshop: Cell Line Authentication: What is really in your dish?
Featuring Jessica Hornick, BIF and Hailie Fowler, NUSeq
Posted: March 22, 2021
Opportunities
February 12, 2021
Virtual Event
2021 Bioscience Startup Business Plan Competition (BPC)
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and Smarthealth Activator invites you to register and participate in the 2021 Business Plan Competition. Open to Bioscience startups: diagnostics, therapeutics, medical devices, digital healthcare, and healthcare services (students, faculty, entrepreneurs). Each team is required to fill out and submit a registration form. Registration deadline is March 30, 2021.
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March 17, 2021
Success Story
Guillermo Ameer recognized for his contributions to science and technology
CBC awardee, Guillermo Ameer, NU, receives 2021 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature and named to the Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers by the University of Texas at Austin.
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Posted: March 17, 2021
“IN THE NEWS”
SNA crosses the barrier
The novel spherical nucleic acid (SNA) drug, developed by Chad Mirkin and Alexander Stegh of Northwestern University for use against the deadly brain cancer, glioblastoma, is shown in early clinical trials to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and trigger the death of tumor cells in humans.
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Posted: March 1, 2021
Announcement
March 25, 2021
Virtual Event
CBC COVID-19 Seminar Series
▸ CBC COVID-19 Seminar Series
Speaker: Emily Landon, Associate Professor of Medicine; Executive Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, The University of Chicago
Posted: February 12, 2021
Announcement
February 25, 2021
Virtual Event
CBC COVID-19 Seminar Series
▸ Screening for Coronavirus Antibodies in Neighborhoods (SCAN)
Speaker: Elizabeth M. McNally, Director, Center for Genetic Medicine, NU
Posted: February 8, 2021
Community, Biotech & Entrepreneurship
February 12, 2021
Virtual Event
NU Innovation and New Ventures Office
▸ Stage-Gates in Drug Discovery
Featuring Jim Audia, former CBC Executive Director
Posted: February 8, 2021
Community, Biotech & Entrepreneurship
February 9, 2021
Virtual Event
BioPathways + Women In Bio
▸ Importance of Science in Public Health Response
Posted: January 27, 2021
Announcement
CBC Information Session for the Accelerator and Catalyst Award Programs
The CBC is currently accepting applications for 2 award programs. Each program offers up to $250K to recipients of each award. The Accelerator Award provides funding for translational research and the Catalyst Award provides funding for high-risk/high-reward, cutting edge, basic biomedical research.
The CBC is hosting an information session via ZOOM webinar to provide details regarding these award programs, including the application process, eligibility for the awards, the review process, important dates associated with the programs and the Request for Applications (RFA).
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM
Registration is required. A link to the webinar will be provided upon registration.
▸ Register here
Posted: January 25, 2021
Community, Biotech & Entrepreneurship
January 28, 2021
Virtual Event
Rosalind Franklin University
▸ Grand Opening of The Innovation and Research Park
Posted: January 8, 2021
Community, Biotech & Entrepreneurship
January 19, 2021
Virtual Event
Rosalind Franklin University & SmartHealth Catalyzer
▸ BioPathways Featuring Women In Bio: Incubating & Early Investing in Biotech