August 17, 2021
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) is delighted to welcome Dr. Michelle Hoffmann as the new CBC Executive Director.
▸ RFA: Entrepreneurial Fellows Award
Updated: September 20, 2021
The CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows (EF) Award program identifies and supports the professional development of academic researchers who are keen to develop the skills and experiences needed to move translational projects from a university lab toward commercialization and potentially into a Chicago-based biotech start-up. The program exposes Fellows to a breadth of real-world experiences across the CBC institutions in the Chicago biomedical community.
Meet CBC’s First Entrepreneurial Fellow in the video below!
Updated: September 22, 2021
Catalysts are one-time incentive awards (up to $250,000), focused on basic biological/ biomedical research with transformative potential, made to collaborative teams with principals and other strong representation from at least two of the CBC institutions.
Fall 2021 Catalyst Award application submission portal is now OPEN; application submission deadline is: October 29, 2021
Updated: September 7, 2021
Accelerator Award is a milestone-driven award program (up to $250,000) focused on translational research toward therapeutics or associated biomarkers and diagnostics.
▸ CBC Information Sessions: Entrepreneurial Fellows Award Program
Updated: September 20, 2021
REGISTER NOW to attend a CBC Information Session to learn more about the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) Entrepreneurial Fellows (EF) Award program and how you can apply. Events will be held in-person and virtually via Zoom. See below for event dates currently available. You may choose one or more sessions to attend. More dates will be added soon, so check back with us often!
Dates:
Friday, October 8, 2021; 1:00 – 2:00 PM; (Hyde Park)
Tuesday, October 12, 2021; 1:00 – 2:00 PM; (Evanston)
Thursday, October 14, 2021; 1:15 – 2:15 PM; (Near West Side)
Registration is required. Location of each session will be provided in the registration page and a link to the webinar will be provided upon completion of registration.
Updated: September 10, 2021
SAVE THE DATE for the 18th Annual CBC Symposium!
This year’s symposium, titled “Immunology and Immunoengineering Response to COVID-19”, is co-organized by Scott Budinger (NU), Jeffrey Hubbell (UChicago), Richard Novak (UIC) and Melody Swartz (UChicago).
Date: Friday, November 5, 2021
Time: 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Location: Virtual via ZOOM
Speakers: Scott Budinger (NU), Michael Caffrey (UIC), George Georgiou (Univ. of Texas Austin), Jennifer Layden (CDC; UIC), Sally McFall (NU), Bellur S. Prabhakar (UIC), Aaron Ring (Yale School of Medicine), Karla Fullner Satchell (NU), Melody Swartz (UChicago), and Alexis Demonbreun (NU)
News I September 10, 2021
▸ CBC Senior Investigator leads the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute at Northwestern University
Renowned proteomics expert Neil Kelleher named director of the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute (CLP), effective September 1st. Kelleher succeeds Thomas O’Halloran, who led CLP since it launched in 2005.
News I August 17, 2021
The Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC) is delighted to welcome Michelle Hoffmann, PhD, as the new Executive Director of the CBC. Dr. Hoffmann succeeds Dr. Richard Morimoto, who served as CBC’s Interim Executive Director (ED).
News I May 4, 2021
▸ CBC Accelerator Awardee Presentations: Progress to Date & Pitch for Year 2 Funding
Featuring Richard Silverman, NU and Karla Satchell, NU
The Chicago Biomedical Consortium Accelerator Network (CBCAN) meeting was held virtually on Thursday, April 29th via ZOOM.
News I May 4, 2021
▸ CBC COVID-19 Seminar Series – April Recap
Featuring Savas Tay, UChicago
News I April 6, 2021
▸ CBC COVID-19 Seminar Series – Feb & Mar Recap
Featuring Elizabeth McNally, NU and Emily Landon, UChicago
Community, Biotech, Entrepreneurship & Opportunities
Posted: August 26, 2021
October 8, 2021
Virtual Event
The University of Chicago, Department of Neurology
▸ 14th Annual 2021 Chicago Symposium on Translational Neuroscience – Neuroinflammation and Autoimmune Disease
Featured Speakers: Dwight E. Bergles, Johns Hopkins University; Oleg Butovsky, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Gloria Choi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Marco Colonna, BJC Institute of Health at Washington University; Kevin C. Eggan, Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Broad Institute; Michal Schwartz, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Beth Stevens, Harvard Medical School
Posted: September 22, 2021
October 12, 2021
Virtual Event
Rosalind Franklin University, Women in Bio & SmartHealth Catalyzer
▸ Building a Diverse, Equitable, and Collaborative Biotech Research Ecosystem
Featured Speaker: Michelle Hoffman, PhD Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC)
▸ More community, biotech & entrepreneurship
Opportunities
Posted: August 27, 2021
October 4-7, 2021
Call for Applications
ThinkChicago Exchange
ThinkChicago, a national STEM talent attraction and retention program for Chicago technology and innovation companies, is hosting their flagship event exclusively for advanced degree students & professionals. Accepted applicants will take a behind-the-scenes tour of Chicago’s thriving tech & innovation sector through a hybrid, immersive experience. Application deadline is September 24, 2021. This event is led by World Business Chicago, Chicago Biomedical Consortium, the University of Illinois System (Technology Entrepreneur Center/TEC, Discovery Partners Institute/DPI, VPEDI), GET Cities, and P33.
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