Northwestern Start Ups
Biotech / Biomedical
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Acumen Pharmaceuticals
William Klein
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology
Grant Krafft
Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry
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American BioOptics
Vadim Backman
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
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AuraSense Therapeutics
Chad Mirkin
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Chemistry
C. Shad Thaxton
Feinberg School of Medicine. Department of Urology
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Citrics Biomedical
Guillermo Ameer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Biomedical Engineering
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MAKO Surgical Corporation
Michael Peshkin
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Nanocytomics
Vadim Backman
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Naurex
Joseph R. Moskal
Director of the Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University
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Nerites (Acquired by Kensey Nash)
Phillip B Messersmith
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Northwestern Global Health Foundation
David Kelso
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Pioneer Biosolutions, Inc
Lonnie Shea
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering
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ProSorp BioTech
Guillermo Ameer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Proteostasis Therapeutics
Richard Morimoto
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology
Renu Therapeutics, LLC
Shu Q. Liu
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Transition Therapeutics
Linda Van Eldik
Feinberg School of Medicine. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Martin Watterson
Feinberg School of Medicine. Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry
VesselTek BioMedical
Guillermo Ameer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Viamet Pharmaceuticals
Thomas O'Halloran
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Chemistry
Communication and Information Technology
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Allvoices
Larry Birnbaum
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kris Hammond
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Buzz Labs
Larry Birnbaum
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kris Hammond
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FOM Networks
Vinayak Dravid
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Narrative Science
Larry Birnbaum
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kris Hammond
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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NUCrypt
Prem Kumar
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Director, Center for Photonic Communication and Computing at Northwestern University
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Voxsup
Alok Choudhary
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Ziena
Jorge Nocedal
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Robert Fourer
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Physical Sciences and Nanotechnologies
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NanoIntegris
Mark Hersam
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Material Science and Engineering
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NanoSonix
Arvind Srivastava
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Material Science and Engineering
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NUGen Polymers
John Torkelson
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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NuMat Technologies
Randall Q. Snurr
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Joseph T. Hupp
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
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Questek
Greg Olson
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Material Science and Engineering
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Scimplicity
Jian Cao
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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SiNode Systems
Harold Kung
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Tangible Haptics, LLC
J. Edward Colgate
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michael Peshkin
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. Department of Mechanical Engineering
