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San Francisco, CA, January 16 2026 — This week, Northwestern’s Querrey InQbation Lab partnered with peer universities across the Midwest region to host the Midwest Biotech Startup Showcase in San Francisco, showcasing more than thirty-five high-growth healthcare startups. The startups represented some of the Midwest’s leading research institutions.

A no-nonsense, step-by-step guide detailing how INVO helps Northwestern inventors bring their discoveries to market.

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INVO helps Northwestern inventors bring their discoveries to market. Here’s how they do it – and when inventors should contact them.

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The InQbation Lab’s new FoundHer program gives women entrepreneurs access to resources historically exclusive to men.

Undergraduates From Music and Computer Science Gamify Musical Practice

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A Pioneering Partnership Heightens the Commercialization Potential of a Therapeutic to Treat an Aggressive Brain Tumor

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Multiple Collaborators Combine Their Specialties to Advance the Commercialization of an Innovative Biofuel