AuraSense
Founded: 2009
Northwestern Inventor:
Chad Mirkin
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
C. Shad Thaxton
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Urology
AuraSense's technology originates in the labs of Professors Chad A. Mirkin and C. Shad Thaxton at the Northwestern University International Institute for Nanotechnology. The Company's scientific founders and their developments have been the subject of over 80 national and international awards, 550 publications, and 930 patents.