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Quantum computers offer powerful ways to improve cybersecurity, communications, and data processing, among other fields. To realize these full benefits, however, multiple quantum computers need to be connected to build quantum networks or a quantum internet. University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) professor, Liang Jiang, and fellow researchers at Stanford University and the Caltech LIGO Laboratory have proposed a new method to build a quantum network that spans the country by using vacuum beam guides, in which qubits can travel thousands of miles inside small vacuum-sealed tubes. “It could not only be used for secure communication, but also for building distributed quantum computing networks, distributed quantum sensing technologies, new kinds of telescopes, and synchronized clocks," said Jiang in a recent article from PME. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gXpR4B9F #UChicagoPME #UChicago #Quantum #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #Networking #Cybersecurity #Internet #Technology I Chicago Quantum Exchange I Q-NEXT

Carlos Medina Jimenez's path to working at the forefront of polymer research started with a pop science book on materials. Now a University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering PhD candidate in the Matthew Tirrell Lab, Medina is spending the summer interning with consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. During this time, Medina has applied his interdisciplinary training from PME in polymer research to consumer goods. Read more about Jimenez at the link below! https://lnkd.in/g4nzt3JN #UChicagoPME #EngineeringTheSummer #Polymers

Researchers in the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering Squires Lab have a novel solution, outlined in a paper published in Nature Magazine Nanotechnology, that utilizes three simple chemical building blocks to engineer dozens of “FRETfluor” tags. These fluorophore tags create a more beautiful, nuanced spectrum of colors researchers can use to label biomolecules. “These improvements to imaging and flow-based biomedical assays will enable the next generation of innovation,” Squires said. 🔗https://lnkd.in/dS6Etbhq #UChicagoPME #UChicago #Bioengineering #Research #Biomedical

🎉Congratulations to University of Chicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering professors Aaron Esser-Kahn, Sihong Wang, Peter Maurer, Allison Squires, Margaret Gardel, Melody Swartz, Samantha Riesenfeld and Savas Tay for being named the 2024 Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network Investigators! The total inaugural cohort of Investigators, 48 innovative scientists and engineers, hail from partner universities Northwestern University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and UChicago. Funding for each Investigator will enable them to perform high-risk, high-reward research on topics related to instrumented tissues, inflammation, and the functions of the immune system. #CZBiohubCHI #UChicagoPME #UChicago #Immunology https://lnkd.in/gN3WysJY

Researchers in Aaron Esser-Kahn's lab at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and co-authors have found several small molecule candidates that induce trained immunity without the potential side effects of other methods. The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “This has opened up a whole new line of research in our lab,” said Esser-Kahn, who led the research with graduate student Hannah Riley Knight. “Many of the molecules we found are already approved by the FDA for other treatments, which makes this a promising therapeutic direction.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/gf5UPWBy #UChicago #UChicagoPME #Research #Immunology

Congratulations Nadya Mason, recently named the first Robert J. Zimmer Professor of Molecular Engineering. Mason joined PME in 2023 as dean of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Her research focuses on nanoscale electronic properties in systems such as nano-scale wires, atomically thin membranes, and nanostructured superconductors, with applications in nanoscale and #quantum computing. 🔗 Read more about the fellow professorship awardees here: https://lnkd.in/g7FuXxgR

Whether developing new vaccines with the potential to prevent cancers and multiple sclerosis, researching the causes of sepsis and food allergies, or applying AI and machine learning insights to the human body, here is a look at just a few recent ways the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering immunoengineers innovate for human health. 🥛 New research from Cathryn R. Nagler’s lab at PME and the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago (BSD) could have a broad impact on people suffering from food allergies. 💉In a new study published in Blood Advances, first author Anna Slezak and the Jeffrey Hubbell Lab created a novel approach to develop in-situ cancer vaccines that could increase the effectiveness of immunotherapies in AML and other blood cancers. 👨💻Researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the University of Chicago Department of Chemistry have engineered tiny, spinning micro-robots that bind to immune cells to probe their function. The robot, or “hexapod,” gives scientists a new, highly adaptable way to study immune cells and to aid in the design of immunotherapies against cancer, infection, or autoimmune diseases. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g93sEipz Nature Portfolio I UChicago Medicine I #UChicagoPME #Cancer #Immunology #Research #Vaccines #Immunotherapies #AI #AutoimmuneDiseases

For The Economic Times, Prof. Supratik Guha of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering dives into the rapid advancement of computing. Driven by increases in computing power and semiconductor chip technology, computing has revolutionized #banking, #communication, #healthcare, #productdesign, and more. But the future of computing will need increased power to drive AI innovations such as ChatGPT - a threat to the sustainability of global energy resources and the environment. https://ecoti.in/-jPpVa

A recent quantum workshop at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) builds on a larger partnership between the University of Chicago and academic institutions in India. The visits by UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) faculty – a quantum workshop as part of a new partnership with IIT Bombay and a separate recruitment visit to Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi this June – have strengthened those ties. “The extraordinary anticipated opportunities quantum technologies offer in a range of fields from computing to communications and sensing are the reason there is enormous national research investments in this area across the globe. As we explore this new quantum era, it’s important that we explore together with some of our valued partners," said Delhi Center Faculty Director, PME Prof. Supratik Guha. https://lnkd.in/g66zN7KK #UChicago #UChicagoPME #Quantum #Recruitment