Dec
4
2024
FoundHer 3M Spotlight - Dec. 4 Info Session
12:00 PM Online
The Querrey InQbation Lab invites you to join us for an information session to learn more about this exciting new progra...
Past Events
View past innovation-related events sponsored by other Northwestern innovation and entrepreneurship groups.
Dec
3
2024
FounderHer 3 Minute Spotlight - Dec. 3 Info Session
12:00 PM Online
The Querrey InQbation Lab invites you to join us for an information session to learn more about this exciting new progra...
Nov
14
2024
OUP Webinar | Venture Studios
11:00 AM Online
Have you wondered what comprises a venture studio? How does this model differentiate from accelerators and incubators? J...
Nov
13
2024
Q Founder Series | Partnering 101 for Startups
12:00 PM Online
Partnering in life sciences is a critical way to access capital/capabilities, validate product or platform, build reputa...
Oct
30
2024
Trienens-Q Cleantech Accelerator & Entrepreneurship Event
4:00 PM Evanston
Join the Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and the Innovation and New Ventures Office (INVO) to learn about...
Oct
21
2024
FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Mariana Matus
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...
Oct
8
2024
OUP Webinar | Ask a VC
11:00 AM Online
The Querrey InQbation Lab invites you to join OUP* for their fifth annual 'Ask a VC' webinar, a session where academic f...
Sep
24
2024
OUP Webinar | Finding your Startup CEO Part 2: Sourcing
11:00 AM Online
The Querrey InQbation Lab invites you to join the second session of a two-part webinar series on finding your startup CE...
Sep
11
2024
Farley-Q | Tech Ventures Fellowship @ Engine Ventures
11:00 AM Online
The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and the Querrey InQbation Lab are co-hosting a conversation with Richard Collins ...
Aug
9
2024
FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Nishita Deka
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...
Jul
18
2024
Q Founder Series | Project Leadership in Drug Discovery
3:00 PM Chicago
After 25 years at GlaxoSmithKline as a medicinal chemist and department director, in 2019 Mike Bishop started Bishop Dru...
Jul
15
2024
Q Founder Series | SBIR/STTR: A Program Supporting Innovation in R&D
12:00 PM Evanston
The SBIR/STTR program is a federal grant and contracting program that awards more than $3 billion a year to small busine...
Jun
28
2024
FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Janice Chen
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...
Jun
27
2024
Q Founder Series | Building Financial Statements for Hardtech Startups
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab features the Q Founder Series, which focuses on critical topics that ear...
May
31
2024
Q Founder Series | Designing Quality and ICH Compliance into Clinical Trials
12:00 PM Chicago
Join us as we learn about the complex drug development journey from the initial discovery of therapeutic targets to prec...
May
7
2024
Q Founder Series | The Drug Development Journey: From Discovery to Regulatory Approval
12:00 PM Online
Join us as we learn about the complex drug development journey from the initial discovery of therapeutic targets to navi...
May
1
2024
FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Marinna Madrid
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...
Apr
30
2024
Green Entrepreneurship with INVO and the Trienens Institute
4:00 PM Evanston
The Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy invites faculty to attend a special presentation by the In...
Apr
30
2024
Tom Wagner | Creating A Technology Company, From Idea To Impact Dogs And Cats Living Together
12:30 PM Evanston
Join Tom Wagner, Ph.D., the founder & CEO of an AI and robotics company named Berkshire Grey, as he shares elements of h...
Apr
23
2024
Navigating the Medical Device and Diagnostic Regulatory Environment | A Perspective from Abbott Leaders
12:00 PM Online
Explore the landscape of global regulatory frameworks and strategic considerations pivotal in bringing a new medical dev...
Apr
16
2024
Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition | How Abbott leverages its innovation platform-- BinaxNOW and beyond
12:00 PM Online
Join us to learn about Abbott’s long and storied history of research and innovation in response to global pandemic threa...
Apr
11
2024
NU Biotech Club & INVO Presents: A Conversation with Andy Dunham
4:00 PM Chicago
Join us in a conversation with Andy Dunham! Currently the CEO of Hemanext, A Medtech and device company, and previously ...
Apr
9
2024
Fundraising for your Climate Startup with Scientist, Founder and Investor, Evaline Tsai, PhD
12:30 PM Evanston
Fundraising for your Climate Startup with Scientist, Founder and Investor, Evaline Tsai, PhD
In this fireside chat, Giga...
Apr
2
2024
FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Elizabeth Wood
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...
Apr
2
2024
FreeStyle Libre: How Abbott created the most successful medical device in history
12:00 PM Online
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre has become the most successful medical device of all time because it is simple, effective, and ...
Mar
27
2024
WARF Therapeutics: A Lean Academic Biotech Model
3:00 PM Online
Learn how WARF Therapeutics (WT), launched in 2018, is translating scientific discoveries at University of Wisconsin-Mad...
Feb
20
2024
Q Founder Series | SBIR/STTR 101
12:00 PM Online
Is The SBIR/STTR Program Right for You?
The SBIR/STTR program is a federal grant and contracting program that awards mor...
Feb
16
2024
FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Peyton Greenside
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...
Feb
14
2024
Q Founder Series | Financial Statement Analysis for Startups
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab features the Q Founder Series, which focuses on critical topics that ear...
Jan
26
2024
Q Founder Series | Nuts & Bolts of an IND Application
1:00 PM Online
In this seminar, Mitchell Glass, Principal at Broom Street Associates, will describe the anatomy of an Investigational N...
Jan
24
2024
FoundHer Stories | A Fireside Chat with Tina Boville
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Stories series to amplify the startup stories of...
Jan
22
2024
Q Founder Seminar | Founder's Agreements
11:30 AM No Location
Join us for an upcoming seminar by Ken Obel of Good Counsel on founder's agreements for startups. He will provide valuab...
Jan
18
2024
Q Founder Seminar | Litigation and Disputes
12:00 PM Off-Campus
This talk will focus on common contract disputes between startups and their vendors, customers, and other third parties....
Jan
12
2024
Q Founder Seminar | Navigating the Therapeutics Regulatory Process
1:00 PM Online
In this seminar featuring Mitchell Glass, Principal at Broom Street Associates, will explore academic researchers' chall...
Dec
14
2023
Q Founder Series | Building a Target Product Profile Starting with the End in Mind
11:00 AM Online
Marta New, CEO of Radyus Research, will define and describe the anatomy of a Target Product Profile (TPP) and how it can...
Dec
13
2023
Q Founder Seminar | So you've got an amazing target...Considerations in Screening for New Therapeutics
12:00 PM Chicago
Identifying a novel target for a specific disease indication is an exciting discovery that may result in top journal pub...
Dec
8
2023
Q Founder Series at InQbation Lab | Intro to Venture Debt
12:00 PM No Location
The InQbation Lab's fourth seminar of the Q Founder Series will focus on venture debt by Bridge Bank.
In this talk, Mitc...
Dec
6
2023
Q Sponsored Seminar | Your OUP Partnership
11:00 AM Online
Since its inception in 2009, OUP’s mission has been to foster deep partnerships with universities with three goals in mi...
Dec
1
2023
Q Founder Series | Bringing a Drug to Market from Bench to Bedside
11:00 AM Online
Marta New, CEO of Radyus Research, will provide a detailed overview of the drug discovery and development life cycle, co...
Nov
13
2023
Q Founder Seminar | So you’ve got a billion-dollar market to capture… A Reality Check on Sizing Your Biotech Market
12:00 PM Chicago
Oftentimes, startup founders position themselves to investors as having an addressable market that is much larger than r...
Nov
9
2023
Q Sponsored Seminar by OUP | License Lowdown: What else affects startup financial deal terms?
11:00 AM Online
As most of you know, Osage University Partners (OUP) has accumulated a comprehensive database of de-identified license a...
Nov
8
2023
Q Founder Series at InQbation Lab | Labor and Employment Issues for Startups
12:00 PM Off-Campus
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Nov
7
2023
Q Founder Series | STTR/SBIR Funding Opportunities with Leading NIH Experts
4:00 PM Chicago
If you are an academic researcher interested in non-dilutive funding opportunities to commercialize your innovative proj...
Nov
1
2023
Q Founder Seminar | Getting to Yes: What goes into the diligence process
4:00 PM Chicago
From the stage of development and indication to team members and the competitive landscape, Erich Scheller will share th...
Oct
17
2023
Q Founder Series |Term Sheets, SAFES, and Other Fundraising Issues
12:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Oct
10
2023
Q Founder Series |Term Sheets, SAFES, and Other Fundraising Issues
12:00 PM Off-Campus
The InQbation Lab's second seminar of the Q Founder Series will focus on common investment terms and structures for earl...
Oct
10
2023
Q Sponsored Seminar by Osage University Partners | Ask a VC
11:00 AM Online
Osage University Partners (OUP) is a venture capital fund investing in start-ups that commercialize university research....
Oct
5
2023
Introduction to Patent Law Opportunities for Scientists and Engineers
12:00 PM Evanston
The presentation will offer a brief overview of intellectual property and the patent process and discuss the role that p...
Sep
19
2023
Q Founder Series | Building the Team—How to Hire the First Team Members
12:00 PM Off-Campus
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Sep
13
2023
Q Founder Series | SBIR/STTR programs supporting innovation in R&D
12:00 PM Online
Is The SBIR/STTR Program Right for You?
The SBIR/STTR program is a federal grant and contracting program that awards mor...
Sep
11
2023
Q Founder Series | Building the Team—How to Hire the First Team Members
2:00 PM Chicago
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Sep
6
2023
Q Sponsored Seminar by Osage University Partners | Patent Data Licensing Q & A
11:00 AM Online
A Q-sponsored seminar by Osage University Partners (OUP) on Patient Data Licensing Case Studies. OUP is a venture capita...
Sep
5
2023
Q Founder Series | Working with a Board of Directors
12:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-sta...
Aug
31
2023
Q Sponsored Seminar by Osage University Partners | Patient Data Licensing Case Studies
11:00 AM Online
A Q-sponsored seminar by Osage University Partners (OUP) on Patient Data Licensing Case Studies. This is part 4 in a 5-p...
Aug
23
2023
Q Sponsored Seminar by Osage University Partners | Setting up Boards for your Startup
11:00 AM Online
A Q-sponsored seminar by Osage University Partners (OUP). OUP is a venture capital fund investing in start-ups that comm...
Aug
22
2023
Q Sponsored Seminar by FAST IL| Preparing for Phase II Before Phase I Proposal
1:00 PM Online
The FAST Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and provides free resources, su...
Aug
4
2023
InQbation Lab Summer Scholars| Demo Day
All day Off-Campus
Event to showcase our Summer Scholars Program
*This event is by invitation only.
Jul
25
2023
Q Sponsored Webinar | SBIR/STTR: Post-Award Management by the FAST Center of Illinois
1:00 PM Online
The FAST Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and provides free resources, su...
Jul
11
2023
Q Founder Series | Getting Started on a Messaging Strategy
2:00 PM Off-Campus
Following the Messaging Your Mission seminar, Bill Bell -- founder & principal at the marketing firm Amplifier -- will f...
Jun
27
2023
Q Founder Series | Messaging Your Mission
2:00 PM Online
Developing a messaging strategy that tells your company's story is crucial. Even in your earliest days, you want to powe...
Jun
27
2023
Q-Sponsored Series by Osage University Partners | Funding and Equity in University Startups Cap Tables and Exits
12:00 PM Online
The next webinar in OUP’s Funding and Equity Webinar Series will focus on cap tables over funding rounds and what happen...
Jun
14
2023
Q Founder Series | Storytelling as a Strategy: A New Kind of SaaS Model
2:00 PM Online
For millennia in the real world, humans have connected to each other's hearts and minds, and inspired action, via the po...
Jun
6
2023
Q-Sponsored Series by Osage University Partners | University Proof-of-Concept Funds – Case Studies on Goals and Operations
11:00 AM Online
Considering a proof-of-concept fund and wondering how to start and operate it? Or already have a proof-of-concept fund a...
May
26
2023
Q Founder Series | The Do's and Don'ts for Success in Venture
12:00 PM Online
With multiple years of experience on the operating side of small ventures, large corporations, academic institutions, an...
May
23
2023
Q Hosted Seminar | The SBIR/STTR Playbook - Drafting a Winning Proposal by IL FAST Center
1:00 PM Online
The FAST Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and provides free resources, su...
May
16
2023
Q Hosted Seminar | Patient Data Licensing Webinar Series by Osage University Partners
11:00 AM Online
Osage University Partners (OUP) is a venture capital firm that invests in startups and spinouts founded by academic inst...
May
15
2023
Q Founder Series | MythTaken: Five Common and Bad Assumptions CEOs Make About Leadership
1:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Apr
26
2023
Q FoundHer Series | Lessons from Founding StreetLight Data: The Business is Always Harder than the Technology
3:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Series to amplify women academic innovators & en...
Apr
18
2023
Q Founder Series at Feinberg | Fundraising Terms and Structures for Startups: SAFEs, Convertible Notes, and Term Sheets
1:30 PM Chicago
This InQbation Lab's Q Founder Seminar will focus on common investment terms and structures for early-stage startups. Th...
Apr
18
2023
Q SBIR Seminar Series | Before You Begin - Preparing for a Phase I SBIR Submission
1:00 PM Online
The FAST Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and provides free resources, su...
Apr
15
2023
Saturday Tech Talks at the Q | Collaborative and Interactive AI
11:00 AM Evanston
Tech Talks at The Querrey InQbation Lab offer local high school students the opportunity to learn about technologies tha...
Apr
11
2023
Q Founder Series | Lessons on How NOT to Build a Startup from the firm behind MongoDB, Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, Zola, and Transcend Therapeutics
1:00 PM Evanston
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Mar
18
2023
Saturday Tech Talks at the Q | Robots in Our Future
11:00 AM Evanston
Tech Talks at The Querrey InQbation Lab offer local high school students the opportunity to learn about technologies tha...
Mar
15
2023
Q Founder Series | To the InQbation Lab and Beyond: Lab and Office Leases, Co-Working Spaces, and Future Space Needs
12:00 PM Evanston
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Mar
14
2023
Q Founder Series | How VCs Perform Due Diligence in Deep Tech
1:30 PM Evanston
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Mar
10
2023
FoundHer Series | Tales from the Entrepreneurial Trenches: Insights & Advice from Women Faculty Founders
12:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Series to amplify women academic innovators & en...
Mar
6
2023
FoundHer Series | Pam Silver: A Serial Entrepreneur's Path from Lab to Launch
3:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Series to amplify women academic innovators & en...
Feb
22
2023
Q Founder Series | Disputes, Arguments, and Challenges: Legal Tips for Resolving Problems and Litigation
12:00 PM Evanston
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is featuring the Q Founder Series, focused on key topics that early-stag...
Feb
21
2023
Q Founder Series | Dividing Up the Pie: Equity Structures and Frameworks for Early-Stage Startups
11:00 AM Chicago
The InQbation Lab's Q Founder Series will focus on common equity issues faced by early-stage startups. The presentation ...
Feb
18
2023
Saturday Tech Talks at the Q | The Body Electric
11:00 AM Evanston
Tech Talks at The Querrey InQbation Lab offer local high school students the opportunity to learn about technologies tha...
Feb
17
2023
INVOForward Therapeutics | Key Ingredients for Successful Biopharma Partnering Discussions
11:00 AM Online
How do I position my project for success in partnering and/or licensing?
Please join us for the sixth and final INVOForw...
Feb
14
2023
10Q from The Q
12:00 PM No Location
The InQbation Lab would like to thank its resident startups for being a part of the new Querrey InQbation Lab community....
Feb
10
2023
INVOForward Therapeutics | Bringing A Drug To Market: Keeping The End In Mind
11:00 AM Online
Please join us for the fifth INVOForward seminar during which Stevin Zorn (President & CEO, MindImmune Therapeutics) wil...
Feb
8
2023
FoundHer Series | Demystifying Venture Capital: Tips and Best Practices for Getting Funded for Academic Entrepreneurs
12:00 PM Online
Northwestern University's Querrey InQbation Lab is hosting the FoundHer Series to amplify women academic innovators & en...
Feb
3
2023
INVOForward Therapeutics | Purple Cow: Standing Out Among the Therapeutic Crowd
12:00 PM Online
Does your potential therapeutic stand out?
Please join us for the fourth INVOForward seminar during which Marta New (CEO...
Feb
3
2023
INVOForward Therapeutics | The IP Landscape: Patentability, Strategy & Freedom to Operate
11:00 AM Online
How do you protect your IP and when should you do it?
Please join us for the third INVOForward seminar during which John...
Jan
27
2023
INVOForward Therapeutics | Positioning and Establishing Your Clinical Significance
11:00 AM Online
Should the final goal of drug development also be the first goal?
Please join us for the second INVOForward seminar duri...
Jan
23
2023
Q Founder Series | Building the Team: Labor and Employment Issues for Startups
1:00 PM Evanston
The InQbation Lab's third seminar of the Q Founder Series will focus on issues related to building a startup team. The p...
Jan
20
2023
INVOForward Therapeutics | From Idea to Therapeutic: A Biopharma, Biotech & VC Perspective
12:00 PM Online
How do I attract industry interest or participation in my therapeutic ideas?
Please join us for the first INVOForward s...