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Advancing Scientific Discovery With AI

CZI is advancing science by leveraging advances in AI. We’re building openly accessible tools for researchers, including AI-powered virtual cell models that are capable of predicting the behavior of healthy and diseased cells. Explore how our work with AI is paving the way for new biomedical discoveries.

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Mar 14, 2025 Technology

Dr. Priscilla Chan on AI’s Role in Science at SXSW

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Jan 16, 2025 Science

Watch: Priscilla Chan on CZI’s Science Milestones and What’s Next

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Dec 12, 2024 Science

2024 in Review: How AI Shaped a Year of Impact at CZI

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Dec 9, 2024 Science

Introducing Early Access to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Platform for AI Cell Models

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Nov 21, 2024 CZ Biohub Network

CryoET Data Portal Featured in Nature Methods, New AI/ML challenge, AreTomo3 Software Update

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Oct 8, 2024 Science

Exploring New Frontiers in AI-Driven Biomedical Research

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Sep 19, 2024 CZI Science Medium

AI Meets Biology: Insights and Innovations From Our AI in Single-Cell Biology Workshop

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Sep 18, 2024 arXiv

How To Build the Virtual Cell With Artificial Intelligence: Priorities and Opportunities

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Sep 10, 2024 Science

Priscilla Chan, Stephen Quake Discuss Accelerating Science With AI at Stanford’s Big Ideas in Medicine

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Aug 8, 2024 Science

Our Progress Leveraging AI To Speed Up Biomedical Research

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Jul 20, 2024 STAT

AI, Virtual Cells, and a Revolutionary Platform for Biology

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Jun 27, 2024 Technology

Exploring the ‘Digital Age of Biology’ With CZI’s Science Technology Team

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June 20, 2024 CZ Biohub Network

Solving Bottlenecks in Cryo-Electron Tomography With Machine Learning

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May 14, 2024 Science

CZI’s AI Computing System Honored as a ‘World Changing Idea’

Drs. Richard Lifton and Priscilla Chan sit side-by-side in armchairs on stage.
May 9, 2024 Science

Priscilla Chan Discusses the Role of AI in Biomedicine With the New York Academy of Sciences

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Apr 9, 2024 Science

How AI Can Uncover the Laws of Biology

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Mar 21, 2024 Science

CZI Launches AI Advisory Group and Residency Program To Accelerate Development of Virtual Cell Models

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Jan 10, 2024 Science

Watch How We’re Using AI To Accelerate Biomedical Research

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Sep 19, 2023 Science

Why CZI Is Uniquely Positioned To Accelerate Scientific Progress Through AI

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Sep 19, 2023 Science

Chan Zuckerberg Science To Build AI GPU Cluster To Model Cell Systems

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