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CZI in the News

R&D World: 10x Genomics CTO Highlights Partnership With CZI on Billion Cells Project

10x Genomics CTO on partnering with CZI to generate AI-ready data for training models and advancing understanding of cells and gene function.

Jun 5, 2025 · 1 min read

CZI in the News

CZI @ STAT Breakthrough Summit: Virtual Cells Might Be Closer Than We Think — Thanks to AI

At Breakthrough West, Patricia Brennan and Gita Mahmoudabadi discussed TranscriptFormer, CZI’s new AI model trained on 112 million cells from 12 different species.

May 29, 2025 · 2 min read

Ventures

Somite AI Announces Series A To Revolutionize Cell Therapy With AI-driven Foundation Models

This funding will help tackle key bottlenecks in cell therapy by using AI to make cell production faster, more reliable, and accessible to patients.

May 14, 2025 · 3 min read

CZI in the News

GEN: CZI Releases TranscriptFormer AI Model — the Cross-Species Cell Atlas

GEN spotlights CZI’s TranscriptFormer, a cross-species AI model trained on single-cell data to help scientists uncover disease biology and new therapies.

Apr 30, 2025 · 1 min read

Education

Cornell Chronicle: Accelerating the Science of Teaching

Jan 21, 2025 ·

Science

STAT: New Report Highlights Impact of Open Source Software

Dec 3, 2024 ·

Science

Nature Publishes Collection of Papers Advancing the Human Cell Atlas, With Research Supported by CZI

Grassroots global effort helps scientists understand cells in health and disease.

Nov 20, 2024 · 6 min read

CZI in the News

AI, Virtual Cells, and a Revolutionary Platform for Biology

Jul 30, 2024 ·

CZI in the News

Listen: The Immunology Podcast Speaks With Shana Kelley About Biomolecular

Jul 16, 2024 ·

Science

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

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s (CZI) AI computing system for nonprofit life science research was named an honoree in Fast...

May 14, 2024 · 3 min read

CZI in the News

Listen: Steve Quake Talks About AI On the BioTech Nation Podcast

May 8, 2024 ·

CZI in the News

Journal of Cell Science: Sandra Schmid Interview

Apr 8, 2024 ·

CZI in the News

Immune Cells See All. Can We Train Them To Tell All, Too?

Jan 22, 2024 ·

Science

CZI, Allen Institute, and University of Washington Launch Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology

First-of-its-kind research initiative will develop technologies to reveal how changes in cells and genes over time influence human health and disease.

Dec 7, 2023 · 5 min read

Science

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

The new cluster will be one of the most powerful high-performance computing systems for nonprofit life science research in the world.

Sep 19, 2023 · 6 min read

Science

The Economist: Worlds Within, Worlds Without

Geoffrey Carr of The Economist covers CZI and CZ Biohub SF’s efforts to support the Human Cell Atlas.

Apr 10, 2023 · 13 min read

Housing Affordability

Fast Company: Lessons from the Pandemic Eviction Crisis Can Help Us Remake the Housing System

We can implement policies to prevent evictions, which is vastly more cost-effective than helping people after they have lost their home.

Dec 16, 2021 · 5 min read

CZI in the News

Youth Organizers Discuss How They Support Their Communities

Dec 13, 2021 ·

Science

Betting Big on Science and Technology

Editor’s Note: As of November 15, 2024, Theiagen Global Health Initiative (TGHI) will manage CZ GEN EPI, now renamed...

Sep 14, 2021 · 21 min read

10x Genomics CTO on partnering with CZI to generate AI-ready data for training models and advancing understanding of cells and gene function.

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