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CZI in the News

Core Memory: Priscilla Chan and Her Quest To End Disease

Jul 17, 2025 ·

CZI in the News

TIME: The Bet on CRISPR To Cure Rare Childhood Diseases

Jul 8, 2025 ·

CZI in the News

Ground Truths: New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures

Jul 8, 2025 ·

CZI in the News

Nature: Can AI Build a Virtual Cell? Scientists Race To Model Life’s Smallest Unit

In Nature, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Chief Science Advisor Stephen Quake discusses how AI and data are fueling progress toward virtual cells.

Jun 27, 2025 · 1 min read

CZI in the News

GEN Highlights CZI’s Virtual Cell Efforts As Industry Competitions Emerge To Accelerate AI Model... GEN Highlights CZI’s Virtual Cell Efforts As Industry Competitions Emerge To Accelerate AI Model Development

As new competitions push the pace of virtual cell model development, GEN spotlights CZI’s contributions, including models like scGenePT and TranscriptFormer.

Jun 26, 2025 · 1 min read

CZI in the News

GEN, STAT Cite CZI Datasets and Models as Advancements Toward AI-Based Virtual Cell Models

STAT and GEN cite CZI’s CELLxGENE, Billion Cells Project and TranscriptFormer model as open resources advancing AI virtual cell research.

Jun 18, 2025 · 2 min read

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

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

CZI in the News

Axios: New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub To Focus on Cells’ Inner Workings

Axios spotlights CZI’s new Biohub, led by Scott Fraser, which will develop imaging tools to help scientists study the inner workings of cells.

Mar 27, 2025 · 2 min read

Education

Cornell Chronicle: Accelerating the Science of Teaching

Jan 21, 2025 ·

Education

New AI Resources and Advisory Board Aim To Support Responsible Development of Education Tools

CZI beta launch of resources aimed at helping education technology developers build research-backed tools for education.

Dec 16, 2024 · 3 min read

Science

STAT: New Report Highlights Impact of Open Source Software

Dec 3, 2024 ·

Education

Harvard Lab Expands To Help More Children Learn To Read

Combined federal and philanthropic support to double program reach and accelerate progress in addressing early literacy.

Sep 19, 2024 · 4 min read

CZI in the News

AI, Virtual Cells, and a Revolutionary Platform for Biology

Jul 30, 2024 ·

Education

A Conversation With Priscilla Chan and Award-Winning Artist Common on Meeting Every Student’s... A Conversation With Priscilla Chan and Award-Winning Artist Common on Meeting Every Student’s Needs

In an armchair conversation with Common, the CZI co-founder and co-CEO discusses the importance of partnering with educators to unlock every student’s potential.

Jul 17, 2024 · 1 min read

CZI in the News

Listen: The Immunology Podcast Speaks With Shana Kelley About Biomolecular

Jul 16, 2024 ·

Education

EarlyBird Education, Florida State University Bring Comprehensive Literacy Assessment, Dyslexia... EarlyBird Education, Florida State University Bring Comprehensive Literacy Assessment, Dyslexia Screening Tool

EarlyBird Education partnership with Florida State University brings next generation early literacy assessment into classrooms across the country.

May 16, 2024 · 6 min read

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

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