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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, 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 ·

Science

STAT: New Report Highlights Impact of Open Source Software

Dec 3, 2024 ·

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 ·

Science

CZI Announces Multi-Institutional Collaborations for Developing Technology To Better Understand... CZI Announces Multi-Institutional Collaborations for Developing Technology To Better Understand Cells

These efforts will measure and engineer cellular function to better understand health and disease.

Feb 29, 2024 · 4 min read

CZI in the News

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

Jan 22, 2024 ·

Education

Unlocking Student Potential: CZI Looks Back on 8 Years

New report showcases impact of education technology and grant partners, valuable lessons learned, and next steps for supporting educators and students.

Nov 30, 2023 · 3 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

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