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Cori Bargmann Named 2017 Scientist of the Year
Our President of Science, Cori Bargmann has been named R&D Magazine‘s 2017 Scientist of the Year. Congrats Cori, on...
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Cori Bargmann Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s President of Science, Cori Bargmann, was elected to the National Academy of...
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Announcing 38 Grants Supporting The Human Cell Atlas
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative today announced funding for 38 pilot projects to help develop tools and technologies for the...
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Resolve to Save Lives, A New Global Health Initiative
Priscilla Chan: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is proud to support Resolve to Save Lives, a new global health...
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Women in Data Science and Machine Learning
Jim Shelton: We had a great evening this Tuesday at the Biohub with the Bay Area members of the Women in Data Science and...
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Now Open: Breakthrough Junior Challenge
If you want to learn something, teach it! The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is now open to students from all over the world,...
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Marc Malandro joins the CZI as VP of Operations for Science.
Cori Bargmann: I’m delighted to announce that Marc Malandro, who recently led the University of Pittsburgh’s...
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New Funding Opportunities to Support the Human Cell Atlas
Today CZI announces its second Request for Applications (RFA) for the Human Cell Atlas, a global effort to create a reference...
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How to Build a Human Cell Atlas
Cori Bargmann: Computational Biologist Aviv Regev is one of the leaders of the international Human Cell Atlas project,...
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Learning from Experts: Notes from Recent Scientific Workshops
Cori Bargmann: Over the last few months, we hosted a series of scientific workshops in San Francisco, convening experts...
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Joining the Science Philanthropy Alliance
Cori Bargmann: I’m thrilled that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is joining the Science Philanthropy Alliance. The...
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Building a Data Coordination Platform for the Human Cell Atlas
Today, we announced funding for a new collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the European Bioinformatics...
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A Look at CZI’s Efforts to Accelerate Biomedical Research
Cori Bargmann: Earlier this week, I spoke at the annual Big Data Conference at Stanford University, along with leaders in...
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Voicing Support for the NIH
Cori Bargmann: Today at the White House, I joined members of the scientific community to voice my support for the NIH and...
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bioRxiv to Help Scientists Share Research Faster
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is partnering with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to support and build out bioRxiv to help...
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Request for Applications: Pilot Project for a Human Cell Atlas
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is looking for talented scientists and engineers to work on one-year pilot projects to help...
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Update from the Human Cell Atlas Conference
The Human Cell Atlas conference we hosted with the Biohub has come to a close after two days of exhilarating discussions...