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Education - October 17, 2019

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Backs Teacher-Directed Professional Learning with DonorsChoose

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Education - October 14, 2019

AASA Awarded $400,000 Grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Promote Social and Emotional Learning in K-12 Schools

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Software Engineer, Meta, Science

You will co-lead the Frontend Engineering team, as well as designing, building, analyzing and improving the efficiency, stability, and resiliency of the Meta Web application. You will co-lead the Frontend Engineering team, as well as designing, building, analyzing and improving the efficiency, stability, and resiliency of...

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You will build technology solutions to help scale CZI and help to cultivate a culture of shared best practices and knowledge around data engineering.

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CZI Announces Support for Open-Source Software Efforts to Improve Biomedical Imaging

Dec 6, 2018 - Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced funding for open-source software efforts to improve image analysis and visualization in biomedicine. Microscopy — critical to modern cell biology — generates large volumes of complex data that pose significant challenges for analysis and visualization. The funding will support developers...

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CZI announces new $12.5 million funding opportunity to bring more engineering expertise to imaging

Sep 5, 2018 - September 5, 2018 — Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is inviting engineers, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and biologists with expertise in technology development to apply for CZI’s new $12.5 million Imaging Scientists program. These three- to five-year grants will support up to 10 Imaging Scientists at imaging...

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