Jul 1, 2025 · 2 min read

Shana Kelley, Jonah Cool @ AI+ Expo: Accelerating Discovery With AI and Biotechnology

At the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) AI+ Expo, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago President Shana Kelley participated in a panel discussing how AI and biotechnology can accelerate discovery. | Video courtesy of SCSP
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At the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) AI+ Expo in Washington, D.C., Shana Kelley, president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago, and Jonah Cool, vice president of scientific strategy and partnerships at CZI, spoke about accelerating scientific discovery through AI and biotechnology. Their sessions highlighted the work that Kelley and Cool are leading at the Chicago Biohub and with our Billion Cells Project, respectively.

Learn more about our four scientific grand challenges that combine AI and scientific research to reveal what’s happening in the cells, tissues and organs that govern our bodies and defend us against disease. By creating and giving scientists the tools to make new discoveries, we believe it will be possible to cure, prevent and manage all diseases.

Jonah Cool, vice president of scientific strategy and partnerships at CZI, gave a presentation on the Billion Cells Project, an effort to generate an unprecedented one billion cell dataset to fuel rapid progress in AI model development in biology. | Video courtesy of SCSP

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About the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network is a group of nonprofit research institutes that bring together scientists, engineers, and physicians with the goal of pursuing grand scientific challenges on 10- to 15-year time horizons. The CZ Biohub Network focuses on understanding underlying mechanisms of disease and developing new technologies that will lead to actionable diagnostics and effective therapies. To learn more, visit www.czbiohub.org.

About the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education, to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a better future for everyone. For more information, please visit chanzuckerberg.com.

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