“Over the next 20 years, we’re going to see profound changes in how we do science.” CZI’s Head of Science Stephen Quake, D.Phil. shares our vision for using AI to help researchers make discoveries about human biology. We’re building AI tools to uncover new insights about how our cells function to identify and treat disease earlier. #science #AI #biomedicine #tech #SingleCell
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Non-profit Organizations
Redwood City, CA 96,333 followers
Building a better future for everyone.
About us
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 communities. Through collaboration, providing resources and building technology, our mission is to help build a more inclusive, just and healthy future for everyone. We engage directly in the communities we serve because no one understands how to address our society’s challenges better than those who live them everyday. These partners help us identify problems and opportunities, learn fast and iterate toward our audacious goals for the next century. We strive to be humble, empathetic and life-long learners who work collaboratively to develop community-centered solutions. To help build a more just, equitable future, we embrace people from all backgrounds and experiences, who challenge each other’s assumptions with fresh perspectives. To that end, we are co-creating an environment where everyone feels respected, valued and we celebrate the beauty in the diversity of our shared strength. Learn more about working at CZI: www.chanzuckerberg.com/careers
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https://chanzuckerberg.com/about/our-approach/
External link for Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Redwood City, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Biomedicine, Education, Technology, AI, Open Science, and Rare Disease
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Redwood City, CA 94063, US
Employees at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Vivian Wu
Managing Partner, Ventures - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Bob Brown
Senior Director Of Engineering at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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Bryan Agnetta
Product Management Lead @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Agile Software Development | Startup Advisor
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Andrew Tolopko
Staff Software Engineer at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Updates
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We love open science! One of many reasons is because we know software that is open source is key for making scientific discoveries that will one day cure, prevent and manage disease. As the largest funder committed to supporting critical open source software for science and 6 funding cycles under our belts, we set out to evaluate what the community needs for sustainability, and the successes funding has already led to. Join us in celebrating the open science community. #Science #OpenSource #Software #SciTech #ComputationalBiology
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Teachers and school leaders know their kids best—and know what works in the classroom. This week, Our CEO Priscilla Chan and Common joined together to discuss how in order to build an education system that truly supports all students, we’ve got to have educators' expertise in the conversation. We’re excited to bring together educators, researchers and technologists to develop tools to help unlock student potential through Render—our edtech innovation studio. Learn more about this work: https://lnkd.in/gQ8X5vBp
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Join us in welcoming our summer interns! We look forward to collaborating with them to build a more inclusive, just and healthy future for everyone. Can’t wait to see where the journey takes us! #TeamCZI #Interns #CZinterns #SummerInternship
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🔉CZ Biohub Chicago is thrilled to announce its first cohort of Investigators, 48 innovative scientists and engineers hailing from our three partner universities, Northwestern University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and University of Chicago. This funding will enable Investigators to perform high-risk, high-reward research on topics related to instrumented tissues, inflammation, and the functions of the immune system. Meet the inaugural class of #CZBiohubCHI Investigators! University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Indrani Bagchi, Ph.D., Rohit Bhargava, Ph.D, Qian Chen, Ph.D., Martha Gillette, Ph.D., Bumsoo Han, Ph.D., Amy Wagoner Johnson, Ph.D., Auinash Kalsotra, Ph.D., Hyunjoon Kong, Ph.D., Catherine Murphy, Ph.D., M. Taher Saif, Ph.D., Mei Shen, Ph.D., Shannon Sirk, Ph.D., Bradley Sutton, Ph.D., Jonathan Sweedler, Ph.D., Yurii Vlasov, Ph.D., Ayelet Ziv-Gal, Ph.D. Northwestern University Navdeep Chandel, Ph.D., Jaehyuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D., Lee Cooper, Ph.D., Igor Efimov, Ph.D., Horacio Espinosa, Ph.D., Dominic Fullenkamp, M.D., Ph.D., Yogesh Goyal, Ph.D., Neil Kelleher, Ph.D., John Kessler, M.D., Huiping Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Chad Mirkin, Ph.D., Elizabeth McNally, M.D, Ph.D., Chian-Yu Peng, Ph.D., Arthur Prindle, Ph.D., Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D., Lisa Volpatti, Ph.D. University of Chicago Luis Barreiro, Ph.D., Marcus Clark, M.D., Ph.D., Bryan Dickinson, Ph.D., Aaron Esser-Kahn, Ph.D., Margaret Gardel, Ph.D., Aly Khan, Ph.D., Yang Li, Ph.D., Peter Mauer, Ph.D., Alex Pearson, M.D., Ph.D., Samantha Riesenfeld, Ph.D., Benjamin Shogan, M.D., Allison Squires, Ph.D., Melody Swartz, Ph.D., Savas Tay, Ph.D., Vincenzo Vitelli, Ph.D., Sihong Wang, Ph.D.
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Celebrating our teammates at HQ week and our summer picnic was so fun! From brainstorming new ideas to sharing laughs, it was a week to remember. It was wonderful to build community across the organization, learn, collaborate and celebrate the progress we’ve made in science, education and in the Bay Area. #TeamCZI #science #education #BayArea
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Join us in celebrating Disability Pride Month! Our resource group for CZIers with disabilities and their allies chose Everyone, Everywhere as our theme because it reinforces how accessibility is important to everyone, everywhere, including those with visible and invisible disabilities. They are hosting activities in July to celebrate diversity, promote understanding and awareness, recognize achievements, challenge stigma, and work towards a more inclusive and equitable world for all. #DEI #InclusionMatters #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #TeamCZI
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“I was so deeply impacted by the experiences of the people I met, and it really made me realize how many key questions there are about infectious diseases that have just not been answered.” Chaz Langelier spent a summer in a remote region of Uganda volunteering in a medical clinic for people with HIV/AIDS. “It solidified my conviction that working to improve treatment and well-being for patients through better diagnostics was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.” Now he is an associate professor of medicine at UCSF and San Francisco Biohub Investigator. He leads a team of scientists searching for novel ways to research and diagnose infectious diseases. #science #healthresearch #InfectiousDisease #research #globalhealth
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As microscopes get more and more powerful, we need increasingly powerful tools to analyze the images they capture. For example, 3D images captured by advanced imaging techniques like CryoET can take months to analyze with current methods. Enter CZ Imaging Institute scientist Utz Ermel, who recently applied a machine learning algorithm developed by researchers Lorenz Lamm and Ben Engel to address this bottleneck to discovery. Using AI, Utz was able to label all membranes in over 13,000 cell images in just 3.5 days. This is a task that would have been near impossible without AI. Not only will Utz and the team at the CZ Imaging Institute continue this for more proteins in cells, all this work and the data used are shared with open access on the CryoET portal. Using tech and open collaborations, we’re accelerating towards understanding our cells so we can better treat disease. #science #AI #MachineLearning #Biomedicine #Biology #SciTech
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“Event spaces continue to be a barrier for many communities of color so to be able to convene ourselves in a space that was very accepting, and where we felt comfortable, was a beautiful experience.” Liaiga-Anoa'i of the Pacific Islander Community Partnership This spring, we've been honored to host incredible cultural performances by the Pacific Islander Community Partnership, Noorani Dance and Stir Fry Stories, funded by our partner Redwood City Parks and Arts Foundation. Using dance, poetry and powerful conversations, they shared stories of identity, resilience, and activism, enriching our understanding of AANHPI communities. San Mateo County is our home, and we are proud to offer the Community Space for nonprofits in our region to center inclusivity, community-building and learning. #AANHPI #AAPI #community #CulturalCelebration #RedwoodCity