The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco (CZ Biohub SF) and The 15 White Coats, Inc., have launched two initiatives that will provide travel grants as well as coursework in metagenomic sequencing and genomic epidemiology to aspiring physicians from underrepresented groups.

CZ Biohub New York is catalyzing collaboration among scientists in the New York area from Columbia University, The Rockefeller University, and Yale University.NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, leadership from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub New York, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), and representatives from Columbia University, The Rockefeller University, and Yale University gathered to celebrate progress in their mission to bioengineer immune cells for the early detection and treatment of diseases. Chan Zuckerberg Biohub New York launch event at Columbia University on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. The official launch event welcomed speakers including Hope Knight, President CEO and Commissioner of Empire State Development; Andrew Kimball, President CEO of New York City Economic Development Corporation; Stephen Quake, CZI Head of Science; and Andrea Califano, President of the CZ Biohub New York. CZ Biohub New York also announced the opening of their second request for proposals to foster collaboration among scientists from Columbia, Rockefeller, and Yale.In its inaugural year, CZ Biohub New York began construction of the institute's permanent, state-of-the-art lab space located in the Studebaker Building on Columbia University's Manhattanville Campus. CBRE's John Isaacs and Joseph DeRosa represented CZ Biohub New York in the lease negotiations with Columbia University at the Studebaker building

Advisors, key hires, and in-house AI residents will inform the organization's AI strategy, including the development of virtual cell models to advance scientific researchREDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced several key appointments and a new AI residency program to advance the organization's AI strategy for science, which is focused on building predictive models of healthy and diseased cells. Several AI experts from academia and industry have joined a newly established AI Advisory Group, which will provide guidance to leaders at CZI and across the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network as these organizations work to enable AI at scale for nonprofit life science research. In addition, CZI is launching an AI residency program to develop foundational AI/ML models and tools that will enable new scientific breakthroughs. Theofanis Karaletsos, a technology leader in AI/ML research and science, has also been hired as CZI's Head of Artificial Intelligence for Science.The organization's newly-formed AI Advisory Group, which is composed of several members from CZI's Scientific Advisory Board and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Board of Directors, will provide guidance and cross-disciplinary feedback to senior leadership teams at CZI and across the CZ Biohub Network. These advisors have deep expertise in leveraging AI/ML models and methods to advance scientific research:Sam Altman , CEO of OpenAI. Altman was also recently named to the CZ Biohub Board., CEO of OpenAI