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Physics of Life 2023 Symposium

Please join us in San Francisco on January 23. Explore the phenomena of life through the tools, approaches, and style of inquiry of physics with the physical biology community.

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Empowering scientists to work on their riskiest, most exciting ideas.
Empowering scientists to work on their riskiest, most exciting ideas.

Empowering scientists to work on their riskiest, most exciting ideas.

We are a regional research endeavor with international reach, where the Bay Area’s leading academic institutions join forces with CZ Biohub’s innovative internal team to catalyze impact, spurring partnerships that benefit people around the world.

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Empowering scientists to work on their riskiest, most exciting ideas. Empowering scientists to work on their riskiest, most exciting ideas.

Many diseases are caused by disorders of the cell. That’s why we support rigorous, quantitative research in
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cell biology.

Quantitative Cell Science
The Tabula Sapiens: A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of 15 Human Donors, 24 Tissues and Organs, and nearly 500,000 Cells

This collaborative project provides a molecular characterization of cellular diversity in the human body.

EXPLORE THE DATA
Quantitative Cell Science
OpenCell: A Collection of Localization and Interactome Measurements for Human Proteins

A collaboration between the Leonetti group at CZ Biohub and the Mann Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, along with many other colleagues.

VISIT OPENCELL

Join the CZ Biohub team – Explore our summer internship opportunities!

Zebrahub: A single-cell atlas of zebrafish vertebrate development

CZ Biohub scientists introduce cytoself, a deep-learning method that reveals information on protein localization and interactions

‘Tabula Sapiens’ Multi-Organ Cell Atlas Already Yielding Surprises for Biologists

New CZ Biohub-built ‘DaXi’ microscope – An advance in light-sheet imaging

WATCH – From parts list to blueprint: OpenCell lights the way

Who’s feeding the fish? – Biohub-built ‘ZAF’ automates
zebrafish care in the lab

Because existing and emerging pathogens continue to threaten human health worldwide, we create and deploy systems to detect and respond to
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infectious disease globally.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chan Zuckerberg ID: Identifying Pathogens in Metagenomic Sequencing Data

CZ ID (formerly IDseq) is a real-time pathogen detection dashboard that helps prevent disease outbreaks around the world. It was created in partnership with scientists and engineers from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chan Zuckerberg GEN EPI: No‑code phylogenetic analysis

CZ GEN EPI (formerly Aspen) is an open-source, free, no-code genomic epidemiology analysis platform for public health. It was created in partnership with scientists and engineers from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

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INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM
Hopkins Marine Station: Studying Sea Creatures at the Molecular and Genomic Level

Working with Biohub teams, researchers at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station are studying marine creatures to generate insights into genome evolution and human development.

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We support high-risk research programs that might otherwise not be funded by conventional sources, and we support the training of the next generation of scientists and physician-scientists through competitive fellowship programs.

INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM
Investigator Competition: Introducing the latest cohort of CZ Biohub Investigators

The 86 awardees from Stanford University, UC San Francisco, and UC Berkeley, representing a diverse range of disciplines, will each receive $1 million in funding to pursue the visionary ideas that excite them the most.

MEET OUR INVESTIGATORS

CZ Biohub
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tools and technologies will always be freely available to scientists around the world.

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
napari: An Interactive, Multidimensional Image Viewer for Python

Created by CZ Biohub's Loïc Royer, Juan Nuñez-Iglesias of Monash University, and Nick Sofroniew of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), napari is an open-source collaboration involving the Biohub, the CZI Science Technology team, and many other scientists and computational biologists around the world.

SEE IT IN ACTION
PRESS RELEASES
‘Tabula Sapiens’ Multi-Organ Cell Atlas Already Yielding Surprises for Biologists

Massive project reveals gene-expression signatures in nearly half a million human cells, from 24 tissues and organ.

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IN THE NEWS
Nature: Python power-up: new image tool visualizes complex data

The image viewing and analysis software napari has filled a gap in the programming language’s scientific ecosystem.

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FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
cytoself: a machine learning method for protein localization Icon

cytoself: a machine learning method for protein localization

READ NOW OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization Icon

OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization

READ NOW Fly Cell Atlas: a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly Icon

Fly Cell Atlas: a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly

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Our People
Creator of ‘cytoself’ named 2022 STAT Wunderkind

Kobayashi cited as among "the brightest young minds" in research...

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Our People
Six Biohub Investigators receive NIH Director's Awards

Grants recognize ‘exceptionally creative, highly innovative’ ideas...

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Infectious Disease
Building a global network of disease detectives

'CZ ID' platform is helping researchers around the world identify new pathogens...

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Our People
Science as a team sport

New Group Leader brings a people-first approach to research...

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Collaborations
An ocean of possibilities

CZ Biohub works with Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station to study sea creatures at the molecular and...

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Our People
'Collaboration is powerful'

A conversation with Biohub scientist Carolina Arias...

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