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Blog March 16, 2023

Here’s why we’re opening a new research center in Chicago

CZI co-CEO and Co-Founder Priscilla Chan reflects on the organization’s progress in science, which is changing lives and opening extraordinary new horizons in medicine.

Chicago

Forbes March 2, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan On Their New ‘Biohub’ In Chicago

Chicago

News March 2, 2023

New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Will Engineer Technologies to Measure Human Biology

Research hub brings together leading institutions to build sensors to study inflammation, a major driver of disease

Chicago

Chicago Tribune March 2, 2023

Group founded by Mark Zuckerberg to spend $250 million on new Chicago biotech hub, with researchers from Northwestern, UChicago, and UIUC

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Chicago

Our People August 22, 2025

Nurturing science’s next generation

This summer, the Chicago Biohub welcomed its first cohort of interns

Chicago

Bioengineering August 6, 2025

Building devices that unite cells and sensors

Csaba Forró, a Chicago Biohub group leader, discusses how merging physics, engineering, and biology helps researchers investigate disease at the cellular level

Priscilla Chan discusses CZI’s scientific milestones with Patricia Brennan and Shana Kelley

Chicago

Media Gallery January 10, 2025

Priscilla Chan on CZI’s Science Milestones and What’s Next

CZI Co-Founder and Co-CEO Priscilla Chan sat down with Patricia Brennan, vice president of science technology and general manager for science at CZI, and Shana Kelley, president of the CZ Biohub Chicago, to reflect on the progress.

Chicago

Crain's Chicago Business December 5, 2024

Chicago’s CZ Biohub hits a milestone: Its first big research rollout

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Chicago

Bioengineering December 5, 2024

First-of-its-kind sensor tracks inflammation continuously, in real time

CZ Biohub Chicago’s implantable device demonstrates an impactful new way to monitor health and disease

Priscilla Chan looks into a microscope while a colleague observes her in a well-lit laboratory at the CZ Imaging Institute.

Chicago

Bioengineering November 1, 2024

How Biohub collaboration helped unravel a medical mystery

Priscilla Chan shares how the CZ Biohub model can advance discoveries with AI in imaging, immune cell research and more, unlocking a better understanding of health and disease.

Mikhail Shapiro presents during the Advanced Sensing lightning talks.

Chicago

Bioengineering October 21, 2024

The future is now: 4 insights from CZ Biohub Chicago’s inaugural scientific conference

Researchers gathered to discuss trends and technologies that will enable biological research

Chicago

The Immunology Podcast July 16, 2024

The Immunology Podcast Speaks With Shana Kelley

Chicago

Bioengineering April 22, 2024

Piecing together new technologies for biomedicine

A conversation with new CZ Biohub Chicago group leader, Daniel Wang

Chicago

Media Gallery February 7, 2024

Introducing the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago is developing technologies to study inflammation and the immune system at an unprecedented level of detail.

Chicago

Chicago Magazine January 3, 2024

The Ultimate Bioresearch Lab

Chicago

Press Releases October 5, 2023

CZI, State and City Leaders Launch Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker joins CZI to inaugurate a new biomedical research hub that will leverage cutting-edge science to study inflammation

Chicago

Media Gallery August 24, 2023

CZ Biohub Chicago: New Technologies to Measure Tissue-Level Human Biology

CZ Biohub Chicago President Shana Kelley spoke at the Biohub Interlab Confab in San Francisco.

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Chicago

Cell Science July 27, 2023

10 questions revealing the mysteries of human cells

Explore answers to frequently asked questions about the microscopic cells that make up human bodies.

Chicago

Fortune June 7, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg’s charity is giving $250 million to Chicago’s up and coming biotech sector after it beat out 36 other cities: ‘We competed and won’

Chicago

Our People May 15, 2023

High Risk, High Reward: Shana Kelley on Building a New Biohub

President of new CZ Biohub Chicago brings experience in startups, nanotech, chemistry, and more

Chicago

Tools & Technology March 16, 2023

Here’s why we’re opening a new research center in Chicago

CZI co-CEO and Co-Founder Priscilla Chan reflects on the organization’s progress in science, which is changing lives and opening extraordinary new horizons in medicine.

Chicago

Forbes March 2, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan On Their New ‘Biohub’ In Chicago

Chicago

Press Releases March 2, 2023

New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Will Engineer Technologies to Measure Human Biology

Research hub brings together leading institutions to build sensors to study inflammation, a major driver of disease

Chicago

Chicago Tribune March 2, 2023

Group founded by Mark Zuckerberg to spend $250 million on new Chicago biotech hub, with researchers from Northwestern, UChicago, and UIUC

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CZ Biohub Chicago Newsroom

Here’s why we’re opening a new research center in Chicago

Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan On Their New ‘Biohub’ In Chicago

New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Will Engineer Technologies to Measure Human Biology

Group founded by Mark Zuckerberg to spend $250 million on new Chicago biotech hub, with researchers from Northwestern, UChicago, and UIUC

Nurturing science’s next generation

Building devices that unite cells and sensors

Chicago’s CZ Biohub hits a milestone: Its first big research rollout

First-of-its-kind sensor tracks inflammation continuously, in real time

How Biohub collaboration helped unravel a medical mystery

The future is now: 4 insights from CZ Biohub Chicago’s inaugural scientific conference

The Immunology Podcast Speaks With Shana Kelley

Piecing together new technologies for biomedicine

The Ultimate Bioresearch Lab

CZI, State and City Leaders Launch Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago

CZ Biohub Chicago: New Technologies to Measure Tissue-Level Human Biology

10 questions revealing the mysteries of human cells

Mark Zuckerberg’s charity is giving $250 million to Chicago’s up and coming biotech sector after it beat out 36 other cities: ‘We competed and won’

High Risk, High Reward: Shana Kelley on Building a New Biohub

Here’s why we’re opening a new research center in Chicago

Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan On Their New ‘Biohub’ In Chicago

New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Will Engineer Technologies to Measure Human Biology

Group founded by Mark Zuckerberg to spend $250 million on new Chicago biotech hub, with researchers from Northwestern, UChicago, and UIUC

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CZ Biohub Chicago Newsroom

Here’s why we’re opening a new research center in Chicago

Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan On Their New ‘Biohub’ In Chicago

New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Will Engineer Technologies to Measure Human Biology

Group founded by Mark Zuckerberg to spend $250 million on new Chicago biotech hub, with researchers from Northwestern, UChicago, and UIUC

Nurturing science’s next generation

Building devices that unite cells and sensors

Priscilla Chan on CZI’s Science Milestones and What’s Next

Chicago’s CZ Biohub hits a milestone: Its first big research rollout

First-of-its-kind sensor tracks inflammation continuously, in real time

How Biohub collaboration helped unravel a medical mystery

The future is now: 4 insights from CZ Biohub Chicago’s inaugural scientific conference

The Immunology Podcast Speaks With Shana Kelley

Piecing together new technologies for biomedicine

Introducing the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago

The Ultimate Bioresearch Lab

CZI, State and City Leaders Launch Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago

CZ Biohub Chicago: New Technologies to Measure Tissue-Level Human Biology

10 questions revealing the mysteries of human cells

Mark Zuckerberg’s charity is giving $250 million to Chicago’s up and coming biotech sector after it beat out 36 other cities: ‘We competed and won’

High Risk, High Reward: Shana Kelley on Building a New Biohub

Here’s why we’re opening a new research center in Chicago

Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan On Their New ‘Biohub’ In Chicago

New Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago Will Engineer Technologies to Measure Human Biology

Group founded by Mark Zuckerberg to spend $250 million on new Chicago biotech hub, with researchers from Northwestern, UChicago, and UIUC

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