Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

Skip to content Chan Zuckerberg Biohub PHYSICIAN-SCIENTIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM CONTACT Facebook LinkedIn Twitter PEOPLE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS NEWS LICENSING OPPORTUNITIES CAREERS BLOG the new frontier At the Biohub, we actively nurture and create opportunities for leaders in science and technology to come together and drive discovery, setting the standard for collaborative science. Together, we are conducting research that helps solve big health problems. By sparking collaborative, interdisciplinary work, we empower the pursuit of intuition and the opportunity to explore the next questions — and answers. VISION In 2016, the Chan Zuckerberg initiative was launched with a bold vision: to cure, prevent or manage disease in our children’s lifetime. The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub was created to support that vision — by understanding the fundamental mechanisms underlying disease and developing new technologies to lead to actionable diagnostics and effective therapies. PARTNERS We are a regional research endeavor with international reach — where the Bay Area’s leading institutions (Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCSF) join forces with the Biohub’s innovative internal team to catalyze impact, benefiting people and partnerships around the world. OUR PARTNERS PEOPLE At CZ Biohub, we bring together brilliant scientists and engineers who see opportunities in every challenge. These individuals are united by a common passion – solving previously impossible problems. OUR PEOPLE PROJECTS Biohub is the next step forward in medical research. Our projects combine the best scientists and engineers with the most advanced technology to solve the world’s biggest health problems. These problems demand a new course of action, new energy and new voices. They demand a space where nothing is impossible and collaboration is the only way to get things done. We organize around four key principles. CURRENT PROJECTS CELL ATLAS INITIATIVE INFECTIOUS DISEASE INITIATIVE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM CELL ATLAS INITIATIVE Because we know much of the world's disease is caused by disorders of the cell, we believe we need to better understand the cell. That's why we delve into unanswered questions and support fundamental science focused on cell biology, showing how cells work in healthy people and, more importantly, what takes place when disease strikes. LEARN MORE INFECTIOUS DISEASE INITIATIVE Because both existing and emerging pathogens continue to threaten human health worldwide, we pursue diagnostic and therapeutic development, in addition to supporting and deploying systems to detect infectious disease globally. Curing, preventing or managing all disease in our children’s lifetime might seem impossible – until you consider the achievements of the last century. We’re following in the footsteps of giants, and we’re ready for the challenge. LEARN MORE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE Because we know access to data and tools expedites solutions, we believe we need to create technology that catalyzes innovation. That's why we invent tools to open and enable avenues for research that weren't possible before. LEARN MORE INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM Because we know support for basic science is critical to drive discovery beyond the Biohub’s main scope, we believe in the power of funding investigators – great scientists working on their riskiest and most exciting ideas – especially those that are too early to receive traditional funding support. LEARN MORE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH University of California Berkeley University of California San Francisco Stanford CONTACT Facebook LinkedIn Twitter CAREERS AT CZ BIOHUB SITEMAP Biohub[1][2] is a joint collaborative effort by UC Berkeley, UCSF and Stanford for a medical science research center funded by a $600 million commitment from Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan. It is trademarked as well as CZ Biohub.[3] It is currently co-led by Stephen Quake and Joseph DeRisi. Gajus Worthington was named as Biohub's Chief Operating Officer in 2017.[4] The idea for Biohub originated in 2015 when the current leaders, along with Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, discussed the need for a collaborative effort by those three universities for fundamental medical research.[5] Description Biohub is presently headquartered next to UCSF's Mission Bay campus, with a satellite site at Stanford. It will provide basic researchers and clinical scientists with flexible laboratory space, the latest technological tools and funding for ambitious research projects. Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology and chemistry, Li Ka Shing Chancellor's Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is a member of Biohub's Science Advisory Group. Dr. Doudna is known for her pioneering work on CRISPR-Cas9, a gene-editing technology that has the potential to revolutionize genetics, molecular biology and medicine. Biohub will allow researchers at leading institutions to collaborate and accelerate the development of breakthrough scientific and medical advancements, applications and therapeutics. Scientists chosen for the initial 47 research positions are working on a wide range of projects, but the selection committee tried to focus on new technologies and the basic science and mechanism behind diseases.[6][7][8][9] This includes 13 from UC Berkeley,[10] 15 from UCSF,[11] and 19 from Stanford.[12] The 2018 awards will be chosen in early 2018.[13] Biohub is structured as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, but it has retained close control of the outcomes of its efforts, including patent rights.[14] Two of the three universities in Biohub already have affiliations with major medical research facilities. Stanford University is affiliated with the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. VAPAHCS maintains the third largest research program in the VA with extensive research centers in geriatrics, mental health, Alzheimer's disease, spinal cord regeneration, schizophrenia, Rehabilitation Research and Development Center, HIV research, and a Health Economics Resource Center. UC San Francisco is affiliated with the UCSF Medical Center, the leading hospital in California, and the San Francisco VA Medical Center. SFVAMC has the largest funded research program in the Veterans Health Administration with $90.2 million in research expenditures (2015). The current Medical Center Director is Bonnie S. Graham. UC Berkeley, though not having a hospital affiliation, has a premier research botanical garden, the University of California Botanical Garden. This and other botanical gardens will serve as a resource for Biohub pharmacology research. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg's other philanthropy, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has recently provided grant funding for an AI tool to make millions of published medical/scientific findings more readily accessible.[15]