Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

The idea for CZ Biohub originated in 2015 when DeRisi and Quake, along with Chan and Zuckerberg, agreed on the need for a collaborative alliance of Stanford University, UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley devoted to fundamental biomedical research. The organization was established in 2016, funded by a $600 million endowment from Chan and Zuckerberg. DeRisi and Quake led the organization as co-presidents for the first five years, before Quake became the president of the CZ Biohub Network when that initiative launched in 2022. Gajus Worthington was named as Biohub's chief operating officer in 2017; he left the position in 2022. In 2017, CZ Biohub selected an initial group of scientists for its first cohort of Investigators, individuals chosen from the three partner universities to each receive $1 million in funding for five years of innovative research in the life sciences. In total, the organization provided $50 million to 47 individuals in research positions working on a range of projects. In 2021, Chan and Zuckerberg announced that they intended to provide a further $800 million to $1 billion to CZ Biohub over 10 years, extending the organization's funding through 2031. The organization selected its second cohort of Investigators in 2022. It awarded grants of $1 million each to 86 individual researchers from multiple science and health-related disciplines at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UCSF to support five years of research. ==Organization==

The Biohub is a non-profit biomedical research organization that was created to support the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's efforts to cure, prevent, or manage all disease by the end of the century. Its aim is to facilitate collaboration between medical, scientific, and engineering researchers from three Bay Area institutions: Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and UC San Francisco (UCSF). Sandra Schmid joined the organization as its chief scientific officer in 2020. Research programs The Biohub's research is organized around two main projects: a quantitative approach to cell science, including mapping different types of cells; and an infectious disease initiative, which includes research on infection and immunity as well as developing techniques for early detection of emerging pathogens around the world. The Biohub allocates one third of its funding towards its extramural programs. The Biohub operates independently from CZI but partners with it on some initiatives and programs. In 2016, CZI formed the Biohub with a $600 million endowment over 10 years. In December 2021, CZI announced it was committing up to $1 billion in further funding to support the Biohub's operations through 2031. ==Biohub Network==

In December 2021, Chan and Zuckerberg announced that they were providing $1 billion in funding to develop a network of Biohubs to focus on their goal of longer-term research over 10 to 15 years into "scientific challenges". ==References==