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Scientific Milestones and Learnings 2024 - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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This is a philanthropic organization's year-in-review update, tangentially relevant to AI safety insofar as it illustrates how large-scale AI capabilities are being deployed in high-stakes biomedical domains outside traditional AI safety oversight frameworks.
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A video discussion featuring CZI leadership reflecting on 2024 milestones in AI-powered biomedical research, including the release of AI cell model platforms and real-time inflammation biosensors. The conversation highlights CZI's progress toward its mission of curing, preventing, or managing all diseases by the end of the century through tools like virtual cell models and large-scale computing infrastructure.
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- •CZI released a platform enabling researchers to access AI-powered cell models, advancing the concept of a 'virtual cell' for biological research.
- •CZ Biohub Chicago debuted a first-of-its-kind sensor to monitor inflammation in real-time, representing a tangible biomedical hardware milestone.
- •CZI is building one of the largest nonprofit computing systems to support AI-accelerated biomedical research.
- •The discussion frames AI and software tools as central to accelerating breakthroughs toward curing or managing all diseases.
- •Leadership emphasized the intersection of biology, AI, and data infrastructure as key levers for scientific progress.
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Jan 16, 2025 ·
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# Watch: Priscilla Chan on CZI’s Science Milestones and What’s Next
Tags: [Science](https://chanzuckerberg.com/blog/category/science/#posts), [Technology](https://chanzuckerberg.com/blog/category/technology/#posts)
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CZI's Science Work and Milestones Towards Accelerating Biomedical Research
CZ Biohub Chicago on Creating New Technologies to Understand Inflammation
CZ Biohub Chicago’s Sensors to Track Inflammation and How It Works
How CZI Builds Software Tools and Leverages AI to Accelerate Research
CZI Explains the Virtual Cell and How It Will Be Used
CZI’s Work to Develop Data and One of the Largest Nonprofit Computing Systems
Faster Breakthroughs through Virtual Cell Applications
Looking Ahead to Curing, Preventing or Managing All Diseases
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As we welcome the new year, 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 Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago, to reflect on the progress made over the past year in building tools to better understand and measure disease — and the exciting work still ahead.
From releasing a platform for researchers and biologists to [easily access state-of-the-art AI-powered cell models](https://chanzuckerberg.com/blog/ai-cell-models-platform-release/ "Easily Access State-of-the-art AI-powered Cell Models") to debuting the Chicago Biohub’s first-of-its-kind [sensor to monitor inflammation in real-time](https://www.czbiohub.org/life-science/protein-sensors-track-inflammation-continuously/ "Sensor To Monitor Inflammation In Real-time (Opens in a new window)"), the conversation highlighted tangible work towards accelerating biomedical research and demonstrating progress toward CZI’s mission to cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century.
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