Mark Zuckerberg, Wife’s Biotech Research Lab
Leaders of the Biohub are still searching for a location that will include laboratories, conference rooms, and specialized tools and equipment.
For research projects for the hub, scientists from Northwestern, UChicago, and UIUC will collaborate there as well as at their respective universities. Also, the hub will have a dedicated team of scientists and researchers working for it. The operational launch is anticipated for April.
In order to receive the financing, Northwestern, UChicago, and UIUC outbid around 60 other teams from throughout the nation. The Chicago colleges were chosen as the winner after the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative spent roughly a year whittling down the bids, according to Steve Quake, director of science at the organization. Throughout the hiring process, Pritzker pledged $25 million in state capital funding.
The biohub will “really help our biotech environment in the city,” according to Milan Mrksich, Northwestern’s vice president for research.
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Chan Zuckerberg Biohub To Engineer Human Biology Technologies
By placing tiny sensors in samples of human tissue and synthetic tissue, some of which are no larger than the breadth of a hair, Chicago scientists hope to better comprehend health and illness.
One small square of tissue might someday contain up to 1,000 sensors, according to their predictions. They are hoping that by using the sensors, they would be able to see up close how the disease might develop at the cellular and molecular levels.
In particular, researchers want to learn more about the relationships between inflammation and the immune system. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was established in 2015, and one of its goals is to fund science and technology in order to treat, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the twenty-first century.
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