Biohub

Biohub is a nonprofit biomedical research organization, operating as Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Inc. Its mission is to advance AI-powered biology to understand and prevent diseases. The organization builds technology and AI models that help scientists study cellular functions and disease mechanisms. Biohub collaborates with major research institutions, including Northwestern University, Yale, and Columbia, and has research hubs in New York and Chicago. The organization offers large-scale scientific infrastructure and open-access tools for the global scientific community. Initiatives like the Virtual Biology Initiative aim to create predictive models of life, while the AI-Powered Biology Platform provides advanced technology for measuring and programming biological systems. Biohub also develops tools such as ESM Atlas and ESMFold2 for protein structure prediction, available freely to researchers. Its focus is on fostering scientific collaboration and supporting high-risk research to uncover breakthroughs in disease understanding.