Hi Reddit, we're a group of scientists and engineers from the Chan
Zuckerberg Initiative and we're helping to build a Human Cell Atlas. Ask
Us Anything!
Abstract
Hey Reddit! We’re a group of scientists and engineers from the Chan
Zuckerberg Initiative – a philanthropic organization founded by Mark
Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. We’re working to help cure, prevent, or
manage all diseases by the end of the century. One of the ways we’re
doing that is by helping to build a Human Cell Atlas – a world-wide
effort to map all of the cells in the human body – think the human
genome project, but for cells (of which there are 30 trillion) rather
than genes (of which there are 20,000 or so). Our big-picture goal is to
support a fully open project in which scientists can share their
knowledge to assemble a parts list of the cells in the healthy human
body, and we’re looking for people who are interested in collaborating
to develop new computational tools in support of this effort. We’d love
to talk to you about this and anything else related to our work on the
Human Cell Atlas. Here is a photo of the team. We’ll be back at between
10am - 12pm PT to answer your questions – ask us anything! Cori
Bargmann, PhD – Torsten N. Wiesel Professor and head of the Lulu and
Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at the
Rockefeller University in New York. President of Science at CZI. Jeremy
Freeman, PhD — Neuroscientist, and Manager of Computational Biology at
CZI Deep Ganguli, PhD – Computational Biologist Katja Brose, PhD –
Neuroscientist, Science Program Officer Bruce Martin – Director of
Engineering Andrey Kislyuk, PhD – Software Engineer (PS – If you want
to learn more about the Human Cell Atlas, check out this recent podcast
from JAMA.) EDIT – Hey folks, we’re signing off for now, but will check
back now and again to answer additional questions. Thanks to everyone
who participated!