The Silicon Valley couple also introduced the world to the new president of Chan Zuckerberg Science -- now perhaps the most influential scientist on the planet. In practical terms, she will oversee a multibillion-dollar effort and work closely with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's science advisory board to support and help bring research to fruition. Creating a cell atlasSo what's on her list of proposed projects for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the new "Biohub" partnership between University of California, San Francisco; Stanford; and University of California, Berkeley? "The Chan Zuckerberg science plan is to focus on developing the technologies for making a cell atlas," she said. Bargmann's view that collaboration and technology are essential to solving the "next generation of challenging problems" is shared by Chan and Zuckerberg.

Source: CNN September 23, 2016 19:18 UTC