After the demand for ventilators surged dramatically during the pandemic, the usual resources simply could not keep up. The Stanford/CZ Biohub Ventilator Initiative, in partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, a multidisciplinary team of physicians, respiratory therapists, academics, and industry professionals, was proud to work together at unprecedented speed to develop a simple, low-cost, single-use ventilator that can be quickly manufactured in high quantities to meet current and future needs. The foundation has helped support commercial development and FDA EUA approval of the ventilator through its investment in O2U.
The mission of Tabula Madagascar Project is to create reference genomes and molecular cell atlases of all organisms in an entire ecosystem, Ranomafana National Park and the island of Madagascar, as an example of how to study and preserve biodiversity in the face of accelerating anthropogenic extinction.
This work was a collaborative effort between Dr. Stephen Quake and biologist Dr. Patricia Wright, founder and executive director of the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments and world-class research campus Centre ValBio.
Dr Stephen Quake
Despite the myriad advances in recent decades, we still lack clarity about many important molecular and cellular processes. Through this research, we hope to make great strides to preserve biodiversity by understanding the cellular complexity of key threatened organisms.