Christopher Zou @chriswzou
software engineer lost in a lab | @FutureHouseSF, soon PhD at @stanford Genetics chriswzou.com SF Joined February 2021-
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Documenting and sharing research in real-time is underrated in discussions about open science. @jainhiya_ and I think software can help change problem selection, collaboration, and funding. We write about how and why we should create real-time, open lab notebooks.
A truly special community with truly special people, one that’s only gotten more inspiring every year. If you’re a current Cal student, apply! Undoubtedly one of the best things I’ve had the privilege to be a part of
A truly special community with truly special people, one that’s only gotten more inspiring every year. If you’re a current Cal student, apply! Undoubtedly one of the best things I’ve had the privilege to be a part of
This passage from Prof. Stephen Quake’s recent perspective in Cell perfectly articulates what I feel when I look at one of our CRISPR screens—the amount of available data in biology now far outstrips the amount of theory available to describe it
30 Essays to Make You Love Biology Day 1. "I should have loved biology" by James Somers. "It was only in college, when I read Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel, Escher, Bach, that I came to understand cells as recursively self-modifying programs."
1/ We are entering year 8 (!) of the #AccelScholars program at @UCBerkeley. We are now 200 strong, comprising of engineers, founders, PMs, data specialists at the forefront of innovation at companies like @OpenAI @stripe @figma @nvidia @try_headway @_hex_tech and so many others
1/ We are entering year 7 (!) of the #AccelScholars program at @UCBerkeley, during which time we've had the pleasure of working closely with 160+ talented, mission-driven, wonderful humans, who together are the most active alum community that @Cal has to offer
We just had Health Engine's first offsite! Lots of focused work and discussions about the accelerator's future and providing value to our startups. Not pictured are the presentations we started the day with from founders @mohakjain_ and @chriswzou about startups and VC 🚀
Cohort IV apps are open! Apps are rolling with a deadline of January 17th. If you're an early-stage startup in healthcare interested in joining our community, apply here: form.typeform.com/to/vj2jFA0c?ty…
Are you an investor, or interested in the healthcare startup space? We’re hosting our third cohort’s Demo Day on 12/6/22 at 9 AM PST! Come out to learn more about these amazing startups and network with the founders. Register now at tinyurl.com/f22demoday #startups #healthcare
Time for another startup highlight from cohort III! @BriyaHealth's blockchain-powered platform connects all kinds of databases to reduce the data-sharing problem in healthcare. 🚀
Health Engine’s third cohort is officially here! We’re super excited to be working with these amazing companies—please join us in welcoming @EncoraThera, @NeurekaAI, @urtrueparallel, @BriyaHealth, @shimmer_care, @pearsuiteinc, Augment Health, and NovaXS Biotech! 🎉🎊
Calling investors! Health Engine is hosting our second cohort's demo day on Tuesday, 5/3/22 at 10AM PST. We're so excited to have you listen to these amazing startups' pitches and network with the founders. Register now at tinyurl.com/s22demoday! #startups #healthcare
Absolutely stoked for this cohort and the impact they'll bring rocket ship emoji
Stoked for >20 interviews with the hottest healthcare startups for @HealthEngineCal's second cohort rocket ship emoji
Thanks to everyone who came out to our first cohort's demo day yesterday, and congrats to our startups for some stellar pitching!
CALLING INVESTORS! Health Engine is hosting our cohort’s demo day at 3pm PST on Monday 1/10/21. We’d love to have you in attendance to listen to their pitches and network with founders. Register here: hopin.com/events/fall-20…
We're so thrilled to announce a partnership with our good friends at SOMPO Digital Lab! Their sponsorship and support goes a long way to supporting the latest and greatest in healthcare. Special shoutout to Kevin & @chubert!
Today is cohort orientation! Please join us in giving a warm welcome to our friends @Rubitection @AgeLess_AI @PredictivCare and 3i Diagnostics. This also marks our official launch date!
Doing interviews for @HealthEngineCal's first startup cohort is so exciting! Really wonderful to hear from some of the brightest entrepreneurs changing healthcare.
Today, we took an exciting step in establishing our health-tech accelerator at @UCBerkeley with our first-ever #demoday! We loved meeting our 24 #HealthTech startups & 37 investors at the event. Congratulations to @Rubitection & Founder @Sa_Gaspard for winning our $25,000 prize!

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