Edition No. 115 · Thu 15 Oct 2026 · Story 8 of 42

Virtual biology initiative expansion

Biohub

Biohub is expanding a $1.8 billion virtual-cell effort, with $300 million from Google DeepMind, Meta and Isomorphic Labs and over $500 million from the Energy Department.

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