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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan arrive at the 7th annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the NASA Ames Research Center on Sunday, November 4, 2018 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Peter Barreras/Invision/AP)

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan arrive at the 7th annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the NASA Ames Research Center on Sunday, November 4, 2018 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Peter Barreras/Invision/AP)

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Meet the Northwestern scientist in charge of new bioscience lab funded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

Chicago will be home to a new research lab funded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan.

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan arrive at the 7th annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the NASA Ames Research Center on Sunday, November 4, 2018 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Peter Barreras/Invision/AP)

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Zuckerberg and Chan have invested $250 million in a move that aims to put Chicago at the center of future biotech research.

Reset hears from the scientist who will lead the effort.

GUEST: Dr. Shana Kelley, president of Chan Zuckerberg Chicago Biohub, professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University

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