Traditional biology works in snapshots, capturing a frozen moment in a cell or organism's life. But disease doesn't emerge in a single moment. It's a process, unfolding over time through countless molecular and cellular decisions. To truly understand disease, you need to understand that entire process. 

The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology—a landmark collaboration between the Allen Institute, the University of Washington, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative—is engineering cells to record their histories as they divide, differentiate, and mature. Scientists can capture a complete chronicle of millions of cells at once, in whole organisms, creating datasets that will power AI models and open entirely new doors in disease research.