Brian Czaya

Academic Researcher with focus on Cell Biology and Translational Medicine. Music enthusiast.

[Kexin Huang @KexinHuang5]

Today we’re launching Phylo, a research lab studying agentic biology, backed by a $13.5M seed round co-led by @a16z and @MenloVentures / Anthology Fund @AnthropicAI.

We’re also introducing a research preview of Biomni Lab, the first Integrated Biology Environment (IBE), where we’re imagining a new way biologists work.

Biomni Lab uses agents to orchestrate hundreds of biological databases, software tools, molecular AI models, expert workflows, and even external research services in one workspace, supporting research end-to-end from question to experiment to result.

Agents handle the mechanics, while you define the question, then review, steer, and decide. Scientists end up spending more time on science: asking questions, understanding mechanisms, and eliminating diseases.

Phylo (@phylo_bio) is a spin-out of @ProjectBiomni, where we will maintain the open-source community and push open-science research. I’m grateful to continue building with my co-founders @YuanhaoQ @jure @lecong and the dream founding team @serena2z @TianweiShe @huangzixin20151 @gm2123 @margaretwhua @malayhgandhi.

We’re also fortunate to be advised by leading scientists @zhangf, Carolyn Bertozzi, and @fabian_theis, and supported by an amazing group of investors including @JorgeCondeBio @zakdoric Matt Kraning @ZettaVentures @dreidco @conviction @saranormous @svangel @valkyrie_vc and others.

Biomni Lab is available for free today: https://t.co/zYcXEjvIbb
Learn more in our launch post: https://t.co/O09cnwYeNg

We are also hosting launch events - join us at
South San Francisco: https://t.co/4Xm9DFf4cY
Virtual: https://t.co/Wf7ksnWkRy

We’re also hiring! https://t.co/PABaLLwmRx

[UofUtah.CIHD @UofUtahCIHD]

Utah CIHD trainees Allison Fisher, Audrey Belot, and Brian Czaya represent at the BioIron Meeting in Montreal May 2025!

[Brian Czaya @CzayaBrian]

Exploring the Role of Iron Deficiency Severity in Modulating Pathophysiological Outcomes in CKD. Happy to share my first last-author publication.

https://t.co/eUPYvbSEWy

[BioIronSocial @BioIronSocial]

A lot of IRON around a drop of blood 🩸 at @ASH_hematology #ASH2023 @ElizabetaNemeth @TomasGanz @LeonKautz

[UofUtah.CIHD @UofUtahCIHD]

Join us on Wednesday, February 15th at 1:15pm for Rising Stars in Iron and Heme/Hematopoiesis Symposium at the University of Utah Center of Excellence in Hematology. @NIDDKgov

[Christian Faul @cfaul1]

Happy to share our new publication in Kidney International

https://t.co/b1kxW94f4e

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Adding one extra panel to figure 1 after the grant is already nicely formatted

[Christian Faul @cfaul1]

Stretching out from chronic kidney disease to diabetes, from FGF23 to FGF21...but staying close to the heart.

[American Society of Pediatric Nephrology @ASPNeph]

Renoprotective effects of ferric citrate in a mouse model of chronic kidney disease https://t.co/oUThqH5X2N @SciReports #openaccess #CKD

[Kidney International @Kidney_Int]

Enteral #FerricCitrate absorption is dependent on #ferroportin
https://t.co/aI4Eex9Ukm
@HarborUCLAPeds @TomasGanz #CKD

[Department of Medicine at UCLA Health @DOM_UCLA]

The latest from @CzayaBrian & @dgsomucla colleagues in @eLifeSciences: "High phosphate intake contributes to systemic inflammation, anemia & muscle wasting. The finding supports limiting phosphate intake, irrespective of pre-existing kidney injury." Read:
https://t.co/cXsbchd2mf

[Christian Faul @cfaul1]

Happy to share our new publication in eLife:
Hyperphosphatemia increases inflammation to exacerbate anemia and skeletal muscle wasting independently of FGF23-FGFR4 signaling https://t.co/wRnzfc32Zc