California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
| Formation | December 15, 2000 | 
|---|---|
| Type | Governor Gray Davis Institute for Science and Innovation | 
| Headquarters | UCSF Mission Bay campus | 
| Location | |
| Region served  | San Francisco Bay Area | 
| Membership | Over 250 faculty | 
| Parent organization | University of California | 
| Budget | $5 million | 
| Staff | Approximately 30 | 
| Website | https://qb3.org | 
The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) is a nonprofit research and technology commercialization institute affiliated with three University of California campuses in the San Francisco Bay Area: Berkeley, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz. QB3's domain is the quantitative biosciences: areas of biology in which advances are chiefly made by scientists applying techniques from physics, chemistry, engineering, and computer science.