AI and biology

Overview

This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually.

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Symposium overview

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming virtually all areas of science, and the life sciences are no exception. Following the success of the inaugural 2024 meeting and the repeat in 2026, this symposium will again bring together an engaged community of researchers both in person and online to discuss the latest developments in the field.

AI-based methods are pushing the limits of what is possible in experimental design, data analysis, simulation, and modelling. The aim of this symposium is to catalyse synergistic interactions between AI researchers in different subfields of biology and biomedicine by exploring shared theoretical approaches, cross-domain experiments, foundation models, and data integration, as well as shared topics in dissemination of tools, agent-based workflows and collaboration with experimental labs. Furthermore, we will look into the future and discuss how the concerted actions of AI and life science communities can enable both fields to exploit the full potential of the ongoing data deluge and find new application areas ripe for disruption by AI.

AI-based analytics is subject to active research in at least three major application areas: sequencing, imaging and structural biology. While all three domains are experiencing very fast growth, the developments are largely happening independently. The aim of our symposium is to convene these communities to discuss topics of mutual interest to make progress, including on the theoretical/methodological side and on the more strategic issues of identifying the next areas of high potential.

Session topics

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What past participants say about the Symposium

“The conference was exceptionally well organized, with a rich program covering many relevant topics across diverse sub-domains. The opportunity to interact with speakers, poster presenters, and other attendees was very insightful and greatly enriched my experience.” – Pahulmeet Singh, M.Sc. University of Bonn, Germany

“An excellent and inspiring conference that highlighted both the power of AI in biology and theimportance of maintaining interpretability and scientific understanding.” – Emma Engel, German Cancer Research Center, Germany

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About

EMBO | EMBL Symposia promote scientific communication and collaboration in the European research area. They provide scientists with a platform to discuss and exchange ideas on forward-looking topics and new developments in the life sciences.

Topics emphasise upcoming developments and the interdisciplinary nature of related fields. Jointly funded and organised by EMBO and EMBL – and complementary to their respective courses, workshops, and conference programmes – the symposia promote scientific communication and collaboration.

All symposia are held in the EMBL Advanced Training Centre (ATC) in Heidelberg, Germany, or virtually.

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