AI in Research-Biodata Analytics

This site may evolve into a small hub on the topic of AI in Research Biodata Analytics. At this moment, it serves to promote two stakeholder meetings on this topic (September 11 and September 18, about a planned Project Group of the GMDS), and a physical workshop on September 11 that more broadly covers AI/bioinformatics/data analytics,  in the application area of longevity/prevention and ageing research.

1) The Workshop:

Bio/Data/AI-Science Satellite to the Halle Aging Meeting, Thu Sep 11 2025, 14-17h 

Venue: Löwengebäude, Aula, Universitätsplatz 1, 06108 Halle (Saale).

Organized by IBIMA Rostock (Georg Fuellen, fuellen _at_ uni-rostock.de).

It’s free of charge, but please register by sending your name to ibima-events@med.uni-rostock.de.

Looking forward…! More information will be added as it becomes available.

Preliminary Program (Take a look at the evolving Collection of Abstracts)

1400-1420 Laura Niedernhofer, “Identification, characterization and spatial mapping of senescent cells”

1420-1440 Paul Robbins, “Optimizing Fisetin as a Senotherapeutic for Extending Healthspan”

1440-1500 Aubrey de Grey, “Combinatorial interventions in aging: challenges and opportunities for study design and analysis”

(cancelled: ) 1500-1520 Lucas Camillo, “CpGPT: a Foundation Model for DNA Methylation” (cancelled; Lucas Camillo will only be able to attend the main meeting) 

1500-1520 Georg Fuellen, “Intervention data, and how AI can advance longevity research and practice”

1500-1540 Break

1540-1600 M. Christina Polidori, "AI for longevity: Myths and Reality"

1600-1620 NN, "TBA"

1620-1640 Claudio Franceschi, "Explainable Artificial Intelligence and the Inflammaging biological clocks"

1640-1700 Pal Pacher, “Identification of New Therapeutic Targets and Biomarkers in Human Aging”

2) The Stakeholder Meetings:

1730 - ~1830 Hybrid Meeting, Planned Special Interest / Project Group of the GMDS on using AI for Biodata Analytics. Everyone interested in the topic is invited to attend, in Halle or online, in this stakeholder meeting; you do not have to be a member of a scientific society, nor to attend the workshop described above (in fact, this is an “outreach” meeting!). After a few intro slides, we will discuss whether it is worth starting with a quarterly(?) online event that may consist of a talk or two, followed by some discussion, including an exchange of experiences. (The planned AI for Biodata Analytics Special Interest / Project Group will not be restricted to the application area of longevity/ aging research.)

Registration link: https://uni-rostock-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/VEXDjnpuTimYp3fSyh8tXw 

On Sep 18, 9 - ~10h there will be an alternative online-only meeting on the same topic;

Registration link: https://uni-rostock-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/mA_3EhUoTEqZzlidWFyrrg 

The motivation for the stakeholder meetings is that science project assistance by AI has now become possible along the entire value chain: brainstorming/idea optimization, review generation, draft grant proposal generation, experimental protocol generation, data analysis plan generation, data analytics, and publication drafting. Among the recently delevoped/described tools are various "Deep Research" agents, science-focussed tools like VIRSCI & DORA, and bioscience-specific tools such as Biomni, BioReason, Holy Bio MCP, and many others, both academic and commercial. Some recent reports/surveys are Nature’s d41586-025-02028-5, arXiv:2506.18096 (see Figure 5 for the exponential growth of deep research agents), arXiv:2506.11763, and arXiv:2506.06287. (This list is embarrassingly incomplete.)