The sessions open conversations to inform, inspire, and connect researchers at all levels, on topics within computational biology, AI and bioinformatics.
Each session has two talks, followed by an interactive discussion and networking. Talks will be focused on methods and cover the details that so often get hidden in the supplement. We welcome scientists from across Cambridge to join us on the first Thursday of every month, for talks, discussion, and networking over beer and pizza.
March Theme - Foundation Models
Speakers:
Lucas Camillo, Shift Bioscience and University of Cambridge
“CpGPT: a Foundation Model for DNA Methylation”
Lucas Camillo is a biochemist and computer scientist. He studied pre-clinical medicine in Cambridge at Wolfson College, biochemistry at Brown University, and computer science at Oxford. His research topics cover computational biology, epigenetics, and aging. He is currently the Head of Machine Learning at the startup Shift Bioscience, where he is trying to find safe genetic rejuvenation cocktails with the use of AI.
and
Anna Maria Taskiroglou, Centre for Genomics Research, AstraZeneca
“Fine-tuning genomic foundational models for non-coding pathogenicity prediction”
Anna Maria Tsakiroglou is a Senior Data Scientist at the Centre for Genomics Research at AstraZeneca (Cambridge, UK). She has 8+ years of experience in AI for healthcare, with a broad background spanning across computational genomics, foundational models and MLOPs, and a PhD from the University of Manchester in Computer Vision for Medical Image Analysis. Before joining AZ she was a co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Spotlight Pathology, a startup operating in the computational diagnostic space. She’s developed several high performing deep learning models for various medical applications, won ML competitions, funding grants, and a patent.
Talks will be followed by pizza and networking. The AI Club brings together the Biomedical AI and Machine Learning community in Cambridge, to discuss common themes and explore different topics and methodologies.
5.15pm – Doors (and bar)
5:30 – 6:30pm – Talks and panel discussion
6:30pm – Pizza
No registration necessary.
For information on future AI Club for Biomedicine events, visit milner.cam.ac.uk/ai-club/
