This event is led by Microbiology Horizons and is the second instalment of a 3-part series. Each webinar explores a different perspective on the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in microbiology, covering cutting-edge research, emerging methods, and real-world applications across policy, public health, and industry. Every session wraps up with an interactive Q&A, ensuring your questions are addressed. To find out more about our new journal, visit Microbiology Horizons.
This session will take place on 2 November at 14:00-15:30 GMT
With guest speaker César de la Fuente and a panel comprising Microbiology Horizons editors
Talk Title: Can machines discover function in the code of life?
César de la Fuente is a Presidential Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Machine Biology Group. He is widely recognized for pioneering AI approaches to antibiotic discovery and peptide design, dramatically accelerating the identification of preclinical candidates from years to hours. These candidates hold promise as therapies for infections that are currently untreatable. His work has reimagined the code of life as an information source that can be mined with algorithms to discover and design new functional biomolecules with therapeutic potential.
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To respect all our delegates privacy we request that you do not take screen grabs, photos or record any of the content, names, people and research during this webinar. We also remind everyone attending our events that some people may may feel uncomfortable with their name, image or research being posted to social media platforms. A recording of the event will be made available to Microbiology Society members shortly afterwards.
