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NILAB Workshop on AI for Bioscience 2025

Date(s)
July 3, 2025
Location
Riddle Hall (Lecture Room 1) Queen’s University Belfast 185 Stranmillis Rd, Belfast BT9 5EE
Time
09:30 - 17:00

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the biosciences, offering powerful tools to uncover complex biological patterns, accelerate discovery, and drive innovation in healthcare, agriculture, and biotechnology. From understanding molecular mechanisms and disease progression to optimising diagnostics and drug development, AI is becoming an indispensable partner in bioscience research and application.

This Workshop brings together researchers and innovators to explore how AI can accelerate scientific discovery and address pressing challenges in health, antimicrobial resistance, and nutrition. It is part of the Northern Ireland Landscape Partnership in AI for Bioscience (NILAB), a BBSRC-funded doctoral training programme dedicated to advancing AI-bioscience research and talent development, with support from Centre for Sustainable and Intelligence Computing (CISC). It aims to:

  • Share recent advances and research challenges at the intersection of AI and the biosciences.
  • Foster academic and industrial collaborations in the form of PhD supervision, student placements, guest lectures, and joint research initiatives.
  • Provide inputs from academic and industrial communities to help shape the vision and scope of the NILAB Programme.

For catering purpose, please register your interest at Workshop on AI for Bioscience at Eventbrite.

Contacts: nilab@qub.ac.uk

Workshop Programme

Time Session Speaker Title
09:30–09:50 Registration & Coffee
09:50–10:00 Welcome Remarks Prof. Hui Wang, Dr Muhammad Fahim, QUB  
10:00–10:30 AI Driven Discoveries in Biomedical Sciences (talks) Prof. Georgios Leontidis, Aberdeen University AI Methods in Agriculture and Climate: Advances and Current Trends
10:40–11:10 Prof. Pietro Liò, Cambridge University AI for medicine
11:20-11:50 Dr Mengyue Yang, Bristol University Causal discovery and world models
12:00-12:30 Prof. Manuel Salto-Tellez, QUB Digital Pathology & Artificial Intelligence - Clinical Applications
12:30-13:00 Prof. Ben Collins, QUB Chemoproteomics in Drug Discovery – Opportunities for AI?
13:00–14:00 Lunch and Networking
14:00-14:40 NILAB: Vision and Scope (talks & discussion) Profs. Hui Wang, Iain Styles, QUB;
Prof, Jane Zheng, UU
Dr Olaide Oyelade, Univ of Chichester
AI in NILAB
14:40-15:30 Prof. Ilias Kyriazakis, QUB Animal Welfare in NILAB
Prof. Amy Jayne McKnight, QUB Human Health in NILAB
Prof. Helene McNulty, UU Nutrition in NILAB
Prof. Jose Bengoechea, QUB AMR in NILAB
15:30-16:00 Coffee and Networking
16:00–17:00 NILAB: Industry Challenges and Opportunities (talks & panel) Prof Ben Collins, others  
17:00 Closing Remarks Prof. Helene McNulty, UU  
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