{"id":58246,"date":"2025-08-14T09:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/?p=58246"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:54:10","slug":"ai-for-life-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/2025\/08\/14\/ai-for-life-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Research on Tap: AI for Life Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Wednesday, October 15 | 4-6 PM<\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Kilachand Center Eichenbaum Room (Room 101)<br \/>\n610 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Advances in AI are impacting a wide range of scientific disciplines, including the life sciences. The emergence of large foundational models\u2013including large language models and those trained on biological sequences\u2013is unlocking new possibilities in synthetic biology, protein engineering, biomarker discovery, and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h2>Request an Accommodation<\/h2>\n<p>For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation (e.g., ASL interpreters, Communication Access Realtime Translation CART), please email <a href=\"mailto:research@bu.edu\">research@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>The AI in life sciences market is valued at over $12 billion annually and expected to more than double by 2030, driven by demand for faster drug discovery, personalized medicine, and more efficient clinical trials. Join us for this Research on Tap event, where BU faculty will share how AI is driving new discoveries in their research.<\/p>\n<h3>Featuring<\/h3>\n<h5>Hosts<\/h5>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58819 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/diane-joseph-mccarthy\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/Joseph-McCarthy_Diane-600x600-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Diane Joseph-McCarthy headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Diane Joseph-McCarthy<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Executive Director, Bioengineering Technology &#038; Entrepreneurship Center<br \/>\r\nProfessor of the Practice, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science &#038; Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-57080 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ioannis-paschalidis\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/04\/Ioannis-Paschalidis.jpg\" alt=\"Ioannis Paschalidis\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Ioannis Paschalidis<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">College of Engineering<br \/>\r\nDistinguished Professor of Engineering<br \/>\r\nDirector, Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science and Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<h5>Panelists<\/h5>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58822 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/kayhan-batmanghelich-ph-d\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/ece.faculty.24.batmanghelich-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kayhan Batmanghelich headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Kayhan Batmanghelich<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Assistant Professor, Electrical &#038; Computer Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58825 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/brian-depasquale-ph-d\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/Depasquale-Brian-3-2_23_profile.jpg\" alt=\"Brian DePasquale headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Brian DePasquale<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58833 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cds-faculty\/profile\/pawel\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/pawel2-600x600-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Pawel Przytycki headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Pawel Przytycki<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Assistant Professor, Computing &#038; Data Sciences<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58836 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/people\/profiles\/daniel-segre\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/Daniel_2021.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Segr\u00e8 headshot\" width=\"136\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Daniel Segr\u00e8<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Professor, Biology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58840 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/lei-tian\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/ece.faculty.24.tian_-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lei Tian headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Lei Tian<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Associate Professor, Electrical &#038; Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58843 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/adriana-tomic-phd\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/BME-Tomic_A_headshot_2024-SQ2-600x600-1.png\" alt=\"Adriana Tomic headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Adriana Tomic<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58846 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/sandor-vajda-ph-d\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/bme.profile.Vadja-Sandor-2-1-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sandor Vajda headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Sandor Vajda<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-default has-title post-58849 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/archana-venkataraman-ph-d\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-default\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<figure class=\"profile-photo  profile-photo-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<img class=\"profile-image \" src=\"\/research\/files\/2025\/09\/ece.faculty.24.venkataraman-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Archana Venkataraman headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-default\">Archana Venkataraman<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-default\">Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical &#038; Computer Engineering<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<hr class=\"sectionbreak\" \/>\n<h3>About Research on Tap<\/h3>\n<p>The Research on Tap series, sponsored by the BU Office of Research, brings together groups of BU researchers around important topics. At each event, 10-12 researchers present a maximum of four slides and deliver a four-minute \u201celevator pitch\u201d of their work. Research on Tap events are open to faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students. Each presentation is followed by refreshments and lively discussion with colleagues and potential collaborators.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/research\/events-updates-trainings\/research-on-tap\/\" class=\"button button-primary\">View upcoming events<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, October 15 | 4-6 PM Kilachand Center Eichenbaum Room (Room 101) 610 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 Advances in AI are impacting a wide range of scientific disciplines, including the life sciences. 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