Workshop on AI Agents in Biology Hosted by broadRATS · Aug 4 · Yellowstone Room (415 Main) · 12:00–1:30 pm · Zoom available upon registration
Agents are quickly becoming part of how real science gets done — from literature review and code generation to running analyses end-to-end. This workshop is a hands-on look at where the field actually is right now, and how computational biologists can put agents to work today.
We're lucky to be joined by Dr. James Zou from Stanford, who will give a talk during the first part of the workshop. Dr. Zou is one of the leading US researchers in agents for science and will cover his work and current state of the field. More about him could be found on his group website https://www.james-zou.com/
We're also excited to be joined by Artem Lukoianov, a final-year MIT CSAIL researcher whose work focuses on agents for scientific research. Artem recently founded a startup in this space and will share what's working (and what isn't) when agents meet real research workflows.
What we'll cover
Current state of AI agents in science: capabilities, limits, and honest failure modes
Best practices for agent-assisted research, including Claude for Science
Practical patterns for computational biology: data wrangling, analysis pipelines, literature review, code
Live Q&A — bring your workflows, bottlenecks, and skeptical questions
Who should come Computational biologists, ML researchers, wet-lab scientists curious about automation, and anyone building or evaluating agent-based tools for research.
About broadRATS broadRATS is the Broad Institute affinity group for researchers building at the intersection of code and biology. We run hackathons and workshops in computational biology throughout the year — learn more and see past events at broadRATS / BroadHacks.
Organizing committee
Stanislav Bratchikov — Computational Biology Researcher, Broad Institute (co-chair)
Lucas Nguyen — Computational Biology Researcher, Broad Institute (co-chair)
Logistics
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