Biotalk - AI-Powered Computational Biology

In this session of Biotalk: "AI-Powered Computational Biology: Integrating Molecular Modelling, Evolutionary Genomics, and Machine Learning in Health and Environmental Biotechnology", to be held on April 10, starting at 2:00 pm, João Miguel Carneiro will be the guest speaker.

This talk explores how artificial intelligence and computational workflows are reshaping modern biology, from decoding microbial evolution to designing next-generation molecular tools for health and environmental applications. João Carneiro will present how evolutionary genomics, 3D molecular modelling, and machine learning can be integrated into unified pipelines capable of identifying pathogens in wastewater, designing AI-optimized aptamers for clinical biosensors, predicting plastic-degrading enzyme activity, and discovering bioactive compounds from marine microorganisms. Grounded in real funded projects and peer-reviewed results, the talk demonstrates that large-scale omics data, spanning genomes, metagenomes, transcriptomes, and proteins, can be computationally transformed into open-access, FAIR-compliant tools with direct impact in diagnostics and blue biotechnology.

10 April | 2:00 pm | Room EC011

Everyone is welcome to join - participation is open and no registration is required.