Event Details

Please come and join for a DSAIL Health seminar, discussion and networking event with Lunch provided.

We have two speakers from the Biomedical and Life Sciences area:

Dr. Stefanie Menzies:

Title: Applying de novo protein design tools to discover new therapeutics for tropical diseases

Summary: Dr Stefanie Menzies will discuss her early experiences using AI-enabled de novo protein design tools, including BindCraft and AWS BioDiscovery, to explore new therapeutic approaches for neglected tropical diseases such as snakebite and viral haemorrhagic fevers. The talk will cover the practical workflow from AI-assisted design through to protein production and preliminary experimental testing. As this is an early-stage project, the seminar will focus on the workflow, current progress and limitations.

Dr. Barbara Shih

Title: Use of single-cell RNA-sequencing to understand Atlantic salmon wound healing

Summary: Dr Barbara Shih will discuss her experience with machine-learning-based bioinformatic tools used in single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis. Single-cell RNA sequencing is a technique that allows researchers to study how genes are used in individual cells. While it is a powerful method for understanding cellular dynamics, data interpretation is technically challenging. The talk will focus on data processing considerations and the existing tools that are commonly used in single-cell RNA sequencing analysis, and how they are used to study wound healing in Atlantic salmon.