Western Bioinformatics Research Seminar Series

Presentation Title:

A generative deep learning approach to de novo antibiotic design

Speaker Name:

Aarti Krishnan

Title/affiliation:

Postdoctoral Associate

Prof. James J. Collins Lab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Learning objectives:

  1. Describe how graph neural networks predict antibacterial activity and evaluate toxicity to identify selective antibiotic candidates.
  2. Explain how generative deep learning explores uncharted regions of chemical space to design structurally novel antibiotics.
  3. Understand how AI-designed molecules are validated through experimental testing and mechanistic studies.