Western Bioinformatics Research Seminar Series

Time and date: 9:00 am -10:00am (Toronto ET), Friday/January 16, 2026

Zoom link: https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/98536186230

Presentation Title: Generative AI for Unlocking the Complexity of Cells

Speaker Name: Maria Brbic

Title/affiliation: Assistant Professor

Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL)

Learning objectives:

  • Introduce generative AI methods designed to uncover and model the complex relationships between different molecular layers (omics) in biology.
  • Demonstrate specific applications, such as digitally reassembling tissues from single cells and linking cellular morphology to gene expression data.
  • Conclude with a methodology for building effective multi-modal AI models even when paired training data is scarce