This record collates training materials associated with the Australian BioCommons webinar series 'AI in the life sciences: Exploring possibilities, inspiring change' that took place between June - September 2025.

Series description

Join us for a series of webinars where we explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shaping the future of life sciences!

This series provides an accessible introduction to AI while giving direct access to experts and practical insights into real-world applications. Designed to inspire and help you recognise potential applications of AI in the life sciences, these webinars will spark new ways of thinking so that you can start applying AI in your work. 

The webinars include:

• A foundational session covering AI basics, its evolution, and why it matters for life sciences. Watch the recording here!
• Guest speaker sessions where leading experts from academia and industry share how AI is being applied in different domains
• Live Q&A to engage with speakers, ask questions, and participate in discussions

Training materials

Materials are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International agreement unless otherwise specified and were current at the time of the event.

Files and materials included in this record:

• Series metadata (PDF): Information about the event including, description, event URL, learning objectives, prerequisites, technical requirements etc.

• Campos (PDF): a PDF copy of the slides presented by Dr Túlio de Lima Campos during the webinar.

• Li (PDF): a PDF copy of the slides presented by Dr Maisie Li during the webinar.

• Salazar (PDF): a PDF copy of the slides presented by Dr Vinícius W. Salazar during the webinar.

• Harms (PD): a PDF copy of the slides presented by Dr Rebekah Harms during the webinar.

• Veit (PDF): a PDF copy of the slides presented by Dr Veit Schwämmle during the webinar.

Materials shared elsewhere:

Recordings of all webinars in this series are available Australian BioCommons YouTube channel.

Deciphering AI for the Life Sciences 

Dr Benjamin Goudey, Australian BioCommons

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Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbVzcrD-wko 

Slides: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15110330

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Our journey incorporating AI into our cancer computational research

Dr Anna Trigos, PeterMac

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Recording: https://youtu.be/vCkGbWuyLaQ?si=KLtjgdMs5sQscrq-

Slides: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15770502

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Towards Human-AI Collaboration in Genomics and Bioinformatics

Dr Maisie Li, CSIRO

A Journey into Binary Classification Challenges in AI

Dr Túlio de Lima Campos, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Brazil) and University of Melbourne

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Recording: https://youtu.be/3Ge9aymRKRI?si=9Rg4sl1wWXIrkKmv

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Deep Learning Meets the Deep Sea: AI in Microbial Oceanography 

Dr Vinícius W. Salazar, Melbourne Bioinformatics

AI-Driven Discovery and Therapeutic Innovation in Fungal and Bacterial Pathogenesis

Dr Carlos Santos-Martin, University of Melbourne

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Recording: https://youtu.be/qXK7Uvf6Utk?si=15iSaeVkgnMa-nOC

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Improving the interpretability of AI models for cell biology and precision medicine 

Dr Stefano Mangiola, University of Adelaide

Bridging pharmacology and AI: Accelerating GPCR drug discovery with deep learning

Dr Anh TN Nguyen, Monash University

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Recording: https://youtu.be/-m0tvmNgFic?si=jBruJ3U4uSnUYeoa

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Ensuring equity in the integration of artificial intelligence in engineering biology

Dr Rebekah Harms, UNSW

Data equity and the challenges of diversifying datasets for artificial intelligence

Dr Yves Saint James Aquino, University of Wollongong

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Recording: https://youtu.be/6bPY4Dquabs?si=YLl5PxNzoEdguR0J

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AI-readiness of proteomics data: challenges, applications, and future perspectives

Tine Claeys, UGent

An overview of deep learning methods to enhance proteomics data analysis

Dr Veit Schwämmle, SDU

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Recording: https://youtu.be/qImAEHkXBKY?si=ItX-2af6Fyhy3rY9

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