Dear GMDS members,

We cordially invite you to participate in one of two initial meetings on the topic:

“AI in Research Biodata Analytics” 

The goal is to convene all stakeholders, and specifically, we may decide to
start a quarterly miniworkshop (1-2 talks with some discussion).
One result may be that a "Projektgruppe" of the GMDS can be established.

Meeting Dates

• September 11, 17:30–18:30 (hybrid)
  Location: Halle (Saale) and online
  Registration (online participation): Zoom Registration – Sept 11
  This hybrid meeting is part of a small in-person workshop on bioinformatics and AI (focus: aging/longevity research), taking place earlier that day from 14:00–17:00 in Halle. Workshop info & agenda: https://sites.google.com/view/ai-biodata Register for in-person attendance by sending your name to: ibima-events@med.uni-rostock.de
• September 18, 09:00–10:00 (online only)
  For those unable to attend the first date
  Registration: Zoom Registration – Sept 18

Background

The motivation is that science project assistance by AI has become possible along the entire value chain: brainstorming/idea optimization, review generation, draft grant proposal generation, experimental protocol generation, data analysis plan generation, data analytics, and publication drafting.Among the recently delevoped/described tools are various "Deep Research" agents, science-focussed tools like VIRSCI & DORA, and bioscience-specific tools such as Biomni, BioReason, Holy Bio MCP, and many and commercial.

Recent reports/surveys include:

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02028-5
• arXiv:2506.18096 (see Figure 5 for the exponential growth of deep research agents)
• arXiv:2506.11763
• arXiv:2506.06287
• (This list is embarrassingly incomplete.)

We look forward to your participation and valuable input.

All the best wishes
Georg Fuellen, Steven Talbot