Harnessing deep learning and synthetic biology to fight pathogens (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Presented by James J. Collins, Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Register for the event here.

Jim Collins is a bioengineering professor at MIT, the Broad Institute, and Harvard’s Wyss Institute. He is one of the founders of synthetic biology and continues to advance the field through the development of novel classes of diagnostics and therapeutics. Jim is leading the Antibiotics-AI Project at MIT, and he is passionate about teaching and inspiring young people in the classroom and lab.

Recommended Readings

• Nguyen et al. (2021). A Deep Learning Approach to Antibiotic Discovery.
• Stokes et al. (2020). Wearable materials with embedded synthetic biology sensors for biomolecule detection.