🚀 New UKRI call: £4.5m for Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets
Building FAIR benchmarks to evaluate next‑gen AI in health, life sciences & advanced materials.
Consortia encouraged.
⏰ Closes 27 May 2026
🔗 www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
#FrontierAI #UKRI #AIResearch
🌱 Launch of UK‑PEN (BBSRC‑funded)
Inaugural meeting: Plant Epigenetics – From Model to Crops
📅 11–12 June 2026 | 📍 Dundee | 💻 Hybrid
🔗 Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
🔗Join UK‑PEN: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
⏰ Deadline: 17 April 2026
Enquiries: ukpen@exeter.ac.uk
🧬🤖 Bionow BioAI Summit 2026
📅 29 April | 📍 Alderley Park
Explore how AI is transforming life sciences — from drug discovery to diagnostics. Join experts from industry, academia & healthcare for insights, case studies and networking.
🔗 bionow.glueup.com/event/bionow...
#BioAI #LifeSciences #AI
🚀 AIBIO‑UK 3rd Annual Conference! 🚀
⭐️8–9 June 2026 | University of Aberdeen
⭐️AI × Bioscience researchers — join us for workshops, keynotes, flash talks, posters, industry sessions + networking!
⭐️Scholarships available.
⭐️Spaces limited 🔗 aibio.ac.uk/events/aibio...
#AI #Bioscience #AIinScience
🚀 BioControl26 comes to Oxford on 14–15 Sept 2026!
Explore advances in biological control systems + synthetic biology.
ECR abstracts welcome. Travel support available.
👉 www.biocontrolseminars.org/biocontrol26
#SyntheticBiology #EngineeringBiology #EarlyCareerResearchers #BiotechInnovation
Our recent bespoke training in collaboration with @aibio-uk.bsky.social brought together a fantastic group ready to dive into #Python, #Machinelearning and #AI.
One attendee shared:
“It’s the best course I have done and I already implement some of the approaches in my work.”
Help shape the future of UK research data! 🔍
Data services + researchers: take the NFCS RDLS survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/...
🔗 Learn more about NFCS: nfcs-networkplus.ac.uk
🔗 Project details: nfcs-networkplus.ac.uk/projects/ukr...
#ResearchData #NFCS #UKRI #DataServices #RDLS
🌱🤖 AI for Safe & Sustainable Agri‑Food Supply Chains — 9 July, Leeds
A full‑day workshop on AI, food safety, and sustainability with cross‑sector experts.
📅 9 July 2026 | 📍 Leeds
🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
🎉 ISCB UK 2026 is coming to Cambridge on 21–22 April!
🧬 A new national meeting for bioinformatics + computational biology, with keynotes, research sessions, a student symposium, and community building.
🌟 Proud that AIBIO UK is a sponsor.
🔗 www.iscb.org/uk2026/home
🌟 Join us in Aberdeen for the AIBIO‑UK 3rd Annual Meeting, 8–9 June 2026! 🌟
A vibrant AI‑bioscience meetup with expert talks, rapid research highlights, industry insights, and standout networking.
Poster abstracts welcome!
🔗 Event: aibio.ac.uk/events/aibio...
🌱See you in Aberdeen!
🌟New Podcast Alert: Bridging AI & the Biosciences🌟
Live-panel episode from Bristol on how AI is reshaping bioscience — real LLM use, data quality, safety, and why simple models still matter, with experts from RFI, CellVoyant, and JGI!
🎧soundcloud.com/microbinfie/bridging-ai-...
🌟 BioFAIR is recruiting for its Independent Review Panel!
Help shape the future of FAIR, open, and reproducible life‑science research in the UK.
Apply here 👉 biofair.uk/join-the-ind...
#BioFAIR #OpenScience #FAIRdata #LifeSciences
🌟 EDI Workshop – 10 Feb 2026 🌟
BBSRC networks are sharing best practice on improving EDI in biosciences.
🕤 09:30–15:00 (online)
🔗 Register: engagementhub.ukri.org/bbsrc-cid/bb...
Open to network leads & coordination teams. Resources + recordings will follow.
💬 Questions: BBSRC_EDI@bbsrc.ukri.org
🚀 Edinburgh BioHackathon 2026 — applications open!
Open to all UK uni participants, no coding needed.
📅 Deadline: 13 Feb
🔗 Info: biohackathon2026.cjxol.com
💬 Q&A: 5 Feb, 5–6pm → luma.com/mpzhgyuc
Join us for science, creativity & collaboration 🔥
Very much looking forward to this tomorrow 🎉 I’ll be sharing my journey from pure CS to tackling multidisciplinary challenges in biology using AI, and how crossing disciplines opens up cool scientific questions. Grateful to @aibio-uk.bsky.social 👩🏻💻🔬✨
#interdisciplinary #AIinBiology #AIforLifeSciences
My lanyard and badge for the workshop, being returned for reuse in the next meetings.
Amazing statement of FAIR data stands for Fully AI Data on a slide from Prof. Irene Papatheodorou, Earlham Institute
Just on my way home after an amazing @aibio-uk.bsky.social workshop at #Bristol. Was great to see some people IRL who I know through emails, and really enjoyed the great questions after my talk.
Thanks for inviting me, and I'm looking forward to attending future meetings.
Cold and "nippy" 🥶 start to the #AIEBaB26 Hack-a-thon 💻. The students helping with the organisation have done an amazing job in pulling this all together. A big thank you to the @jgibristol.bsky.social and @aibio-uk.bsky.social for the support!
All the tiredness and travel are worth it if it means showing the world what D’Arcy taught us. Thanks to @aibio-uk.bsky.social and the local organisers for yesterday’s event in Bristol. It was a pleasure to engage in such stimulating discussions 👩🏻💻🦇. #AI #Morphology #ResearchCommunity #EarlyCareer
Calling all UK data science postdocs looking to bridge the gap between data science and biomedical research! Want to learn more about how to navigate the world of biomedical research? Apply for our peer mentoring scheme to connect with peers across the data divide here: forms.office.com/e/UsRFm2F0a7
🚀 BBSRC ICURe Explore apps open!
🧬 12 week market discovery + £35k support 👩🔬 For UK bioscience researchers who’ve completed ICURe Discover
⏳ Deadline: 6 Feb 2026
🔗 Apply: iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunitie...
As the year draws to a close, we would like to thank our community and collaborators.
Season’s greetings from everyone at AIBIO-UK. Wishing you happy holidays and a bright start to 2026! 🎄✨
🚨 Reminder: Bridging AI & Biosciences Workshop
📍 Bristol | 🗓 13 Jan 2026
Explore how AI + CS solve biology challenges!
Register by 4 Jan 👉 aibio.ac.uk/events/bridg...
Hackathon (14 Jan) + Conf (15–16 Jan): aiebab.github.io
Don’t miss it! 🚀🔬 #AI #Biosciences #Biotech
🤖 AI + Biosciences
📍 Join our workshop @ BristolUni, 13 Jan 2026!
✨ Learn how AI transforms genomics, imaging & biotech
🗓 Register by 4 Jan: aibio.ac.uk/events/bridg...
#AI #Biosciences #Research
Join us for an EMBL-EBI @aibio-uk.bsky.social community workshop exploring how AI and LLMs can advance FAIR and AI-ready data in the life sciences.
Registration is free but essential. Please register by 6 January 2026.
Learn more and sign up here: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/events...
Thank you to everyone who joined the AIBIO-UK Sandpit (18–19 Nov, Uni of Nottingham)! 🌐🤖
Two days of collaboration, 5 project ideas, and exciting proposals ahead. Funding 3–6 pilot projects (£30k each) at the AI–biosciences interface! 🚀
#AIBIOUK #AI #Biosciences
🚀 Driving innovation in biosciences!
The Oct 17 #MultiOmics Symposium at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social showcased cutting-edge data integration & AI-enabled approaches.
📖 Details here: quadram.ac.uk/blogs/bringi...
#AIinBiosciences #OmicsTech
🌍 RDA + Microsoft invite global input on agentic AI in research!
✅Share how AI is used
✅Identify challenges & opportunities
Take the survey ➡ connieclare.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey...
Join info sessions ➡ www.rd-alliance.org/value_rda/rd...
#AI #Research #OpenScience
🚀 New Training Opportunity!
L2D (learntodiscover.ai) is offering a 10% discount + up to 5 instalments for their online Complete L2D Course (learntodiscover.ai/product/comp...), starting 3 Nov 2025.
🧠 152 hours | 8 months | £1,500 + VAT
📍 Online | No prerequisites
📩 Contact: admin@learntodiscover.ai
🚀 Join the AMS4AI Working Group!
Help shape collaboration & data sharing in AI for biomedical research.
🧠 Open to experts in AI, HR, legal, finance, strategy & more
🕒 3 short meetings + async input
📅 Stakeholder event Jan 2026
🔗 Apply: forms.office.com/e/Q82yWrd37S
#AMS4AI #ABDC #AI
🚨 Join the Manchester Cell-Matrix Centre Hackathon!
🗓️ Nov 13–14 | 💻 Online | ⏱️ 15 hrs
🔬 Predict hydrogel properties using ML
🏆 Build a tool to speed up tissue biology research
👥 Teams & individuals welcome
🔗 Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
#Hackathon #AIinBiosciences