AI in Research: Journey, Insights, and Practical Workshop with Professor Jose Penades, PhD

Join us for a school-wide event featuring Professor Jose R. Penadès, Chair in Microbiology at Imperial College London and an internationally recognized expert in bacterial evolution and antimicrobial resistance. Professor Penadès will share his journey integrating artificial intelligence into his research, including a groundbreaking collaboration with Google’s AI “co-scientist,” which replicated nearly a decade of his team’s research on superbug resistance in just two days, confirming findings and generating new hypotheses.

This session will be followed by an interactive, hands-on workshop in which participants will provide a scenario, shared dataset, or research problem to actively explore and apply AI-driven approaches. Dr. Penadès will provide guidance on effective prompting strategies and experiment with AI tools in real time that can be translated to their own research and professional workflows.

The event will conclude with a school-wide poster session with refreshments, showcasing how AI is being used across disciplines and roles throughout the school, and providing opportunities for networking and cross-disciplinary learning.

Who Should Attend

This session is ideal for researchers, faculty, graduate students, and staff interested in harnessing AI.

Objectives

• Describe real-world applications of AI in research and scientific discovery
• Identify practical strategies for prompting and integrating AI tools into workflows
• Explore diverse examples of AI use across disciplines and professional roles within the School of Medicine
• Foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration around AI-enabled innovation

Call for Posters

Share how you are discovering, using, or experimenting with AI in your research, education, clinical, or prof