[RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 8: AI for biologists

📅 Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)
💻 Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration)
🏫 Instructor: Arun Seetharam

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Who Should Attend

Biologists curious about using AI assistants and large language models in everyday research work: writing and debugging code, reading documentation, and drafting analyses.

What You’ll Learn

• Where AI tools genuinely help in a bioinformatics workflow, and where they mislead
• How to use an AI assistant to write, explain, and debug analysis code
• How to check AI-generated output against your data, and what not to share with a model

By the End of the Session, You’ll

• Use an AI assistant to draft and debug a script for a real task
• Evaluate an AI answer critically before acting on it
• Decide which parts of your work are appropriate for AI assistance

Level

Basic. No programming experience required.

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