A special seminar: Prof. Michal Rosen-Zvi, IBM, Hebrew University: Biomedical foundation models for disease mechanism and drug discovery
Prof. Michal Rosen-Zvi, IBM Research, the Hebrew University.
You are cordially invited to a Computational Genomics Seminar
Jointly with
The Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics
Prof. Michal Rosen-Zvi (Schreiber), PhD
Director of Healthcare and Life Sciences at IBM Research
Senior manager, AI for Drug Discovery Department, IBM Research – Israel
Chief Scientist, IBM-Cleveland Clinic Discovery Accelerator
Adjunct Professor of Computational Medicine at the Hebrew University
"Biomedical foundation models for disease mechanism and drug discovery"
Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 11:15 (Refreshments from 11:00)
School of Computer Science & AI, Check Point Building, Room 420
Abstract: Recent advances in foundation models have opened new frontiers in biomedical research, enabling scalable, multimodal approaches to understanding disease mechanisms and accelerating drug discovery. In this talk, I will present our development of four distinct biomedical foundation models, each leveraging a different methodological approach and spanning diverse biological modalities—including proteins, small molecules, RNA, and DNA. An open-access version of each model is available, and their utility has been validated through a broad collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic. Together, we have demonstrated their effectiveness across a wide range of use cases, including mechanistic insights, therapeutic target identification, and predictive modeling in translational research.
Host: Prof. Ron Shamir, School of Computer Science & AI, Tel Aviv University
