Nobel Laureate Lectures:
Aaron Ciechanover (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004; Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel): TBA
Gregg Semenza (Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 2019; John's Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA): (My) Life with Oxygen
Thomas Südhof (Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine 2013; University of Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA): My Path in Science Before and After the Prize
ISABS Special Lecture:
Henry Erlich (Benioff UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA): From the Double Helix to the Genomics Information Explosion
ISABS Special Event:
Garry Kasparov (Office of Garry Kasparov, New York, NY, USA): My Match with IBM’s Deep Blue and the Aftermath
14th ISABS and Mayo Clinic Conference: Advances in Application of Artificial Intelligence in Precision Medicine:
Itzhak Attia (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): From Screening to Action: AI for Detecting and Managing Asymptomatic Cardiac Disease
Veronique Belzil (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA): Revealing ALS Subtypes for Earlier Diagnosis Using Machine Learning
Richard Braatz (MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA): Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Biomanufacturing
Gian Marco Conte (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): From Code to Clinic: Challenges and Opportunities in Translating AI into Radiology Practice
Antonio Esposito (San Raffaele Hospital and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy): Imaging-Driven AI Models for Personalized Cardiovascular Medicine
Claudio Franceschi (Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy): Twenty-Five Years of Inflammaging: It Is Time for Clinical Application
Alex Gotler (Teva Pharmaceuticals, Tel Aviv, Israel): Realizing the Promise of Digital Biomarkers: Challenges and Pharma’s Role in Development
Steven Hart (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): AI in Pathology: Use Cases For and Against—A Framework for Preserving Brain Capital in the Diagnostic Apex
Vitaly Herasevich (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): AI-Driven Sepsis Detection in Real-Time Critical Care Surveillance
Yufei Huang (UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA): Spatially Intelligent Oncology: Integrating Multimodal AI to Decode and Treat Tumors
David Jones (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): Treating the Complex Brain: How AI Enhances Expertise in Dementia Care
Manolis Kellis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA): AI Foundation Models for Genomic Medicine, Drug Development, and Personalized Therapeutics
Shelby Kutty (BayCare Health System, Clearwater, FL, USA): AI and Echocardiography for Cardiovascular Procedure Planning
Edward Laskowski (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): Too Much Too Soon? The Effect of AI on Critical Thinking and the Physician-Patient Relationship
Gordan Lauc (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia; Genos Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia): immunoglobulin Glycans as Biomarkers and Functional Effectors of Inflammaging
Andrea Britta Maier (National University of Singapore, Singapore): Precision Geromedicine: Changing the Health Narrative
Shounak Majumder (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): AI Tools for the Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatic Diseases
Michal Melamed (Teva Pharmaceuticals, Tel Aviv, Israel): From Images to Insights: Using AI to Identify the Right Cells
Samia Mora (Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA): Reducing Inflammation to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
Eskeatnaf Mulugeta (Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands): AI Meets the Non-Coding Genome: Decoding Biological Function and Disease
Dennis Murphree (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): AI Advances in Dermatology
Falk Nimmerjahn (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany): The Sugar Switch: Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of IgG Regulated by Glycosylation
Dragan Primorac (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia; Medical Schools, Universities of Split, Osijek and Rijeka, Croatia; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA, USA; The Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA): Artificial Intelligence–Driven Multi Omics Comparison of Micro Fragmented Adipose Tissue (MFAT) and Hyaluronic Acid (HA) in Knee Osteoarthritis
Nataša Pržulj (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE): AI for Mining Multi-Omics Data in Precision Medicine and Pharmacology
Juan Retamero (Tempus AI, Chicago, IL, USA): TBA
Santiago Romero-Brufau (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): Generative AI for Identifying Surgical Candidacy in Chronic Sinusitis
Parth S. Shah (Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH, USA): Enterprise Genomic Healthcare in the AI Era
Heath Skinner (UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA): AI-Assisted Biomarker Development in Head and Neck Cancer
Natalia Trayanova (John's Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA): Multimodal AI to Predict Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
Carmen Terzic (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): AI-Enhanced Spine X-Ray Analysis for Predicting Metastases
Louis Vaickus (Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH, USA): Applications of AI in Pathology
Samuel Volchenboum (University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA): AI Won't Cure Childhood Cancer, But It Will Help the People Who Do
Mark Waddle (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA): Real World Applications of AI in Radiation Oncology: Personalizing Treatment and Improving Efficiency
Moses Schanfield Memorial Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Forensic and Anthropological Genetics:
Bruce Budowle (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland): Artificial Intelligence Enables Scale, Consistency, and Rigor in Forensic Identity Inference
John A. (Tony) Capra (University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA): AI as a Time Machine: Inferring Ancient Molecular Phenotypes
Mateja Hajdinjak (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany): Neandertals in Focus: What New Genomes Tell Us About Their Biology and Interactions With Humans
Mitchell Holland (Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA): Probabilistic Intelligence for Mitochondrial DNA Mixture Deconvolution
Manfred Kayser (Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands): AI-Driven Insights into the Genetic Basis of Human Facial Variation
Johannes Krause (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany): Genetic History of the Western Balkans and the Impact of Slavic Migrations
Ewelina Pośpiech (Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland): Bridging Genomic and Epigenomic Data via Machine Learning for Forensic DNA Phenotyping
Antti Sajantila (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland): Predicting Geolocation from Viral DNA Using AI
Joint Event by ISABS, Minstry of the Interior, American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and University of Split, Faculty of Forensic Sciences
Crime Scene Investigation Training Course: "The 1996 Crash of U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's Aircraft in Croatia: Forensic Investigation, Identification, and Legacy":
Šimun Anđelinović (University Hospital of Split, Split, Croatia): Revisiting the CT‑43 Crash Near Dubrovnik After Three Decades: Forensic Inquiry, Diplomatic Legacy, and Croatian–American Partnership
Ira Titunik (N/A, Sarasota, FL, USA): The Ron Brown Forensic Controversy
