Life Sciences Industry Meets Data Science 2024: Conference Report Verified listing

The Life Sciences Industry Meets Data Science symposium showcased the diversity of cutting-edge innovations in data science and artificial intelligence across various fields in the life science industry, including diagnostic and precision medicine. The meeting also offered a venue networking between academic and industrial partners.

Quick Facts

• Date and location: September 5, 2024 at the Fachhochschule Nordwest Schweiz (FHNW) in Muttenz
• Patricipants: 54 participants, including academic, industrial, clinical, and international
• Presentations: 10 presentations
• Sponsors: Biotechnet, FHNW, CSEM, HES-SO Valais-Wallis, ZHAW
  Organized by: Abdullah Kahraman (FHNW), Carine Poussin (CSEM), Alexandre Kuhn (HES-SO Valais-Wallis), Lukas Neutsch (ZHAW)

Session Highlights

• As a strong start into the day, Arnd Lülsdorf and Dr. Yin Cai reviewed the very recent developments in artificial intelligence made at their respective company, Google and AWS.
• In addition to a deep dive into the work performed by Foundation medicine (by Dr. Thomas Wieland), Dr. Noushin Hadadi (Novigenix) and Dr. Jens Kelm (Precomb) provided further insights into the role of data science in precision medicine.
• During the day, a collective intelligence session led by Dr. Andres Lanzos (TrueYouOmics) allowed for fruitful exchanges between experts and participants.
• Further timely topics were discussed, including the analysis of protein-protein interaction (Dr. Damian Szklarczyk, UZH and SIB), single-cell analysis (Dr. Sukalp Muzumdar, Scailyte) and automated report generation (Claudio Molina, Celerato).
• Finally, Prof. Henning Müller (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) shared recent advances made in the field of image analysis, reviewing several recent and on-going large-scale projects in histopathology.

Next Event

• September 2025