Dear everyone!
This fall brings a wealth of interesting conferences and applications.
Recently, at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting held in Boston, considerable attention was given to biomedical AI and large language models in the clinical diagnostics of genetic diseases. Importantly, while some of the presented evidence was supportive and promising, other studies highlighted significant limitations, indicating that generative AI may incorrectly classify up to 80% of variants associated with Mendelian diseases, and that AI findings were not reproducible.
The growing efforts to apply AI in medicine are further strengthened by the recently launched by K2/UiB call for Medical AI, which received a total of 16 applications for prequalification in Stage 1. This is encouraging and vital for building internal expertise in specifically developed medical AI tools, as well as for the validation and rigorous evaluation of emerging methodologies and their latest updates.
There is additionally exciting news regarding the SSF and SFI initiatives. Eystein Husebye and Helge Ræder, in partnership with the Oslo coordinator for NOR-TWIN: The Norwegian Centre for Virtual Human Twin Technology and from UiB: Bettina Husebø (IGS- Center for Research-Based Innovation on BetterAge) and Charalampos Tzoulis (K1 - ICoN: Innovation Center for Neuroresilience), have successfully advanced to the second round of SFI.
Wishing all the best of luck to the SSF applicants!
Valeriya