{"id":17367,"date":"2025-12-12T16:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=17367"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:38:12","slug":"hands-on-workshop-with-dr-jose-r-penades-frs","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/event\/hands-on-workshop-with-dr-jose-r-penades-frs\/","title":{"rendered":"AI in Research: Journey, Insights, and Practical Workshop with Professor Jose Penades, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17349 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/AI-FNL-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/AI-FNL-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/AI-FNL-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/AI-FNL.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Join us for a school-wide event featuring Professor Jose R. Penad\u00e8s, Chair in Microbiology at Imperial College London and an internationally recognized expert in bacterial evolution and antimicrobial resistance. Professor Penad\u00e8s will share his journey integrating artificial intelligence into his research, including a groundbreaking collaboration with Google\u2019s AI \u201cco-scientist,\u201d which replicated nearly a decade of his team\u2019s research on superbug resistance in just two days, confirming findings and generating new hypotheses.<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"> This session will be followed by an interactive, hands-on workshop in which participants will provide a scenario, shared dataset, or research problem to actively explore and apply AI-driven approaches. Dr. Penad\u00e8s will provide guidance on effective prompting strategies and experiment with AI tools in real time\u00a0that can be translated to their own research and professional workflows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The event will conclude with a school-wide poster session with refreshments, showcasing how AI is being used across disciplines and roles throughout the school, and providing opportunities for networking and cross-disciplinary learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Who Should Attend<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This session is ideal for researchers, faculty, graduate students, and staff interested in harnessing AI.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Objectives<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Describe real-world applications of AI in research and scientific discovery<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Identify practical strategies for prompting and integrating AI tools into workflows<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Explore diverse examples of AI use across disciplines and professional roles within the School of Medicine<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration around AI-enabled innovation<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Office of Research, UNC &#8211; SOM, and The Dean&#8217;s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps2.research.unc.edu\/events\/index.cfm?event=events.go&amp;key=CD57\">Register Now<\/a>\n<h3><strong>Agenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00 &#8211; 10:30 am: Lecture and workshop<\/li>\n<li>11:00 am &#8211; noon: Poster Session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong data-start=\"107\" data-end=\"127\">Call for Posters<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"107\" data-end=\"367\">Share how you are discovering, using, or experimenting with AI in your research, education, clinical, or professional work. Faculty, trainees, and staff from all disciplines are encouraged to participate\u2014no prior AI expertise required.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"423\">Poster session details and submission information:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/Discovering-AI-in-Our-Work-Poster-Session-1.docx\">Discovering AI in Our Work Poster Session<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submission Deadline: February 23<\/li>\n<li>Notification of Acceptance: March 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Speaker<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17344 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/Jose-R.-Penades-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/Jose-R.-Penades-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/Jose-R.-Penades-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/Jose-R.-Penades.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h4>Jos\u00e9 R Penad\u00e9s, PhD, FRS<\/h4>\n<div class=\"jL8p1LiqBUoxXQ1yYYdU\">Chair in Microbiology, Department of Infectious Disease<\/div>\n<div>Imperial College London<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/SITES1-300x28.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/SITES1-300x28.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/SITES1-1024x94.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/SITES1-768x71.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/SITES1-1536x141.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/SITES1-2048x189.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/427\/2025\/12\/SITES1-600x55.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"935\"><strong>A grant was provided by North Carolina Biotechnology Center to support this event.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a school-wide event featuring Professor Jose R. 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