Dear all, We're pleased to invite you to the BioSB Summer School on Advanced Machine Learning and AI for Life Sciences taking place from 23-28 August 2026 in the beautiful forests surrounding Lunteren, the Netherlands. The summer school is organized by The Netherlands Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (BioSB) research school. The school aims to immerse PhD students, academic researchers, and industry participants in the most recent advances in machine learning and AI for the life sciences, equipping you with both the conceptual understanding and practical skills to apply these methods in your own research. Accommodation and meals are included, allowing you to focus entirely on learning, networking, and collaboration. Upcoming selection procedure deadline: 28 May 2026 (spots are limited) Submit your motivation and find registration details and fees here: https://www.dtls.nl/courses/biosb-summer-school-on-advanced-machine-learning.... Expert faculty will lead sessions focusing on the following topics: * Representation of biological entities * Explainable AI * Generative models in biology * Geometric deep learning and graph neural networks * Foundation models * Multi-modal data integration * Scientific machine learning Confirmed expert trainers: * Prof. dr. Sanne Abeln (Utrecht University) * Dr. Shauna O'Donovan (Eindhoven University of Technology) * Dr. Stavros Makrodimitris (University of Amsterdam) * Dr. Wilson dos Santos Silva (Utrecht University) * Dr. Pavel Sinitcyn (Utrecht University) We look forward to welcoming you to Lunteren this August! Best regards, Perry Moerland on behalf of the organizing committee: * Dr. Perry Moerland (Amsterdam UMC; summer school coordinator) * Prof. dr. Aalt-Jan van Dijk (University of Amsterdam) * Dr. Federica Eduati (Eindhoven University of Technology) * Yiting Shen (Amsterdam UMC) --- Dr. ir. P.D. Moerland Bioinformatics Laboratory | Epidemiology and Data Science (EDS) Amsterdam UMC | Location AMC | J1B-225 | Meibergdreef 9 | 1105 AZ AMSTERDAM E: p.d.moerland@amsterdamumc.nl W: https://bioinformaticslaboratory.eu/ ______________________________________________________ AmsterdamUMC disclaimer : www.amsterdamumc.org/nl/disclaimers.htm