Bio: Dr. Adriana Tomic is an Assistant Professor at Boston University, with appointments in Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, and Biomedical Engineering. She leads a Systems Immunology group at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) and is the developer of SIMON, an open-source knowledge discovery platform. Her research focuses on defining immunological signatures of protective immunity and accelerating vaccine development through novel systems immunology and AI approaches. Dr. Tomic received her Ph.D. in Infection Biology from Hannover Medical School, Germany, for which she was awarded a Hannover Medical School Award, and completed her postdoctoral training at Stanford University School of Medicine.

A recipient of multiple honors, including the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship, Dr. Tomic leads significant projects for international consortia such as the NIAID-funded Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the Medical Research Council HIC-Vac network. Dr. Tomic is also actively involved in science communication and outreach. Reflecting her commitment to open science, she established a community to further develop and apply machine-learning tools for biomedical data analysis.

We hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking lecture. Nibbles and drinks will be provided afterwards – so also a great networking opportunity!