Blending Biology and AI

Machine learning, AI and molecular biology come together for Yaffe Lab undergrad Charvi Sharma in Course 6-7, one of four new majors integrating data science with a second field. Sharma sees computer science and medicine dovetail through her work as an undergraduate researcher to understand how signaling pathways contribute to a cell’s ability to escape from cell cycle arrest after DNA damage. The data science and analysis skills she has honed through computer science courses help her understand and interpret the results of her research. She expects those same skills will prove useful in her future career as a physician.