Research group
Li Group
Generative AI for accelerated biological discovery
Ke Li
Group Leader
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The Li Group (joining September 2026) develops self-evolving AI systems to accelerate scientific discovery for understanding and engineering living systems.
The group integrates foundation models, generative AI, optimisation, automated reasoning and AI agents with computational biology and data infrastructure at Earlham Institute, alongside the Institute's capabilities in genomics, single-cell and spatial analysis, engineering biology, and laboratory automation.
This will contribute to a new generation of generative digital biology: experimentally grounded AI models that help scientists understand complex biological mechanisms, design new biological functions, and translate large-scale data into discoveries relevant to human health, disease, food security, biodiversity and sustainability.
The aim is to develop AI for Biology that works with scientists: systems that help generate testable hypotheses, design better experiments, learn from biological data and experimental feedback, and accelerate discovery with rigour and at scale.