Advanced Studies Workshop in
Computational Biology
Biology research increasingly benefits from computational analysis of large and complex data sets, particularly the development of techniques for discovering and describing patterns in those data with simulation and AI models. With the goal of fostering these skills in the next generation of trainees, we introduce the CompBio Asia—Advanced Studies Workshops (ASW).
This two-week workshop consists of integrated lectures, hands-on training, and small-group projects. It was developed by researchers at the University of Montana and the University of Arizona and hosted by Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop features lecturers from across the globe with expertise in disciplines spanning artificial intelligence, genomics, proteomics, structural biology, and molecular dynamics.
Check the program details for CompBio Asia 2025
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Training topics
Hands-On Guidance and Instruction
Genome Sciences
Annotation and analysis of genomic and protein sequences.
Structure Prediction
Annotation and analysis of genomic and protein sequences.
Biomolecule-ligand affinity estimation
Computational estimation of binding affinity for protein-small molecule complexes.
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Calculating and analyzing fluctuations patterns of molecules.
Artificial Intelligence
Fundamentals of neural networks, with hands-on creation of simple models, and application of
existing models to the above topics.
About us
CompBio Asia
CompBio Asia is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation of the USA (NSF). NSF initially funded the initiative to host two advanced study workshops (ASW) in 2022 and 2023 (Award #1953405). NSF recently funded the initiative to host three more ASWs in 2025, 2026, and 2027 (Award #2420222). The Agency for Science, Technology, and Research of Singapore (ASTAR), the National Supercomputing Center of Singapore (NSCC), is the major local partner in Asia in organizing the workshops.
In collaboration with ASTAR, the National University of Singapore (NUS), the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand (NSTDA), and the University Putra Malaysia (UPM), the ASWs were held in Thailand in 2022 and Singapore in 2023. Furthermore, the Trans-Eurasia Information Network Corporation Center (TEINCC) supported the ASW in Thailand in 2022 and two subsequent satellite workshops in Indonesia in 2022 and Bangladesh in 2023. NSCC supported the ASWs in Singapore in 2023.