Discover a new suite of AI-powered research tools developed at HSLS. These tools were built to support the Pitt research community with AI-assisted literature discovery, citation auditing, paper summarization, quality assessment, and scientific visualization planning.
Built with Claude Sonnet 5 through the University of Pittsburgh’s licensed Claude for Education platform, the tools are available to Pitt faculty, staff, and students through Pitt Passport single sign-on.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 1-3 p.m., Online
Taught by Ansuman Chattopadhyay
Register for Generative AI for Scientific Literature, Part 1 – Find, Verify, Summarize, and Visualize
This remote, interactive class introduces the fundamentals of generative AI and explores how AI can support scientific literature discovery, citation verification, summarization, and communication.
Thursday, September 24, 2026, 1-3 p.m., Online
Taught by Ansuman Chattopadhyay
Register for Generative AI for Scientific Literature, Part 2 – Assess, Visualize, and Check Research Integrity
This remote, interactive class explores how AI can support manuscript assessment, scientific visualization, and research integrity.
Tuesdays, September 8-29, 2026, 10-11:30 a.m., Online
Taught by Jenna Carlson
Participate in our very popular R Bootcamp for a deep dive into R programming. The bootcamp unfolds through a series of focused sessions that cover the entire data analysis process, from importing and cleaning data to sophisticated data manipulation and visualization techniques using the tidyverse package.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 1-4 p.m., Online
Taught by Ansuman Chattopadhyay and Srilakshmi Chaparala
Register for IPA and Correlation Engine – A Comprehensive Approach to Pathway Enrichment Analysis
In this engaging workshop, you will learn how to analyze differentially expressed genes (DEG) associated with genome-scale experiments, such as RNA-Seq gene expression studies, and gain mechanistic insights using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis and Correlation Engine software.
This term’s lineup offers a diverse range of contemporary bioinformatics topics, including workshops on leveraging Proofig AI for your research, and our popular Python and R Bootcamp series. When you register for a workshop, you will receive links to associated materials.
The University of Pittsburgh’s Open Access Agreement with Wiley is nearing its annual limit on the number of articles eligible for APC-free (article processing charge-free) open access publishing. Eligibility is based on the date an article is accepted for publication, not the date it is submitted.
Whether you are new to MolBio or a longtime subscriber to our blog, we want you to know about the comprehensive range of services offered by our team. Watch this new 5-minute video for an overview of the services we offer to the Pitt research community.