Beckman’s newest seed project will expand existing AI models into a framework that analyzes neurological aging.

In its fourth year, the research seed grant program at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology will fund one research project beginning in 2026.

Members of the team include, from left, Nien-Pei Tsai, Haohan Wang and Aleksei Aksimentiev

The selected research team will create a Center for Orchestrated Agentic Biology. It will develop an AI framework to model molecular pathways involved in brain aging. The seed funding will build the computational and experimental foundation for this effort, exploring how nerve cells function as they age.