Beckman Institute funds AI research to model molecular pathways in brain aging

The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology has announced a new research seed grant project for 2026. The project aims to develop an AI framework, termed orchestrated agentic biology, to model molecular pathways involved in brain aging. This initiative will expand existing AI models to analyze neurological aging, building computational and experimental foundations to explore how nerve cells function as they age. The research team, led by Haohan Wang, Nien-Pei Tsai, and Aleksei Aksimentiev, will create an AI agent to break down complex biomechanics questions for analysis by pre-existing models.