DZG-wide seminar series: Computational Topics in Biomedicine 

Topic: Diagnosing (Blood) Diseases with AI 

with Carsten Marr
Helmholtz Munich 

Date:19 March 2026 
Time: 16:30 - 17:30 

Location: online
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Carsten Marr is Founding Director of the Institute of AI for Health at Helmholtz Munich, a European center for applied artificial intelligence. Originally trained in theoretical physics, Marr transitioned to theoretical biology. He was among the first to apply deep learning to biomedical data, including work on predicting stem cell development from microscopy images and detecting leukemias in blood and bone marrow samples using deep neural networks. For his contributions to AI-driven analysis of single-cell data, he has received several scientific honors, including an ERC Consolidator Grant. Since July 2025, he has been Professor of AI in Hematology and Cell Therapy at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich.

This series is designed to bring together data science and AI initiatives across the German Centers for Health Research (DZG) and to interact with international speakers who have generated impressive contributions to the translational application of AI and data science.

keywords: scientific career, artificial intelligence, haematology