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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2025

Talk2Biomodels: AI agent-based open-source LLM initiative for kinetic biological models.

Lilija Wehling, Gurdeep Singh, Ahmad Wisnu Mulyadi, Rakesh Hadne Sreenath, Henning Hermjakob, Tung V N Nguyen, Thomas Rückle, Mohammed H Mosa, Henrik Cordes, Tommaso Andreani and 3 more

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13 authors.

Lilija Wehling *BioMed X Institute, Heidelberg, Germany. wehling@bmedx.com.
Gurdeep Singh *BioMed X Institute, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ahmad Wisnu MulyadiBioMed X Institute, Heidelberg, Germany.
Rakesh Hadne SreenathBioMed X Institute, Heidelberg, Germany.
Henning HermjakobEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, UK.
Tung V N NguyenEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, UK.
Thomas RückleBioMed X Institute, Heidelberg, Germany.
Mohammed H MosaTherapeutic Area Type 1/17 Immunology & Inflammation, Sanofi R&D, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Henrik CordesTranslational Medicine Unit (TMU) - Research Pharmacometrics, Sanofi R&D, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Tommaso AndreaniTranslational Medicine Unit (TMU) - Disease Modeling, Sanofi R&D, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Thomas KlabundeTranslational Medicine Unit (TMU) - Disease Modeling, Sanofi R&D, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Rahuman S Malik SheriffEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, UK.
Douglas McCloskeyAt the Time of Study: BioMed X Institute, Heidelberg, Germany. douglas.mccloskey@biom8er.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundQuantitative kinetic models of biological regulatory processes play an important role in understanding disease mechanisms. However, their simulation and analysis require specialized domain expertise.

resultsIn this study, we present Talk2Biomodels (T2B), an open-source, user-friendly, large language model-based agentic AI platform designed to facilitate access to computational models of biological systems and promote the FAIRification (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) principles in systems biology. T2B allows users to interact with and analyse mathematical models of biological systems through conversations in natural language, thereby lowering the barrier to entry for model interpretation and hypothesis-driven exploration. The platform natively supports models encoded in the Systems Biology Markup Language, a widely adopted standard in the computational biology community. T2B is integrated with the BioModels database ( https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biomodels/ ), enabling retrieval, simulation, and analysis of curated systems biology models. We illustrate the platform's capabilities through use cases in precision medicine, infectious disease epidemiology, and the study of emergent network-level properties in cellular systems - demonstrating how both computational experts and domain scientists without formal modelling training can derive actionable insights from complex biological models. Talk2Biomodels is available at https://github.com/VirtualPatientEngine/AIAgents4Pharma . Detailed documentation and use cases are available at https://virtualpatientengine.github.io/AIAgents4Pharma/talk2biomodels/intro/ .

conclusionsIn summary, T2B lowers the barrier for non-experts to engage with and extract insights from computational models of biological systems, while simultaneously providing experts with a streamlined interface for analysing models and overall contributes to the FAIRification of models.

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Artificial IntelligenceModels, BiologicalSoftwareSystems BiologyHumansKineticsAgentic AIFoundational modelsOrdinary differential equation modelsSystems biology

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