Highlights
Hope you enjoyed the Total Solar Eclipse yesterday! Those outside the path of totality were still able to witness a near-syzygy.
We’re are testing out a different format for this newsletter. Tell us what you think with this Three (3!) Question Survey and let us know if you’d like to get involved!
Thank you to Fernanda Ordoñez and Vega Shah for their initiative organizing the 1st ever Bits In Bio meetups in Shanghai and Tokyo, respectively!
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📢 Community Announcements
Sign up for the BiB Buddy Program
BiB is launching a new initiative – the BiB Buddy Program. This is an opportunity to build connections with others in the community, exchange knowledge & experiences, find potential collaborators/mentors/mentees, and more! We’ll use some info about you & what you hope to get out of the program to match you with one/more buddies, and help facilitate some connections.
Sounds exciting? Fill out this form to indicate your interest! (Note: Feel free to leave the longform answers blank and come back to it later. We’ll send a reminder to fill out remaining details before we do the matching!)
Hello Shanghai and Tokyo!
We will be having our first meetups in Shanghai and Tokyo this month. If you are in those cities or know others who are, feel free to join!
🗓️ Upcoming BiB Events
See our handy dandy Lu.ma event calendar HERE, please RSVP so folks can plan accordingly!
San Diego: Post -AACR Happy Hour - April 10th @ Queenstown Public House
Thank you for organizing Natalie Ma 🙏!
Our first Tokyo Meetup - April 10th @ Blue Bottle Coffee - Shinagawa Cafe
Thank you for organizing Vega 🙏!
Our first Shanghai Meetup - April 11th @ Chihuahua - 479 Wudin Road
Thank you for organizing Fernanda 🙏!
Bio-IT World Boston Happy Hour - April 17th @ 155 Seaport Blvd
Thank you for organizing Brandon Revelli and Traci Haddock 🙏!
Monthly Journal Club - April 17th @ 8:30 PM EST via Google Meet
Thank you for organizing this great resource Steve 🙏!
📰 Community Conversations & Shares
@Radia J wants input on using her digital drug hunting skills in foundation models!
@Maximilian Schulz is looking for positive intel on big Pharma open source projects!
@Or Alus wants to hear from folks about their experiences as a freelance consultants!
@Tad Ogorzalek is wants to learn preferences between two lab automation protocols!
@andrewdblevins announced a $50k contest to work with their protein-ligand data!
@hannu advanced the idea of an immune-computer interface for longevity usecases!
Let us know in the #general channel what other conversations should be highlighted
✍️ Newsletters from Community Members
Decoding Bio; Century of Biology; Asimov Press; Scaling Biotech; Ground Truths
Last week’s current event reporting can be found at tychobio.substack.com - 🙏 Felix!
🙋 🙏 Community Asks
Feedback: How is the Newsletter doing? We’re trying different formats/content. In case the hyperlink above didn’t get your attention, maybe a bright orange button will!
Volunteer: Want to get involved with Bits in Bio, meet new members across the community, and learn about the ecosystem? We are looking for volunteers to help us create great content and manage the community.
🏢 Job Openings
Bioinformatics Data Scientist at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Business Development Intern and ML Scientist at Celine Biotechnologies
Head of Market Strategy for Commercial at Clarivate
Head of Market Strategy for R&D at Clarivate
Machine Learning/Computational Biology Interns at Kerna Labs
Software Engineer at Future House
Visit our community job board to see the full list of jobs.
Thanks in advance for the comments and feedback! All are welcome, regardless of if you are a member of the BiB community or a member-to-be!