✨ Happy New Year! ✨ 👩🏾💻 Kickoff 2025 with BWCB's upcoming workshop, "Graphic Design for Scientists," led by Dr. Francesca Tuazon, quantitative developmental biologist and founder of Science&. 🗓️ Date: February 5th ⏰ Time: 12 pm ET / 9 am PT / 5 pm GMT / 8 pm EAT 🔗 RSVP, open to all: https://buff.ly/4gJn8Os #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics #DataScience #BioinformaticsResearch #Biotech #Stem #GraphicDesign
The Black Women in Computational Biology Network
Non-profit Organizations
Philadelphia, PA 1,105 followers
Accelerating opportunity and community at the intersection of biology, math, and computer science for Black women.
About us
BWCB serves Black women in computational biology, which is a discipline that combines mathematics, computer science, and other computational methods to analyze and identify novel findings in large-scale biological data. The field often interfaces with translational research, including genomics, drug development, and clinical trials through approaches spanning data science, machine learning, and software develoment, to name a few. Computational biology continues to facilitate rapid development in medicine and human health, including the fast discovery and analysis of the ever-evolving SARS-CoV2 protein family, which catapulted vaccine development at exceptional scales. The computational biology field is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 20% by 2027; however, it’s estimated that only 2% of this crucial workforce is Black, and 20% are women. Our community proudly represents trailblazing scientists at the intersection of these identities. BWCB currently has 234 members, 68% are in North America, and the remaining 32% represent a wide array of African, European, and South American countries. Most members are currently at or beyond immediate post-graduate level education, with computer science, molecular biology, and computational biology among the top three degree programs pursued by our members. Most non-student employed members work as research scientists, analysts, and engineers or hold leadership positions such as faculty, directors, or industry/biotech group leaders.
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- 2-10 employees
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- Philadelphia, PA
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- Nonprofit
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- 2020
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- Computational biology, Computer Science, Biology, Mathematics, Networking, Professional Development, Mentoring, Job Finding, and Science Communication
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In January 2020, Jenea Adams founded The Black Women in Computational Biology Network as an early PhD student, recognizing the importance of creating a dedicated space for this community. Since then, the network has grown significantly, expanding its membership, offerings, and achieving non-profit status under her Executive Leadership. We are excited to announce that Jenea has successfully defended both her PhD in Genomics and Computational Biology and her Master’s in Statistics and Data Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Please join us in celebrating Dr. Jenea I. Adams, PhD, MA!
🎉This Tuesday, I successfully defended my dissertation, “Computational methods for optimized alternative splicing analysis: applications in pediatric hematological pathologies,” in the Genomics and Computational Biology Graduate Group at Penn. There are so many people to thank, but I want to highlight my thesis committee—Richard Aplenc, Marylyn Ritchie, Tracy Johnson, Sharon Diskin—and my PI, Yi Xing, for their unending support in developing me as a scientist, learner, challenger, inquirer, and leader. GCB Chair Benjamin Voight and coordinators Maureen Kirsch and Anne-Cara Apple all played pivotal roles in support, guidance, and development during my time at GCB, especially through challenges and life events. I also want to thank Nancy Zhang, my MA thesis advisor (completed in May of this year) in the Wharton Department of Statistics and Data Science, for guiding me through my degree and inspiring me into a passionate and attentive researcher in such a short period. The list of mentors, sponsors, cheerleaders, friends, and family who uplifted me to this point is much too long for this post, but I’m genuinely thankful and will reflect on their impact for years. I’m officially closing this chapter feeling fulfilled, energized, and empowered to move forward to the next one (stay tuned). - Dr. Adams
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🌟 #BlackInCompBio Social this Friday, November 8th! 🔗 RSVP: https://buff.ly/3Nwbeum
✨ Are you #BlackInCompBio? 🌏 Join BWCB and other members of the #BlackInCompBio community on Friday, Nov 8th, for an open social event to connect with others across the globe. 👩🏾💻 All working or interested in computational life sciences are welcome to attend. 🔗 RSVP: https://buff.ly/3Nwbeum #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics #DataScience #BioinformaticsResearch #Biotech #blackinstem #stem #blackintech #diversityinstem #biotech
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Head of Clinical Bioinformatics / -Omics, AI for Network Medicine, Biomarkers Discovery, Precision Medicine
🚨 We’re Hiring: Clinical Bioinformatician 🚨 I’m excited to announce an open position on my team in Translational Medicine for a Senior Biostatistician/Bioinformatician! This is a hands-on role with high exposure to cross-functional teams across Alexion and AstraZeneca. Experience in proteomics is highly valuable and will be a key asset in this position. https://lnkd.in/dkFYnug5
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This is honestly what drew me to computational biology so many years ago. My background is mathematics but I knew I didn't want to "stay" in mathematics per se because pursuing it at a doctoral level felt overly restrictive to me. I love graph theory but what if I woke up one day and decided that "you know what? I want to pursue numerical analysis." In contrast, my doctoral work was on the microbiota of the mucosa of the gut of patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) which I conducted in a lab whose focus was chromatin and gene regulation. Since then I've had the opportunity to work on single-cell genomics, public health genomics, and various aspects of human genomics including variant analysis and admixture analysis. It's thrilling and I can't wait to see what I get to explore next. (So hire me!) #opentowork #genomics #bioinformatics #computationalbiology
Computational biology is one of the most brutally exhausting fields and yet one that I love. As a computational biologist you are going to be expected to know everything from stats to math to technology to coding to biology. You will be asked to opine on anything from population genetics to novel data acquisition technologies, cloud computing architectures, machine learning, statistical tests, and comment on the status of the world peace in the process. There are things that you do need to master (a good statistics understanding and interfacing with biology are big ones for me), but don’t feel that you need to know awk, sed, bash, perl, python, how to stand up your Linux cluster, how to set up a cron job, and which form of an ODE you should use to solve whichever problem you have. Remember: it’s ok to say “I don’t know” and to ask for help. #computationalbiology #musings #datascience
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✨ Are you #BlackInCompBio? 🌏 Join BWCB and other members of the #BlackInCompBio community on Friday, Nov 8th, for an open social event to connect with others across the globe. 👩🏾💻 All working or interested in computational life sciences are welcome to attend. 🔗 RSVP: https://buff.ly/3Nwbeum #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics #DataScience #BioinformaticsResearch #Biotech #blackinstem #stem #blackintech #diversityinstem #biotech
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🎓 Wrapping up my MS in Data Science! 🙌 After 3 months of hard work, I’m excited to share my master’s thesis: Alzheimer’s Detection and Severity Classification by MRI Analysis. Along with my amazing team (Kevin Carrillo and Misato Nasu), we developed a CNN-based tool to analyze MRI scans, aiming to detect and classify Alzheimer's Disease more accurately and efficiently. Using over 14,000 images, we tested the potential of AI in helping healthcare professionals diagnose Alzheimer’s earlier, and I'm proud to say the results were promising! 📊💻 It’s been an incredible journey, blending machine learning with healthcare, and I’m eager to explore how these innovations can make a real difference. Huge thanks to my Aeron Zentner DBA and teammates for their support! #DataScience #Healthcare #MachineLearning #AlzheimersResearch
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Hi everyone! I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. If you hear of any opportunities or just want to catch up, please send me a message or comment below. I’d love to reconnect! #OpenToWork About me & what I’m looking for: 💼 I’m looking for Bioinformatics Scientist, Bioinformatics Analyst, Bioinformatician, and Data Scientist roles. 🌎 I’m open to remote roles as well as roles in Washington DC-Baltimore Area.
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