Boston Women in Bioinformatics's Events

Byte and Bite: Bioinformatics Lunch Meetup

Fri, 29 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT

When: Friday, May 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Where: Bow Market, Somerville, Massachusetts

Details

Tired of eating lunch alone at your desk? Come share a meal with fellow bioinformatics professionals where great conversations, shared ideas, and new connections are on the menu!

Whether you're navigating a big pharma pipeline, building out a small biotech's entire bioinformatics function, or doing it all yourself as a contractor, this is your chance to swap ideas, swap contact info, and maybe finally meet the person behind that blog you bookmarked six months ago.

Bring your takes on the latest in single-cell workflows, LLM-powered analysis, multi-omics integration, or whatever rabbit hole you've fallen into lately. No tokens necessary.

What to Know Before You Register

This gathering is intended for individuals who identify as women. 👩‍🔬
Each guest will be responsible for purchasing their own meal and/or beverages. 🍽️

Boston Women in Bioinformatics Networking Session at Festival of Genomics

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:30:00 GMT

When: Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM

Where: Room 51, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC), Boston, MA

Boston Women in Bioinformatics is returning to the Festival of Genomics (Day 2) with a structured speed networking event. Join us Thursday, June 4 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM for fast-paced, one-on-one conversations with women working across bioinformatics, research, and industry.

Walk away with one memorable detail about every person you meet. Not just a LinkedIn connection, but a real reason to follow up. The goal isn't a bigger network. It's a better one: peer support, shared commiseration, and the occasional "I know exactly who you should talk to."

Pro tip: bring something to write with. One memorable detail per person goes a long way and you are going to want to write it down!

↓ Download the event flyer (PDF)

Take Up Space: Building Presence and Confidence in High-Stakes Moments

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:00:00 GMT

When: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Where: Northeastern Crossing, 1175 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120

Details

The Boston Women in Bioinformatics is excited to reunite with Joanna Ghayad, executive career coach to STEM scientists, on Take Up Space | Building Presence and Confidence in High-Stakes Moments.

You've been in this situation before.

You already have the expertise. But in the moments that matter most—a tough Q&A, a room full of senior stakeholders, a conversation where everything is on the line—it's easy to hesitate, over-qualify, or edit yourself out before you even begin.

This session is about changing that.

In this workshop, you'll:

Identify the self-editing habits that hold you back in high-pressure situations
Practice presence and confidence techniques you can use immediately
Learn the habits that develop between you and your stakeholders before the conversation even begins

For early career and seasoned scientists alike who want to develop the confidence to tackle high-stakes scenarios.

About the speaker: Joanna Ghayad is a certified career coach with 15+ years of experience in pharma, academia, and biotech. She specializes in helping scientists build portfolio careers and communicate their value with confidence. Joanna created a leadership development program at BMS that's now in its 5th year and has completed over 500 hours of coaching.

No Recombination Without Representation

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

When: Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Where: Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

Details

In 1976, Cambridge packed the City Hall hearing room to debate a new biohazard lab designed for recombinant DNA research. Nobel Prize–winning scientists, passionate citizens, politicians, and the global press all converged on Cambridge to confront one explosive question: Who gets to decide the boundaries of scientific discovery? No Recombination without Representation is an immersive theatrical experience staged in the very same Cambridge City Hall hearing room where this conversation took place.

A partnership between the MIT Museum, Central Square Theater, and the City of Cambridge, All shows are free and open to the public on June 13th, 14th and 21st. You can find more info on performances here.

Web Seminar: Evaluation of epistasis detection methods for quantitative phenotypes (Stanislav Listopad)

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

When: Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Where: Virtual

Join Bioinformatics & AI Exchange for a virtual seminar in which Stanislav Listopad explores the genetic architecture of complex traits and disease.

This talk explores how interactions between genes may contribute to complex human traits and diseases. Using both simulated datasets and real-world behavioral data, the study compares several computational methods for detecting genetic interactions and highlights the strengths and limitations of each approach.

Presenter Bio

Stanislav Listopad earned a PhD in Computer Science from University of California, Irvine. Following graduation, he completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Scripps Research in San Diego, where his research focused on examining the role of genetic interactions in alcohol use disorder. He will next begin a postdoctoral position at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.

About Bioinformatics XChange

Bioinformatics XChange is a volunteer-run virtual meetup for those across industry and academia.

BWIB x BCBB Lightning Talks, sponsored by Seqera

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:00:00 GMT

When: Monday, June 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Where: CIC Cambridge @ 1 Broadway, 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Summary

Lightning Talks are back! Sponsored by Seqera, the company behind Nextflow, Boston Women in Bioinformatics and Boston Computational Biology & Bioinformatics are teaming up again for an evening of fast, fun, community-driven talks. This is a low-stakes, high-energy format built for sharing ideas with people who get it.

What's a Lightning Talk?

Five minutes. That's it. Talk about your current work, a tool you love, something you learned the hard way, or a concept you think more people should know about. It's a great excuse to practice public speaking in a room full of friendly faces.

Call for Speakers

Submit your talk title and a short abstract (280 characters max) using this Google Form.

The deadline is Monday, June 1st.

A few ground rules:

All are welcome to submit: academia, industry, government, nonprofit, student. If you're part of this community, this event is for you.
We're here for the science and the ideas, not product pitches. If your work involves a specific platform, that's fine as long as the focus stays on what you discovered, not what you're selling.
Talks are strictly 5 minutes, enforced by audience participation and whatever noisemakers the organizers feel like bringing.

Submission decisions will be Monday, June 15th.

About Seqera

Seqera, built by the creators of Nextflow, is the enterprise-first bioinformatics platform trusted by 150+ pharma and diagnostics organizations worldwide. By integrating data, code, computing and environments, Seqera empowers researchers to build, deploy, and scale bioinformatics faster. Delivering infrastructure sovereignty, built-in compliance, and seamless integration with Nextflow-optimized tools, Seqera enables teams to scale bioinformatics workflows securely without vendor lock-in or operational friction.