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Learn how to manage the influx of new research papers. Parul Pandey shares a guide on combining manual reading techniques with AI-assisted tools to stay current without feeling overwhelmed.

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Hiring leaders in Puerto Rico: here’s your early talent signal. Not assumptions. Not hype. Registered candidate focus—right now. (see snapshot) What the early data is showing (multi-select): • Full-Stack and Applied ML/AI lead the mix • Strong presence in Back-End and Cybersecurity • Meaningful signal in AI Model Development and Hardware/FPGA • Emerging Embedded/IoT Why this adds value to employers: ✅ Higher signal-to-noise: you enter a room already clustering around your hardest reqs ✅ Faster screening: conversations start closer to role fit (less “career fair churn”) ✅ Better coverage in one visit: AI + software + security + hardware/embedded in one hiring floor ✅ Employer brand advantage: show up early in Puerto Rico’s AI & Tech ecosystem—before competitors do If your 2026 hiring plan includes AI, software engineering, cybersecurity, or embedded/hardware—let’s make participation easy. 📩 Request company participation: iicom@ciapr.org We’ll reply with the company registration link, event logistics, and next steps to align your hiring focus areas. #Hiring #Recruiting #TalentAcquisition #AI #SoftwareEngineering #Cybersecurity #PuertoRicoTech #IICOM

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🎯 YOUR 2025 HACKBIO ROADMAP IS HERE Here's what's coming to HackBio in 2026: 🧬 VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPS Our signature hands-on bioinformatics internships return with multiple cohorts throughout the year. Real projects. Real mentorship. Real portfolios. 📚 SPECIALIZED COURSES Beyond internships, we're introducing focused training in: - Data Visualisation in Bio (Starting Jan 18th!) - Genomics & NGS Analysis - AI in Bioinformatics - Clinical Bioinformatics ...and more launching quarterly 🎓 CAREER PATHWAYS Structured learning journey, from beginner to job-ready, tailored to different bioinformatics career tracks. This is your blueprint for growth. Either as a student building your first portfolio, A researcher expanding your toolkit, or A career changer entering bioinformatics in 2026? Hackbio has something for you. 📅 Save this post. Your 2026 journey starts here. First stop? Data Visualization in Bio launches Jan 18th at 50% OFF ($20). The discount ends in 4 days time 👉 Join the movement here. https://lnkd.in/eYQP8acr #HackBio #BioinformaticsTraining #CareerDevelopment #Bioinformatics #DataScience #VirtualInternship #HandsOnLearning

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Chartara Labs Product Goals 📊✅🔥 https://lnkd.in/eP2hDCQm -disseminate helpful AI tools to behavioral health providers nationwide -make data actionable through automated data visualization and machine learning decision support -Speed up supervision workflows to enhance targeted support for therapists (such as on-demand PDF reports of the data visualizations and machine learning recs for every chart) -Integrate healthy AI with innovative training tools for mental health interns and professionals (e.g. powerful cultural competence training automation)

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You don't need a PhD to build a career in AI. New data from Kevyn.ai's 2025–2026 AI Jobs Market report tells a compelling story: The median salary for bootcamp and self-taught AI professionals is $176K — virtually identical to Bachelor's degree holders at $177K. Yes, PhDs still command a premium ($204K), but the real story is how much the field has opened up. Across companies of every size, 16–26% of AI roles are filled by people from non traditional backgrounds. If you've been hesitating to break into AI because you don't have the "right" degree this data says otherwise. What matters more and more: what you can build, not where you studied. 📩 DM us or email us to get access to the full report. #AI #BreakIntoTech #MachineLearning #CareerChange #TechJobs

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Excited to share the February 2nd Edition of POSTDOCket 🎉 This edition features an insightful article on “Developing Leadership as a Career Skill”, authored by Sreelakshmi Jayaraman, Ph.D. and Géraldine Vitry, Ph.D., with Anchal Agarwal, Ph.D., serving as the assigned editor for this piece. A special thank you to Berwin Singh Swami Vetha PhD for collaborating on the graphic design alongside The POSTDOCket team- Smrithika Subramani, PhD, Aswathy Shailaja, Ph.D., RAC and Amy Wilson to bring this edition to life. For postdoctoral scholars, leadership is already in motion: mentoring trainees, driving collaborative projects, managing research timelines, and clearly communicating complex ideas. This article explores how intentionally recognizing and cultivating these experiences as leadership skills can accelerate career advancement and amplify long-term professional impact. If you’re a postdoc or someone who mentors and supports postdocs,  this is a must-read piece on building leadership with intention and impact. #PostdocLife #LeadershipDevelopment #AcademicCareers #NPA

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From Hormones to Algorithms: Quantifying Desire Through Bioinformatics View My Portfolio Desire has long been viewed as an art of emotion, not a science of data. Yet advancements in bioinformatics are now revealing how biology, chemistry, and computation intersect to make intimacy measurable—and, more importantly, optimizable for health and balance. Recent studies in endocrinology and behavioral data modeling show that hormonal fluctuations, neurotransmitter activity, and even microbiome composition influence patterns of desire and satisfaction. When paired with AI-driven analytics, these biomarkers can form adaptive feedback systems capable of recognizing shifts in libido, stress, and emotional readiness in real time. Three trends are defining this new frontier of biological personalization: • Integrated datasets: Bioinformatic models can combine hormonal readings, heart-rate variability, and skin conductivity with behavioral data to predict emotional and sexual rhythms. • Preventive profiling: Tracking hormonal and neurological markers allows early identification of imbalances linked to stress, burnout, or low energy—positioning sexual health within preventive medicine. • Privacy by computation: Following infrastructure vulnerabilities such as the AWS outage, innovators are investing in federated learning and encrypted cloud systems to process sensitive bio-signals without exposure. The implications extend beyond intimacy—they redefine what it means to understand wellness. Desire becomes a diagnostic language, a biological conversation between body and mind that technology can now help interpret, not manipulate. At V For Vibes, we see bioinformatics as the bridge between pleasure and precision health. The goal is not to quantify emotion for control, but to translate data into self-knowledge—helping individuals live with greater awareness, equilibrium, and connection. #Bioinformatics #SexTech #HealthInnovation #DigitalWellness #VForVibes

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The job market is brutal for recent grads, but you're not powerless. Learn why skills-first hiring, AI integration, and strategic positioning can still land you that first tech job.

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Introduction to GitHub for Team Projects Led by Upskiller, Aaron McKeever. Aaron is a recent graduate of Columbia University, where he studied information science and specialized in computational linguistics. At Columbia, he worked as a research assistant and project lead across multiple teams, using tools such as GitHub, Python, and Linear to manage shared projects, track contributions, and coordinate work with remote collaborators. His personal research project — a digital history of early 20th-century industrial networks spanning the US, UK, and Germany — uses GitHub to manage key data files and sub-projects. Additionally, his work includes serving as a deputy board UX/UI designer and training lead on the Columbia Daily Spectator product team. Before Columbia, Aaron spent a year in Germany as a U.S. Department of State CBYX-Y scholarship recipient, and he currently works as an administrative and research professional in Washington, DC. 📍 MLK Memorial Library (In-Person) 🗓 Thursday, March 19, 2026 🕔 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM Register via: https://lnkd.in/em2EVmGa

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One of our most-read stories of 2025: A Stanford study tested five popular therapy chatbots and discovered they stigmatize conditions like schizophrenia and alcohol dependence. AI might excel at paperwork, but healing humans still requires other humans in the room. Read the full study: https://lnkd.in/gJ3Fg_RX

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In the wake of rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the field of medical education is undergoing a profound shift, mid the transformation, I've came across the struggle of lack of polices that carries hesitation to embrace this technology leaving AI committees running in circles to set standards of AI use in medical education. and now AAMC is stepping in with guidance that institutions, educators and learners should heed. 🙌🏼

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Ethical AI and ML research requires more than principles. It requires thoughtful facilitation and scientific context. BioTeam was honored to design and facilitate an NIH workshop that helped translate community perspectives into practical guidance for responsible AI and ML research. https://lnkd.in/gYNNEJSG

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The 3-message LinkedIn method that gets replies (when recruiters don’t) 1. Connect + thank them for their work. 2. Follow up with insight or comment on something they’ve posted. 3. Ask a specific question (“Do you usually hire translational scientists?”). Not “Do you have jobs?” That’s how you go from ignored to noticed. #NetworkingTips #LinkedInStrategy #JobSearch #CareerGrowth #JobHunt #JobseekerAdvice #TheUnfilteredRecruiter #CareerSuccess

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All the details regarding this opportunity shared on this post https://lnkd.in/gCAajWv6 Many students in the life sciences believe research is only accessible if you have a lab, equipment, or prior experience. But computational research isn’t gated the same way. With the right mentorship, students can build real biotech and genomics skills from anywhere. A new virtual research program is now open for international students interested in bioinformatics research this summer. Program: Virtual Bioinformatics Research Program (RNA Institute – Summer 2026) What students will do • Learn RNA sequencing data analysis • Join a faculty-mentored computational project • Build skills that matter for biotech, genomics, and graduate school pathways Who can apply • Biology, biotech, or life sciences undergrads and grad students • From low or middle income countries (international only) Duration Seven weeks | Part-time | Virtual | Summer 2026 Deadline Apply before February 15 No prior bioinformatics experience required. Program runs June 15 to August 1, 2026. Cost: Fully funded (no tuition) 𝐓𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 + 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 + 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤: 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰: 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 We’ll send all details directly to students who complete the steps. This keeps information accessible and helps more students discover opportunities that are often gatekept or expensive. Students can also connect with us through our other platforms (links below). If you are new to Opportunities Platform, follow us on our social channels to stay updated on future programs and resources.. Telegram: https://lnkd.in/dVAhDpJD Instagram: https://lnkd.in/dERPyiXx YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gX9HBSzR Facebook Page: https://lnkd.in/gtCTpndd Discord Community: https://lnkd.in/gUPy5aMg #Bioinformatics #Genomics #Biotechnology #ResearchOpportunities #STEMOpportunities #LifeSciences #GlobalSTEM #EducationAccess

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