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Moves to Philadelphia, PA!
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Began Wang Lab rotation
Worked on machine learning for lncRNA co-expression analysis
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Became Science Education Academy Teacher
Volunteer opportunity to teach grade school children science topics on weekends in the West Philadelphia neighborhood
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Earned ABRCMS top poster presentation award
Poster titled "The Role of Sensors and Effectors in Protein-Protein Interactions: A Systematic Study" earned top poster award in the Computational and Systems Biology Category
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Began Xing Lab Rotation
Worked on transcriptomic analysis of pediatric AML data
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Founded the Black Women in Computational Biology Network
The Network was first pitched on Twitter and the member directory first began to grow
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Named NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
Research proposal titled "Integrative lncRNA Target Genes Identification Via Co-Expression Modeling" earned Honorable Mention in the Life Sciences-Computational Biology and Bioinformatics category
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Began Shalem Lab Rotation
Researched deep learning approached for cellular image analysis
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Joined the Yi Xing Lab at CHOP
Jenea joined the Xing Lab for her thesis work and looks forward to working on cancer genomics and bioinformatics surrounding RNA biology.
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Invited Talk at ISCB Student Council Symposium
Jenea delivered a talk at The International Society for Computational Biology Student Council Symposium on The Black Women in Computational Biology Network
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Invited Talk at ISCB Intelligent Systems for Microbiology Conference
Jenea delivered a "Lunch and Learn" speech on The Black Women in Computational Biology Network to the community of the International Society for Computational Biology at the first virtual ISMB Conference, originally planned for Montreal, CA
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Feature in Nature Careers Article
Researchers reflect on a challenging pandemic year and on how lockdowns changed their approach to work and their perceptions of the scientific enterprise. Jenea's work with #BlackWomenCompBio and life as a Ph.D. student in a multi-pandemic era are highlighted.