Boston Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Meetup

BCBB is thrilled to bring back joint lightning talks with Boston-area Women in Bioinformatics (BWIB), for the second year in a row - sponsored by Seqera! This year it will be held at the Venture Cafe at CiC Cambridge.

​How Do I Register?

Registration is being handled via Luma (NOT via Meetup!)

• Register here

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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.
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How to Submit

​Please submit your talk title and a short abstract (280 characters max) to this Google form. The deadline is Monday June 1st, 2026.
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A few ground rules:

1. ​All are welcome to submit: academia, industry, government, nonprofit, student. If you're part of this community, this event is for you.
2. ​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.
3. ​Talks are strictly 5 minutes, enforced by audience participation and whatever noisemakers the organizers feel like bringing.

​Submission decisions will be Monday June 15th, 2026.

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.