PyCon US 2024

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I really enjoyed attending PyCon US in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago. PyCon was a great opportunity to meet other people who use Python, from data scientists to software engineers to hobbyists. Many of the talks and tutorials were focused on learning new skills and Python programming paradigms, which was different than my previous experiences attending academic-centered conferences. While this shift from “sharing scientific updates” to “teaching the audience something new” took some time to get used to, PyCon was a great learning environment and I really feel like I leveled up my programming.

Introduction: Hello World!

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hello and welcome to my blog! I’m Jackie Valeri (she/her), and I’m thrilled to share a bit about myself and my interests with you.

Who Am I? 👋

Brief Introduction

I currently work as a Data Scientist at Moderna, where I am part of a data science team within research and early development. I hold a PhD in Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where I was a Siebel Scholar (Class of 2023) and a Takeda Fellow (2021-2022) in the lab of Jim Collins. My research in the Collins Lab centered around machine learning for small molecule drug discovery, specifically antibiotics, as well as training sequence-to-function models for synthetic biology applications. I hold Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania where I also obtained a minor in computer science.

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PyCon US 2024

Introduction: Hello World!

Who Am I? 👋

Brief Introduction