Harold Pimentel
@hjpimentel
Assistant Prof @CompMedUCLA & Human Genetics. Genes, RNA, and computation. One fewer hands than the mode. HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellow. He/him.
Got some compliments today coupled with some angry fly-bys. I guess people are reading the new sign? @streetsforall
I’m super honored to be selected, and immensely grateful. Huge thanks, @Hypothesisfund! We are looking forward to doing some fun science! x.com/Hypothesisfund…
3/ Leveraging large population studies & small scale lab experiments, Awardee @hjpimentel will integrate diverse datasets to strengthen our ability to interpret rare genetic🧬 variants in disease. 🤯 🥳Congrats Dr. Pimentel! @UCLA 🙏#HFScout @kaymtye
This Week! Bytes to Bedside: Oren Avram, PhD 🗓️ Thursday, Feb. 27 ⏰ 12 (noon)—1 p.m. 📍 AHSB 7042 ➡️ DBMI is excited to welcome Oren Avram, PhD to campus for a special Bytes to Bedside seminar, Practical Pathways to Better Health.
Why is Musk being allowed to disrupt the system? I'm sure those men have better things to do than debrief someone who frankly has nothing to do with the problem at hand.
Medicine thrives on knowledge, yet clinical vocabularies are fragmented. AI struggles to unify this knowledge, creating a gap in precision medicine. Excited to share unified clinical vocabulary embeddings, a project led by stellar @ruthie_johnson Half of healthcare foundation AI…
Friends, We are hiring! My department (Computational Medicine) has an open rank faculty position search this year! I know we are late to the party, but please consider applying! Feel free to ask question here. recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09935
Twitter is so trashy these days they be having 40% Black Friday sales 😂
@sandyskim and I will be at #cshldata24 ! Sandy’s giving a talk tomorrow on hierarchical modeling of CRISPR screens I’ll be presenting a poster on integrating polygenic risk to improve LDL-C measurement Come check us out :) @hjpimentel @cshlmeetings
There is a new #Snakemake tutorial that complements the general tutorial by specifically introducing how to use #Snakemake for plotting and interactive reporting, including how to combine #Snakemake with #Datavzrd: snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tuto…
We start reviewing applications in November! If you know someone who might be interested, please let them know!
We are delighted to announce the Charles D. Michener Assistant Professor/Curator position in Bee Biodiversity and Evolution at the U. Kansas. Please spread widely and apply if you work on bees! employment.ku.edu/academic/29083…
We look forward to our NBPA Leadership Symposium next week (Oct. 23-25)! Surely, the sight of 70+ Black PhDs gathered in community will be equally as empowering as the symposium sessions themselves❤️🔥 Many of our attendees will present their work, see the flyer for more info👇🏾✨
I think about this graphic every time I cross a street in the U.S.
Also thanks to some generous sponsors a limited number of free registrations are also available! Priority will be given to black, indigenous people of color in high-income countries or those from low and middle-income countries. For more information see betanalpha.github.io/courses/.
The only thing between you and almost five hours covering everything you wanted to know about hierarchal modeling? A modest donation to one of two organizations doing some really important work.
This is happening tomorrow! Still some time to sign up! Both in-person and online opportunities! x.com/hjpimentel/sta…
Interested in math and computational biology? The @CompMedUCLA PhD program is having our info session On Wed 16th at 3-4P PST. Come learn about our program and hear from some of our faculty. RSVP: forms.gle/qozQj6aEmc4PPn…