About BAGIM

BAGIM is an active community of Boston area scientists bringing together people from diverse fields of modeling and informatics to impact life and health sciences. BAGIM strives to create a forum for great scientific discussions covering a wide range of topics including data management, visualization, computational chemistry, drug discovery, protein structure, molecular modeling, structure-based drug design, data mining, software tools, and the sharing of goals and experiences. Our community is made up of participants from academia, government, and industry whose goal is to engage in the discussion of science involving a synthesis of theory and technology. Discussions sponsored by BAGIM are targeted to the needs and interests of informatics scientists, computational chemists, medicinal chemists, and statisticians. BAGIM also provides opportunities for networking within these disciplines as well as an arena for the dissemination of information of specific interest to the membership.

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

BAGIM Happy Hour & Networking Event

 Join us for a BAGIM happy hour, hosted by our friends at Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD) and 20/15 Visioneers, at Democracy Brewing. Food and beverages will be provided. Connect and network with other computational chemists, modelers and informaticians working in biotech and pharma!

Date:
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 @ 5:30 PM

Location:
Democracy Brewing
35 Temple Pl
Boston, MA 02111

RSVP if you plan on attending so that we can get a headcount ahead of time.

Please register for the event --HERE--

Raminderpal Singh - AI Coding: A Practical Approach for Scientists

 Please join us for a joint BAGIM online event hosted by our friends at 20/15 Visioneers.

Date: September 17, 2026
Time: 10 am PT/1 pm ET/6 pm BT
Speaker: Raminderpal Singh

Title: AI Coding: A Practical Approach for Scientists to Take Control Back and Build Their Own Data Science Applications

Abstract: With the advent of consumer-facing Large Language Model applications (think ChatGPT and Claude), individuals now have cost-effective access to powerful thinking and processing tools. No need to be an expert in software coding or web scraping or IT, these apps have deep “world knowledge” that you can tap through simple conversation.

In this discussion, we walk through how to leverage the Claude.ai web app (specifically, the Opus model) to build data science applications. We cover key principles and steps in building these apps – including how to get the best out of the Opus model and avoid common pitfalls. To ground the discussion, we cover a real example of how the Compound Insights app has been built ([https://www.compoundinsights.dev/ ](https://www.compoundinsights.dev/)) using these principles.

Event Link: The zoom link is listed and viewable. Please note that you will need to additionally register to attend the event on the zoom page.

Bio: Dr Raminderpal Singh is Global Head of AI / GenAI practices at 20/15 Visioneers and n AI solution architect / entrepreneur enabling Scientific R&D organizations to move from AI‑curious to AI‑led — starting with life sciences, where he has spent the last 20 years building depth in the industry's priorities, risks, and resistance to change. I work through practical software, open‑source in‑silico workflows, and the organizational change needed to make it stick.

Please register for the event --HERE--

Zoom link --HERE--

BAGIM Happy Hour & Networking Event

 Join us for a BAGIM happy hour, hosted by our friends at Revvity Signals and 20/15 Visioneers, at Democracy Brewing. Food and beverages will be provided. Connect and network with other computational chemists, modelers and informaticians working in biotech and pharma!

Date:
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 @ 5:30 PM

Location:
Democracy Brewing
35 Temple Pl
Boston, MA 02111

RSVP if you plan on attending so that we can get a headcount ahead of time.

Please register for this event --HERE--

BAGIM Happy Hour & Networking Event

 Join us for a BAGIM happy hour, sponsored by Discngine at Democracy Brewing. Connect and network with other computational chemists, modelers and informaticians working in biotech and pharma!

Food and beverages will be provided!

Date:
Thursday, May 21, 2026 @ 6:00 PM

Location:
Democracy Brewing
35 Temple Pl
Boston, MA 02111

RSVP if you plan on attending so that we can get a headcount ahead of time.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Holiday Happy Hour sponsored by OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences

 Join us for some great networking, hors d'oeuvres, drinks sponsored by OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences.

Date: December 4, 2025
Host: BAGIM & OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences
Location: Brick & Mortar
Time: 5:30 - 7:30pm
Address: 567 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139

You can sign up on our meetup site --HERE--

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Networking Event co-hosted with RDKit UGM/Cheminformatics Meeting

 Please join us for a networking event with our colleagues attending the RDKit North American UGM/Cheminformatics Meeting. The event will be held at Bristol Myers Squibb and is sponsored by BAGIM and ​​The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC).

Date:

April 10, 2025 @ 5:00 PM

Location:

Bristol Myers Squibb
250 Water St.
Cambridge, MA 02141

If you're interested in registering for the North American RDKit UGM (April 10-11, 2025), please sign up --HERE--

The link to register for the networking event only is on our meetup site.

Networking Event co-hosted with RDKit UGM/Cheminformatics Meeting, Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup

BAGIM Happy Hour & Networking Event

 Join us for a BAGIM happy hour, sponsored by Discngine at Democracy Brewing. Connect and network with other computational chemists, modelers and informaticians working in biotech and pharma!

Food and beverages will be provided!

Date:
April 1, 2025 @ 6:00 PM

Location:
Democracy Brewing
35 Temple Pl
Boston, MA 02111

RSVP if you plan on attending so that we can get a headcount ahead of time.  You can sign up on our meetup site 

BAGIM Happy Hour & Networking Event, Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup