Category Archives: hackathon
Structural Variant Hackathon
NCBI is pleased to announce a Structural Variant Hackathon at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, immediately before ASHG on October 11-13, 2019. We’re specifically looking for folks who have experience in working with structural variants, complex disease, precision medicine, … Continue reading
Virus hunting in the cloud: A hackathon story at ASV 2019
Are you going to ASV 2019? If you are, join us in a few days for a workshop on the virus hunting hackathon we helped run earlier this year. Session: Workshop #19: Virus Discovery Program Number: W-19-8 Time: Sunday, July … Continue reading
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Microbial Virulence in the Cloud hackathon August 13 – 15 2019
From August 13 – 15 2019, the NCBI will run a bioinformatics hackathon on the NIH campus! We’re specifically looking for folks who have experience in working with computational microbial genomics, evolutionary biology, antimicrobial resistance, and similar genomic analysis. If … Continue reading
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Presentation on NCBI’s genome browser at Rocky Mountain Genomics Hackcon
On June 18, 2019, NCBI’s Sanjida Rangwala will demonstrate the rich data visualization capabilities of NCBI’s genome browser at a conference that is part of the Rocky Mountain Genomics Hackcon. As mentioned in a previous post, NCBI staff will also participate in an NCBI-style Hackathon as part of the larger event. The genome browser presentation and … … Continue reading
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Computational Medicine in the Cloud Hackathon: June 10-11, 2019
We are pleased to announce the first ever Computational Medicine in the Cloud Hackathon! NCBI will help run a bioinformatics hackathon in Baltimore, Maryland hosted by the Johns Hopkins University. We’re specifically looking for folks who have experience in working … Continue reading
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Women-led Biodata Science Hackathon May 8-10, 2019
NCBI is excited to host our first Women-led Hackathon, a collaborative biodata science event organized by women on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland! NIH has a strong interest in enhancing the diversity of the scientific workforce, and women in particular are underrepresented in … Continue reading
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Follow “Pangenomics in the Cloud” hackathon projects on GitHub
NCBI is on the West Coast this week (March 25 – 27) for “Pangenomics in the Cloud,” a three-day hackathon hosted by the University of California, Santa Cruz. Graphs are the name of the game here! The teams will be building graphs, managing … Continue reading
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Follow the RNA-Seq in the Cloud hackathon on GitHub
The NCBI is in Chapel Hill, NC from March 11-13 for the “RNA-Seq in the Cloud” hackathon! We’re working hard to address public metadata in the RNA-Seq space. Please follow along on GitHub, fork and make pull requests during and … Continue reading
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