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NCBI to help with Rocky Mountain Genomics HackCon, June 17 – 21, 2019

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The NCBI will participate in a one-day conference on June 18, 2019 and a hackathon, June 19-21, 2019 as a part of Rocky Mountain Genomics Hackcon 2019 at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder Colorado.

The conference will feature technical speakers in precision medicine, metagenomics, and advanced RNA-Seq analysis, as well as an exhibitor and poster session. The hackathon will focus on creating visualization tools for exploratory data analysis.

Many people who attend these events have experience working with large datasets or the development of informatics tools, code, or pipelines; however, researchers who are in earlier stages of their data science journey, including students and postdocs are also encouraged to apply. Some projects are available to other non-scientific developers, mathematicians, or librarians. The event is open to anyone selected for the hackathon and willing to travel to Boulder, Colorado.  

Please visit the Rocky Mountain Genomics Hackcon 2019 site for more details and information on how to attend.

Applications for July 2018 post-ISMB Chicago Bioinformatics Hackathon at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine are open

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From July 11-13, 2018, NCBI will help with a data science hackathon at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine campus in downtown Chicago. This hackathon focuses on genomics and general data science analyses including text, image, and sequence processing. The event is for researchers, including students and postdocs, who already use large datasets or develop pipelines for analyses from high-throughput experiments. Some projects are available to other non-scientific developers, mathematicians or librarians. The hackathon is open to anyone selected for the hackathon and willing to travel to Chicago.

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NCBI to help with Rocky Mountain Genomics HackCon at University of Colorado BioFrontiers Institute June 18 – 23, 2018

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The NCBI will assist with a plenary session and a hackathon at the BioFrontiers Institute in Boulder Colorado June 18-23rd.

The hackathon will focus on tools for advanced analysis of biomedical datasets including text, images, next generation sequencing data, proteomics, and metadata. Many individuals who attend these events have already engaged in the use of large datasets or in the development of informatics tools, code, or pipelines; however, researchers who are in the earlier stages of their data science journey, including students and postdocs are also encouraged to apply. Some projects are available to other non-scientific developers, mathematicians, or librarians.

The event is open to anyone selected for the hackathon and willing to travel to Boulder, Colorado.

Before the hackathon, there will be a one-day Plenary Session, featuring technical speakers in precision medicine, metagenomics and advanced RNA-Seq analysis, as well as an exhibitor and poster session.  Please see https://hackathon.colorado.edu for more details.

There will also be an advanced nascent RNA-Seq workshop, as well as an advanced pipelining workshop, run solely by the University of Colorado, although NCBI personnel may be present.  Please see https://hackathon.colorado.edu for more details.

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NCBI to assist in Southern California genomics hackathon in January

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From January 10-12, 2018, the NCBI will help with a bioinformatics hackathon in Southern California hosted by San Diego State University. The hackathon will focus on advanced bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing data, proteomics, and metadata. This event is for researchers, including students and postdocs, who have already engaged in the use of bioinformatics data or in the development of pipelines for bioinformatics analyses from high-throughput experiments. Some projects are available to other non-scientific developers, mathematicians, or librarians.

The event is open to anyone selected for the hackathon and willing to travel to SDSU (see below).  Applications are due Monday, December 11th, 2017 by 3 pm PT (6PM EST).

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NCBI’s First Hackathon: Advanced Bioinformatic Analysis of Next-Gen Sequencing Data

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This blog post is geared toward genomics professionals.

From January 5th-7th, 2015, NCBI, in conjunction with the NIH Office of Data Science, held a genomics hackathon, where genomics professionals gathered to write useful, efficient pipelines for people new to genomics.

After we announced the hackathon, over 130 qualified applicants expressed interest in attending. Four team leads chose 23 attendees from this pool, then assigned initial predefined roles and provided biological guidance for a product in one of four subject areas: DNA-Seq, RNA-Seq, Epigenomics and Metagenomics. Continue reading →