Bio-IT World Hackathon

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The CFDE Training Center (TC) is hosting a hackathon at the seventh annual Bio-IT FAIR Data Hackathon! The hackathon will take place in Boston, MA on May 18-19, 2026, with a focus on using open-source tools and adhering to FAIR data principles. 

The hackathon is free and in-person only.

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Bio-IT World excels in bringing together data scientists, developers, and researchers to tackle real-world challenges using Open Source & FAIR Data principles. This hackathon has become a key feature of the annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo in Boston. Over the years, the FAIR Data Hackathon has brought together hundreds of participants to address data and software challenges fostering dozens of creative projects.

  • 2025 Example Projects
    • GlycoEnzyme Expression Atlas: Linking Differential Expression to Pathway Dysregulation
    • DrugCentral Based Review and Profiles of Targets for Approved Drugs
    • Mapping Disease at the Cellular Level with HuBMAP
    • Unraveling Exercise Resilience: Multi-Omics Meets Machine Learning
    • Interactive Analysis with Biological Pathways
    • FAIR Maturity Matrix Assessment: The DATA Dimension
    • Mapping Immune States in SLE: A FAIR Pipeline for Integrating Spatial, Single-Cell, and Flow Cytometry Data
  • 2023 Example Projects
    • Gene Trends
    • Integrating Pebblescout and Other Similar SRA (Sequence Read Archive) Search Indexes into Computational Workflows
    • Building Knowledge Graphs to Capture Disease Sub-Typing and Subsequent Drug Efficacy Information
  • 2022 Example Projects
    • Iterative Cluster Analysis Using Multi-Omics Modalities Leveraging Open Data Available from the Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Resource and the INCLUDE Data Hub
    • Creating Computable Knowledge from Unstructured Information
    • NCATS Biomedical Data Translator
    • Visualization of NCBI ALFA Variants
  • 2019 Example Projects
    • BioAssay Express: Applying FAIR Principles to Bioassay Protocols
    • The Broad Institute’s Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data Set
    • Bringing the Power of Synthetic Data Generation to the Masses
    • DOE JGI Genomics Data Set
    • Integrating Globus into Galaxy to Enable FAIRifying Data

The seventh annual Bio-IT Hackathon will continue to unite life science and IT professionals to work on impactful bioinformatics projects, and this is your opportunity to pitch your project ideas and be a part of this event.

Interested in attending the whole conference? Register now: https://www.bio-itworldexpo.com/.  You can reach out to us with any questions at cfde-trainingcenter@orau.org.