by Tim Putman | Apr 5, 2016 | Gene Wiki, hackathon, proposal, Wikidata
Proposal summary: To create a model organism database web application, using Wikidata as the backend, that the microbial research community can use to load an organism and view its taxonomic information as well as genome, gene and functional annotations all in one...
by ginger | May 13, 2015 | BD2K, Gene Wiki, hackathon, sulab
Let me clarify one thing from the start: My programming skills are extremely limited. That said, I was still very curious as to what a hackathon would be like and concerned about whether or not I’d be able to find a project to which I might make some sort of...
by Greg Stupp | Apr 8, 2015 | BD2K, big data, BioThings, hackathon
The BD2K Hackathon is right around the corner (May 7-9th 2015, see here for more information). We still have a few travel awards & scholarships available, especially for under-represented minorities in science. The deadline to apply will be this Sunday at...
by Greg Stupp | Mar 3, 2015 | BD2K, big data, BioThings, hackathon, network of biothings
NEW! Travel and diversity scholarships are available. See the details page. We are very excited to announce our first BD2k / 3rd Network of Biothings Hackathon! This purpose of this hackathon is to bring together experts in their respective fields to collectively work...
by bgood | Nov 11, 2014 | hackathon, network of biothings, sulab
This past weekend, Nov. 7-9, the Neuroscience Information Framework, the Su Lab, NDex, The International Society for Biocuration and the San Diego Center for Systems Biology hosted the second Network of Biothings Hackathon. The event took place at Atkinson Hall...
by bgood | Nov 4, 2014 | hackathon, sulab
As an organizer of the upcoming Network of Biothings Hackathon at UC San Diego, I’ve been asked by a number of people what a hackathon is exactly. I’m repurposing one of those responses here (original posted on the San Diego iOS developers meetup...