Stanford Bioinformatics Center Multi-Omic Hackathon: Leveraging MoTrPAC Datasets for Accelerated Development and Discovery

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Hi everyone,

🎉 Stanford Bioinformatics Center Multi-Omic Hackathon: Leveraging MoTrPAC Datasets for Accelerated Development and Discovery

The Stanford Bioinformatics Center is excited to announce the launch of the Multi-Omics hackathon happening this September 25-27th, 2026. This is an opportunity to tackle complex biological questions at scale, explore high-dimensional multi-omics datasets from public initiatives like the MoTrPAC Data Hub, and collaborate directly with expert computational biologists—regardless of whether you are new to command-line tools or optimizing advanced pipelines. We hope you'll join us in person for this exciting event!

WHO:
Open to individuals at all levels of expertise in bioinformatics, coding, and biology.

WHAT:
A 72-hour in-person collaborative event to rapidly develop targeted analysis tools using the MoTrPAC datasets available at https://motrpac-data.org/. Food and drinks are provided. For specific event information and project tracks, please visit https://stanford.bioinformatics-center.org/

WHEN & WHERE:
Friday, September 25th : Welcome and configuration
⏱ 3:00 - 5:00PM PT
📍 Center for Academic Medicine
    453 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Saturday, September 26th: Hackathon Day 1
⏱ 08:00AM - 6:00PM PT
📍 Li Ka Shing Learning & Knowledge Center
      291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

Sunday, September 27th: Hackathon Day 2
⏱ 08:30AM - 5:00PM PT
📍 Li Ka Shing Learning & Knowledge Center
      291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

HOW:
Register for the hackathon at https://stanford.bioinformatics-center.org/ by Tuesday, September 15th to be considered.
Individuals and teams are encouraged to register!

Register by Tuesday, September 15th, 2026

Free to register and participate.

Email us your questions at bic-hackathon@lists.stanford.edu

For more information or to register, please click HERE

We are excited to collaborate with you!