The ABACBS Post-doc Subcommittee is thrilled to announce a hackathon on November 4th at The University of Sydney. The hackathon is supported by the Theo Murphy Initiative (Australia) administered by the Australian Academy of Science. This exciting event will take place as a satellite meeting the day before the ABACBS 2024 conference, running concurrently with COMBINE and a professional bioinformatics symposium.

The hackathon will feature multiple challenges spanning data visualization, programming, and omics analyses. Thanks to the support from the Theo Murphy Initiative, we will be offering several registration fee waiver scholarships to attend this year's ABACBS conference.

We welcome postdocs of all career stages and of all programming levels (beginner to advanced) to join us for a day of collaboration, networking, and innovation!

Steps and timelines for the event registration and scholarship application: 

  1. Submit an abstract for ABACBS 2024: 1 August - Midnight 19 August [Link]

  2. Submit an application for Hackathon scholarship: 1 August - Midnight 20 September [Link] 

  3. Scholarship winners announced: 30 September

  4. Register for ABACBS 2024: Early bird closing date 8 October [Link]

    • Scholarship awardees will be provided with a promo code to have their registration fee waived

IMPORTANT NOTE 

  1. To be eligible for the scholarship, you will need:

    • To attend the EMCR Hackathon and the 2024 ABACBS Conference

    • To submit poster abstracts to the ABACBS Conference 

    • To present the poster at the EMCR Hackathon, and

    • Be a post-doctoral researcher (of any career stage).

  2. A registration fee of $20 AUD to the EMCR Hackathon applies.

Any questions please refer to the FAQ page.

Schedule

Organising committee (in alphabetical order)

  • Calum Walsh, University of Melbourne (VIC)

  • Emma de Jong, The University of Western Australia (WA)

  • Feargal Ryan, University & South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SA)

  • Gabriel Foley, The University of Queensland (QLD) (co-chair)

  • Hani Jieun Kim, Garvan Institute of Medical Research (NSW) (co-chair, ECR rep)

  • Jacob Westaway, Menzies School of Health Research (NT) (co-chair)

  • Josh Lee, University of Melbourne (VIC)

  • Mark Bennett, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (VIC)

  • Nicholas Blackburn, University of Tasmania (TAS)

  • Yue Cao, The University of Sydney (NSW) (ECR rep)