Biohackathon
A weekend in Edinburgh for founders, researchers, and operators.
Five streams, one weekend
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Women's health
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Longevity
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Animals & agriculture
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Molecular design
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Astrobiology
Three optional tracks
- Macrostrategy
- The funding, institutions and incentives the whole field grows in.
- Policy and biosecurity
- Deciding what should grow, and what shouldn't.
- Journalism
- Making invisible work visible.
How it runs
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Workshops
Short sessions on tools, data and pitching, run with stream partners. All optional.
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The weekend
Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon in Edinburgh. Teams build, get reviewed and present.
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Follow-on
Strong teams can keep going with mentoring and partner support.
The weekend
Draft timings. They may move once the venue is booked.
Friday
- Registration
- Opening Stream leads and partners pitch their questions
- Teams form Find people for the question you want
- Workshops Tools and datasets for each stream
- Teams confirmed Dinner
Saturday
- Breakfast
- Build Mentors rotate between teams
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Review A biosecurity check on every project
Sunday
- Breakfast
- Freeze Code and write-ups go public, then lunch
- Present Pitches and judging
- Awards Prizes and close
Hear when applications open
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