"Snakemake Hackathon 2026" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/h6zqj_v1

"Nonetheless, the platform’s continued evolution faces several open challenges: improving core performance on heterogeneous high-performance-computing (HPC) resources, extending the plugin architecture for domain-specific extensions, and lowering the entry barrier for novice users while preserving full reproducibility. Here we report on the Snakemake Hackathon 2026, convened in Munich, Germany (9–13 March 2026) with more than 40 participants representing academia, industry, and national-level research infrastructure." https://index.biohackrxiv.org/2026/04/27/h6zqj.html

#SnakemakeHackathon2026 #biohackathon #snakemake

🚀 Call for Projects: BioHackathon Germany 2026! 🧬

Project submission is now OPEN! We’re looking for impactful project ideas from all areas of the #LifeSciences. We want your innovation!

📝 The Details:

Submit by: 15 July 2026

Length: Max 500 words

Focus: Align with de.NBI (ELIXIR Germany) topics.

Format: At least 2 project leads per application.

🔗 For more information see: https://www.denbi.de/de-nbi-events/2051-5th-biohackathon-germany

Let’s solve bioinformatics challenges together! 💻✨

#BioHackathon #Bioinformatics

"Improving package annotation in metabolomics andproteomics via robust, ontology-driven LLM integration" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/x5v6b_v1

"At BioHackathon Europe 2025, our team explored how Large Language Models (LLMs) can assist this process through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging open standard that specifies how LLMs call external functions, using metabolomics as a domain use case. We developed an MCP-based workflow that grounds tool descriptions in the EDAM ontology (Ison et al., 2013) (Black et al., 2022), improving reproducibility and semantic precision." https://osf.io/preprints/biohackrxiv/x5v6b_v1

#biohackathon #BioHack25EU #ontology #edam

"Minimal information standardization of phenomic experimental data in animals" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/ncrkm_v1

"The current landscape of animal phenomics is characterized by a substantial lack of stan-dardization, hindering data reuse, reproducibility, and interoperability across studies, all ofwhich are particularly important in light of the 3Rs principles for animal experiments (replace, reduce, refine) (Hubrecht & Carter, 2019). Within ELIXIR, the Domestic Animals Genome andPhenome Focus Group (since December 2025 an ELIXIR community) emerged to establishstandardized practices that enhance the quality and interoperability of animal research data" http://index.biohackrxiv.org/2026/04/10/ncrkm.html

#phenomics #3r #biohackathon #BioHackEU25

"Evolving FAIR Image Analysis in Galaxy for Cross-domain and AI-ready Applications" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/tsxby_v1

"The project addressed three major challenges:1. Improving semantic annotation for image analysis resources.2. Introducing content-based reproducibility validation mechanisms.3. Streamlining tools and training materials for accessible bioimage analysis.To achieve these goals, the project involved participants with heterogeneous backgroundsfrom different institutions, including ELIXIR, Euro-BioImaging, and the ISCC Foundation,joining both on-site and online." http://index.biohackrxiv.org/2026/03/31/tsxby.html

#biohackathon #BioHack25EU

new blog post: "SWAT4HCLS 2026 Amsterdam this week" https://doi.org/10.59350/mztnx-y1770 https://chem-bla-ics.linkedchemistry.info/2026/03/22/swat4hcls-2026-amsterdam-this-week.html

"Tomorrow, SWAT4HCLS 2026 will start, again in Amsterdam. The first SWAT4LS I attended was also in Amsterdam, and the second meeting in Amsterdam I was also there. And I was in Cambridge (see this post), Antwerp (no post), and at least to one of the two Leiden meetings (also no posts, it seems)."

Replies show up in the blog post.

#biohackathon #swat4hcls

"Tools to develop constraint-based models in R: adapting existing toolboxes" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/ey4c5_v1

"In this project, we proposed the (re)development of an R based framework for developing and simulating constraint-based models. We proposed to expand the Sybil library for model simulation with the functionalities for model reconstruction and analysis available in the widely used RAVEN toolbox in Matlab." https://index.biohackrxiv.org/2026/03/13/ey4c5.html

#biohackathon #biohack25EU

🧬 5th BioHackathon Germany – Save the Date!
📍 Göttingen | 📅 Dec 7–11, 2026

Mark your calendars! We’re bringing together life scientists, bioinformaticians, and data stewards from around the globe for an intense week of collaborative hacking. 💻✨

Key Dates to Watch:
🚀 Mid-April: Project applications open

Don't miss your chance to innovate and build the future of life science data!
🔗 https://www.denbi.de/de-nbi-events/2051-5th-biohackathon-germany

#BioHackathon #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #deNBI #ELIXIR #LifeSciences

"Bidirectional bridge: GitHub ⇄ bio.tools" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/8ktd6_v1

"Here, we describe the tooling for a bidirectional bridge between the software developmentplatform GitHub and the ELIXIR bio.tools registry of life sciences software tools and dataresources. The developed bridge maps and improves metadata records across these twoplatforms, thereby benefiting both and helping make research software more FAIR: findable,accessible, interoperable and reusable" https://osf.io/preprints/biohackrxiv/8ktd6_v1

#BH25EU #BioHack25EU #biohackathon #ELIXIREurope #bioTools