Toronto Bioinformatics Hackathon

The Toronto Bioinformatics Hackathon (TBH) is student-led computational biology hackathon, bringing together early career bioinformaticians, molecular biologists, statisticians, and computer scientists from Toronto’s Discovery District to complete interdisciplinary projects that emphasize computational and entrepreneurial thinking. In partnership with the Terrence Donnelly Centre and the Temerty Faculty of Medicine ‘s Computational Biology in Molecular Genetics program, our participants will collaborate to propose innovative solutions to key challenges in computational biology with commercialization potential. Our hackathon arose from hackseq, a Vancouver-based bioinformatics hackathon that successfully recruited hundreds of participants throughout its 6-year run, additionally resulting in seven publications and a startup company!