Antibody Engineering Hackathon August 2023 Schedule

Additional details will be added as we get closer to the event.
Note:  All times are in Eastern time.  Please note - the talks on will be recorded and links will be available in Slack.

BEFORE the HACKATHON

Mid June - Acceptance letters & requests for confirmation will be sent - done √

Mid July - Team assignments, Slack information, schedule will be updated – done √

Monday, July 17th Pre-Hackathon Orientation – done √

Monday, Aug 7th     Kickoff Day!

  • 11:00 am Eastern time - Kickoff, introduction, short talks, team meetings
    • Logistics,
      • Goals - what are we trying to accomplish?
  • 11:30  am  Introductions, teams, projects
  • 12:00 pm - Teams meet in breakout rooms
  • 12:45 pm - short break
  • 1:00 pm - Guest Speaker - How can nanobodies protect us against infectious disease? - Fikadu Tafesse, OHSU
  • 2:00 pm  - Work with your team and plan your project
  • 3:30 pm - Software demo - Dr. Jiyao Wang from the NCBI will demonstrate iCn3D 
  • 4:30 - 6 pm  - work on projects (rooms will be available until 8 pm Eastern / 5 pm Pacific)

Tuesday, Aug 8th

  • 9:00 am Eastern time Zoom rooms open
  • 11:45 am - Start joining main room session - time to ask questions
  • 12:00 pm - Guest Speaker - Dr. Lori Kelman: What are standardized reagents? The NIST CHO cell project
  • 1:10 pm  - Teams present their work plan (about 15' each)
  • 2:30 pm  - Writers meeting
  • 3:00 pm  - Software demo - [One of these: NCBI / iCn3D / SabDab / NextStrain / QUBES / IEDB / ImmunoSeq analyzer]
  • 4:00 pm - Team meetings
  • open work time  (rooms will be available until 8 pm Eastern / 5 pm Pacific)

Wednesday, Aug 9th 

  • 9:00 am Eastern time Zoom rooms open
  • 11:45 am - Start joining main room session - time to ask questions
  • 12:00 pm  - Info sessions - people's choice
  • 1:10 pm - Teams present - is there anywhere you need help? Are there blockers or problems? (less than 10' each)
  • 3:00 pm - Software demo - Dr. Kira Neller from iReceptor will talk about iReceptor and the Human Immunome project
  • 4:00 pm - Team meetings
  • open work time  - (rooms will be available until 8 pm Eastern / 5 pm Pacific)

Thursday, Aug 10th 

  • 9:00 am Eastern time   Zoom rooms open
  • 11:00 am (or earlier) - Team meetings
  • 3 pm - 5 pm  - Discussion, presentations, evaluation