NCBI Hackathon Still Accepting Applications

NCBI Hackathon June 19-21, 2017 New York Genome Center New York City, NY The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) will assist in a bioinformatics hackathon at the New York Genome Center (NYGC). This hackathon will focus on advanced bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing (NGS) data, proteomics and metadata. They are looking for librarians who code to participate on a team to develop a curriculum for teaching advanced concepts and skills in data discovery and retrieval. Deadline to apply is Monday, May 22nd.  For more information and to apply, visit: https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2017/05/08/nygc-hackathon/ .  If you have questions, contact Ben Busby at ben.busby@nih.gov. /cm
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