Join a Metagenome Assembled Genomes hackathon

The Optimising Metagenome Assembled Genomes building workflows hackathon is taking place in October and we want to know if you’d like to join!

Multiple ELIXIR nodes and the international Galaxy community are coming together in Europe to participate, and BioCommons is planning to offer a complementary event in Australia.

What is this?

Hackathons involve collaborative group work with people outside your normal network, solving problems around a shared topic of interest within a limited period of time. The aims of the event are:

  • Enhancing FAIR MAGs building Workflows

  • Developing user-friendly training materials

  • Advancing workflow evaluation methods (using CAMI infrastructure & real data)

  • Building intelligent computational resource estimation tools

The event takes place 6-9 Oct 2025. It will run in person in Freiburg, Germany and online.  If there is enough interest, BioCommons will organise an in-person event in Australia to overlap with the European event.

What’s in it for me?

  • Collaborative group work: You'll work with people outside your usual network.

  • Expert connections: You'll connect with a national and international group of experts and enthusiasts.

  • Workflow enhancement: You'll contribute to enhancing MAG workflows.

  • Training material development: You'll participate in developing related training materials.

  • Skill development: While specific skills are not required, you can enhance your knowledge of microbiome data analysis or MAGs.

  • International participation: Opportunity to participate in an international hackathon with colleagues in Europe.

Who can join in?

It is open to anyone who wants to build MAGs or anyone with a general interest in MAGs, microbiome analysis and the associated training to run MAG workflows. To join in the hackathon, some knowledge of microbiome data analysis or MAGs is preferred. There is no cost to join.

How would this work?

Australian BioCommons regularly run satellite events that facilitate participation in global hackathons. If there is interest, we would ideally work together in person in Australia. Given European business hours coincide with Australian evenings, we would connect with the European hackathon team during some overlapping hours in the afternoon and work asynchronously for the other hours.

Are you interested in joining in?

If you think that you might be interested to join in this hackathon event, please get in touch with Tiff Nelson by 13th June 2025.


Christina Hall2025