2026 Oxford Hackathon

The 2026 Chaste Hackathon will be a “bring your own project” event held in Oxford, UK, on 16-17 September.

This is a hands-on, informal event for anyone using, or planning to use, cell-based Chaste in their research, for example to answer questions in developmental biology, cancer biology, or related areas of the life sciences. Bring along your own model, dataset, or research question and work on it over the two days.

Participants will benefit from dedicated time with people who can help develop your project from two angles:

  • Chaste developers, who can help you improve and optimise your code, debug issues, and point you in the right direction for making the most of Chaste’s functionality.
  • Experienced Chaste-affiliated PIs, who can give scientific guidance on whether your implementation is making the best use of Chaste to answer the biological questions at hand.

Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for UK-based early career researchers.

More details coming soon.

Tentative Timetable

This timetable is tentative and subjec to change. Venues are yet to be confirmed.

Tuesday 15 Sep

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19:00Welcome social / dinner for those arriving on Tuesday

Wednesday 16 Sep

StartEndDescription
09:3010:00Arrivals & coffee
10:0010:30Welcome address & introductions
10:3012:30Project work
12:3014:00Lunch
14:0015:30Project work
15:3015:45Coffee break
15:4516:15Scientific case study
16:1517:30Project work
18:30Workshop dinner

Thursday 17 Sep

StartEndDescription
09:0009:30Arrivals & coffee
09:3012:00Project work
12:0012:30Scientific case study
12:3014:00Lunch
14:0015:30Project work
15:3015:45Coffee break
15:4516:15Project work
16:1516:30Closing remarks
16:30Departures

Register your interest

If you’d like to attend, please register your interest via this form: Register your interest.

Supported by

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BBSRC Grant BB/V018647/1