🇪🇸 ISCIII - CIBERINFEC (Madrid)
This is a subpage of the main event page: Hackathon - March 2026.
See the main event page for event registration and information about the event.
BU-ISCIII / CIBERINFEC-BIPLAT
Majadahonda Campus. St. Pozuelo, 28, 28222 Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. Building 53, Meeting Rooms 1 and 2 (To be confirmed)
Contacts
Main contacts:
- Sarai Varona s.varona@isciii.es
- Daniel Valle da.valle@ciberisciii.es
- Sara Monzón smonzon@isciii.es
Participation
Attendees from outside ISCIII and outside Madrid can attend.
Please make sure to select this local site during registration.
Kindly contact the local organizers, Sarai, Daniel or Sara (listed above), prior to the event, as we have limited space. We hace space for 25 attendees.
Site Specific guidelines
We will have two meeting rooms booked for the entire hackathon (to be confirmed):
- Meeting room 1: 53-00-239 (space for 12 people)
- Meeting room 2: 53-00-240 (space for 13 people)
This means we can host up to 25 participants.
Projects
We will work on open issues around nf-core pipelines, including:
- nf-core/viralrecon: this project is meant to be hybrid (on-line and local) as people from outside Spain will be joining too. You can join the slack channel to be updated in the on-line mode. More information of the project here
- nf-core/bacass: this project is meant to be hybrid, you can join in person and on-line. You can join the slack channel to be updated in the on-line mode. More information of the project here
Prior training
📚 We encourage participants to have completed the following Nextflow training materials:
Schedule
Day 1 – Wednesday, March 11
| Time | Location | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Opening & Pipeline introduction |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Task Planning and Distribution |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Coffee-break |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Lunch break |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Wrap-up |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Games & Networking |
Day 2 – Thursday, March 12
| Time | Location | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Task and Questions Review |
| 9:30 - 11:30 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Coffee-break |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Lunch break |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Wrap-up |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Games & Networking |
Day 3 – Friday, March 13
| Time | Location | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Rooms: 2nd floor 53.02.262.0 (Viralrecon), Ground floor 53-00-234 (Bacass) | Task and Questions Review |
| 9:30 - 11:30 | Rooms: 2nd floor 53.02.262.0 (Viralrecon), Ground floor 53-00-234 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Rooms: 2nd floor 53.02.262.0 (Viralrecon), Ground floor 53-00-234 (Bacass) | Coffee-break |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Rooms: 2nd floor 53.02.262.0 (Viralrecon), Ground floor 53-00-234 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Rooms: 2nd floor 53.02.262.0 (Viralrecon), Ground floor 53-00-234 (Bacass) | Lunch break |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Hands-on: Implementation and Development |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Final Wrap-up |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Rooms: 53-00-239 (Viralrecon), 53-00-240 (Bacass) | Games & Networking |
Lunch
There will be access to microwaves for heating lunch boxes, and some people will likely buy food at the cafeteria as well.
🍕 On Friday we will hace some pizza to wrap-up the hackathon.