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Last updated: Jul 6, 2026
- hackathonscverse / CytoData Society / EU-OPENSCREENJun 17, 2026scverse × Cell Painting Hackathon 2026
A three-day hackathon at the Max Delbrück Center (MDC), Campus Berlin-Buch, Germany on September 2–4, 2026, jointly organized by scverse, CytoData Society, and EU-OPENSCREEN. The event advances image-based morphological profiling and single-cell perturbation analysis across three workstreams: image-based profiling with scverse tooling, single-cell perturbation tools for phenomics, and scalable model training with scverse data standards. Application notifications were issued June 8, 2026.
- hackathonJunction (Hackjunction) — formerly junction.techJun 7, 2026Junction 2026 — Helsinki Main Event
Junction 2026 is scheduled for November 13–15, 2026 in Espoo, Finland, gathering 1,500+ participants from over 100 countries for a 48-hour hackathon. The event includes a Health Technology track among its challenge categories, making it directly relevant to health-tech innovators. Note: the domain junction.tech is currently parked/for-sale; the organising body now operates at hackjunction.com.
- hackathonJunction (Hackjunction)Jun 7, 2026JunctionX Tirana 2026
JunctionX Tirana 2026 is a 48-hour Junction satellite hackathon running June 19–21, 2026 at the Innovation Hub inside the Pyramid of Tirana, Albania. Specific challenge tracks will be revealed on June 16, 2026 — health-tech and AI-for-science tracks are possible given Junction's typical portfolio. The top 3 teams earn Golden Tickets (flights + accommodation) to compete at Junction 2026 Helsinki in November.
- hackathonHackZurichJun 7, 2026HackZurich — Currently on Hiatus
HackZurich, Switzerland's leading hackathon, is currently on hiatus while organisers evaluate future opportunities and directions. No upcoming event dates, tracks, or registration details are available as of June 2026. Interested parties should monitor hackzurich.com for announcements of a potential revival.
- hackathonscverse / CytoData Society / EU-OPENSCREENJun 7, 2026scverse × Cell Painting 2026 Hackathon
A three-day in-person hackathon (September 2–4, 2026) at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin, bridging single-cell genomics and image-based morphological profiling (Cell Painting). Three tracks cover integrating Scanpy/AnnData into Cell Painting workflows, single-cell perturbation tools for phenomics using JUMP-CP, and scalable model training on EU-OPENSCREEN datasets. Applications closed May 24; acceptance notifications are sent June 8, 2026.