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Hackathon to End NF
The Children’s Tumor Foundation will host “Hack for NF,” the world’s largest virtual hackathon to end NF from October 2 to November 13, 2020. This event will mobilize the scientific community across the globe to accelerate research progress for NF and launch the first NF Incubator.
Healthcare startups, developers, solutions architects, hackathon enthusiasts, but also NF patients and NF researchers are being called upon to drive innovation and improve the lives of patients living with neurofibromatosis and other rare diseases. This is an incredible opportunity for the brightest minds in tech and research to work together. We are looking for solutions that will help to analyze data, identify new drugs and targets for NF, engage patients via mobile devices, and create data visualization apps and analytical tools for the NF Data Portal. We are aiming to reach out across the globe and gather the most diverse talent to work on NF data and find solutions to help researchers and clinicians improve our patient’s quality of life. — Salvatore La Rosa, Chief Scientific Officer, Children’s Tumor Foundation ”
This is the second hackathon that the Children’s Tumor Foundation has hosted. In September of 2019, data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, and engineers gathered at the Google Launchpad in San Francisco, California to ‘hack’ genomic, research, and imaging/clinical data from the NF Data Portal, in order to bring their unique insights and experiences to help accelerate NF medical research.
For more information and to learn how you can participate in this year’s Hack for NF event, go to: www.nfhack.bemyapp.com
