Imperial BioHack x Anthropic

120 builders. Imperial College. Supported by Claude. Industry-led tracks and 48 hours of hacking. ⚡

The Imperial BioHack is a premier event, tentatively held at the City and Guilds Building on 28–29 November, brought to you by the Imperial College Computational Biology Society in collaboration with the Entrepreneurship Society. 🧪

Come hack with us and leave with a working MVP, benchmark, pipeline, or even a preprint in under 48 hours.

Whether you're a software engineer, biologist, statistician, or just curious about hackathons or science, this event is an interdisciplinary platform for people from all backgrounds to build solutions to real challenges set by biotech companies.

PrizesEvery participant is guaranteed $100 in Claude API credits, and the winning teams will also take home Claude credits as prizes. Full prize details will be announced closer to the date.

TracksEach track will be hosted by a biotech company and built around a real problem they're working on. Track hosts and challenges will be confirmed and announced closer to the event.

Venue, schedule and other info

Venue: City and Guilds Building, Imperial College (tentative, subject to change). Overnight hacking in the building is not expected to be permitted.

Dates: 28–29 November (subject to change).

Schedule: 28 Nov is for team formation, hacking, workshops, talks and panels. On 29 Nov, teams submit their solutions early in the day, selected teams present, and judging takes place. Exact schedule TBD.

Open day: Doors will be open to everyone on 29 November, so come along to see the projects and final presentations, even if you're not hacking!

Sponsors: We're currently sponsored by Claude, with more sponsors and track hosts to be revealed soon!