2nd SpatialData Hackathon: Padua, Italy, 2026, Padua, Italy
SpatialData2
2026-04-14
- 2026-04-16
https://github.com/scverse/2026_04_hackathon_padua
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biohackathon_name: "2nd SpatialData Hackathon: Padua, Italy, 2026"
biohackathon_url: "https://github.com/scverse/2026_04_hackathon_padua"
biohackathon_location: "Padua, Italy"
Preprints
Jun 7, 2026
https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/s6bph_v1
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This preprint outlines the results of the “2nd SpatialData Hackathon” organised by the scverse and Bioconductor teams. The event gathered experts to advance spatial omics through four hackathon tracks: (i) R interoperability, (ii) accessibility and performance of visualization tools, (iii) design modernization for the SpatialData framework, and (iv) file formats and transformations (NGFF).Key achievements include extending the SpatialData, Zarr and bioimaging frameworks to R/Bioconductor ecosystem, improving visualization with 2.5D/3D rendering and a chunked multiscale point representation, introducing cloud-based IO and prototypes for lazy file linking and bidirectional element-table relationships, and developing a language-agnostic conformance test suite for OME-NGFF coordinate transformations. The hackathon fostered collaboration, creating infrastructure prototypes and identifying interoperability challenges. Documented on GitHub, these efforts brought together 24 participants from the US and Europe, promoting a FAIR ecosystem of spatial omics and imaging tools.
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