Design antiviral candidates for Bundibugyo ebolavirus, with top candidates synthesized & tested in the lab. Instead of stopping at computational designs, your submissions will be synthesized through onepot's platform & evaluated in an entry inhibition assay. All data will be made public, & submissions will be judged by a panel of experts.

Participants will have access to muni's platform, including a variety of tools from Rowan & Boltz.

Who this is for

Computational chemists, structural biologists, ML researchers, & anyone interested in turning in silico work into compounds that can be experimentally tested.

What you'll do

Design & rank compounds from the onepot CORE compound library targeting BDBV GP-mediated entry

Apply structural biology, ML, docking, MD, or other computational approaches

Submit a ranked list of compounds with rationales for synthesis & testing

Present your work to judges at the end of the day by walking through your approach & showing your work

Why this matters

Bundibugyo ebolavirus has caused a recent outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread into Uganda. Unlike the Zaire species, there are no approved vaccines or treatments specific to Bundibugyo. This hackathon is an opportunity to generate early experimental data on potential small molecule inhibitors where few currently exist.

Agenda

1:00 pm - Doors open

1:30 pm - Announcements

1:45 pm - Team formation & hacking begins

6:00 pm -

8:30 pm - Demos + socialize

Co-hosted by onepot & muni

Sponsored by Rowan, Boltz, & OpenRouter