BioBridge – Bio Innovation Hackathon 2026

BioBridge – Bio Innovation Hackathon

Organized by

K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology (KSRCT) Marabanu StartupTN

About BioBridge

BioBridge is a bio-innovation hackathon designed to bring together students and innovators to address real-world challenges across biotechnology and allied domains.

Participants will work in teams to understand biological challenges, develop innovative and practical solutions, and demonstrate their potential for real-world impact.

The hackathon brings together biology, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship across healthcare, drug discovery, bioinformatics, agriculture, food technology, environmental biotechnology and emerging bio-innovation areas.

Hackathon Themes & Problem Statements

BioBridge features 36 problem statements organised across seven thematic tracks. Each problem statement has a unique code that should be used when submitting the Round 1 proposal.

Theme 1: Precision Biotherapeutics & Drug Discovery

Code Problem Statement

BB-PB-01 Repurposing shortlist for drug-resistant TB

BB-PB-02 Protein structure and binding-site explorer

BB-PB-03 Last-mile cold chain integrity for biologics

BB-PB-04 AMR surveillance from hospital antibiogram data

BB-PB-05 Antimicrobial peptides from regional biodiversity

Theme 2: Diagnostics & Medical Devices

Code Problem Statement

BB-DM-01 Non-invasive anaemia screening

BB-DM-02 Field test for water-borne pathogens

BB-DM-03 Smartphone microscopy for slide screening

BB-DM-04 Oral and cervical cancer triage at PHCs

BB-DM-05 Monitoring for high-risk pregnancy at home

Theme 3: Bioinformatics, Genomics & Bio-AI

Code Problem Statement

BB-BG-01 Variant file to a counsellor-ready report

BB-BG-02 Carrier screening guidance in regional languages

BB-BG-03 Biodiversity assessment from environmental DNA

BB-BG-04 Pharmacogenomic dosing for Indian populations

BB-BG-05 Catching hallucination in biomedical AI summaries

Theme 4: Climate-Resilient Agriculture & Agri-Biotech

Code Problem Statement

BB-CA-01 Quality check for biologicals at point of sale

BB-CA-02 Offline crop disease detection

BB-CA-03 Microbial consortium from soil health data

BB-CA-04 Verifiable traceability for organic produce

BB-CA-05 Contamination early warning in tissue culture

Theme 5: Functional Foods, Nutrition & Smart Proteins

Code Problem Statement

BB-FN-01 Alternative protein from a local substrate

BB-FN-02 Bio-based edible coatings for perishables

BB-FN-03 Rapid adulteration detection…

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