
About the OBF
The Open Bioinformatics Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-run group that promotes open source software development and Open Science within the biological research community.
It runs the annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC).
A public meeting of the OBF Board of Directors was held on July 25, 2019 in Basel, Switzerland as a Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) meeting at BOSC 2019, which was part of the 2019 ISMB/ECCB conference.

Latest News
- MetaDocencia: Teaching to Teach (Bioinformatics and more) Online in Spanish
- Google Summer of Code 2020 Wrap Up
- H3ABionet’s Introduction to Bioinformatics Training (IBT) 2020: a report of the first iteration hosted in Cameroon
- Biopython 1.78 released
- Planning an online vs. an in-person conference: which is harder?

Travel Awards
The OBF Travel Fellowship program aims to increase diverse participation at events promoting open source bioinformatics software development and open science in the biological research community.
- What are the selection criteria?
- What does the fellowship cover?
- What do you require of applicants?
- Who will review the applicants?
Upcoming events
Board of directors
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President
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Secretary
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Treasurer
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