About the OBF
The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) is a non-profit, volunteer-run group that promotes open source software development and Open Science within the biological research community. Membership in the OBF is open to anyone who wants to help promote open source or open science in a biological field.
OBF runs the annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC). BOSC 2022 was held July 13-14, 2022, as part of ISMB 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA (with an online participation option). BOSC 2023 will take place July 24-25, 2023, as part of ISMB/ECCB 2023 in Lyon, France.
Latest News
- Winfred Gatua: Hybrid Carpentries workshop supported by OBF Event Fellowship
- OBF mailing lists migrating to paid hosting, likely Mailchimp
- Ruth Nanjala: My experience attending and participating at the ICHG 2023 conference hosted in the Mother City
- Hannah Wei webinar video now available
- BOSC Early Poster Acceptance
OBF Event Awards
The OBF Event 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?
Events
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2023-07-24 to 2023-07-28Lyon, France -
2022-07-13 to 2022-07-14Madison, WI, USA
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2021-07-31 to 2021-08-01online
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