Two new members elected to OBF Board

[ October 6, 2021 ]

During the OBF’s public Board meeting on September 21, 2021, two new Board members were elected: Hilyatuz Zahroh and Caleb Kibet. Additionally, two proposals were presented; they will be voted on by the OBF membership soon.

Event Fellowship deadline extended to…

[ September 30, 2021 ]

The deadline for applying for an OBF Event Fellowship has just been extended to October 4, 2021! The OBF Event Fellowship […]

OBF Public Board Meeting, 2021-09-21

[ September 11, 2021 ]

Date, Time, and How to Join Date and time: 2021-09-21, 17:00 UTC (10am PT / 1pm ET / 18:00 UK) […]

ISCBacademy webinar: Open Sourcing Ourselves…

[ September 10, 2021 ]

The first BOSC/OBF ISCBacademy webinar will take place on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 15:00 UTC / 11am EDT, and will feature Mad Price Ball of the Open Humans Foundation speaking about “Open Sourcing Ourselves – Together.”

Ariel Mundo Ortiz: My participation…

[ September 8, 2021 ]

The BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund was awarded to Ariel Mundo Ortiz, a researcher from the University of Arkansas, to […]

David Twesigomwe: My BOSC 2021…

[ September 7, 2021 ]

The BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund was awarded to David Twesigomwe, a PhD student based at the Sydney Brenner Institute […]

Gemma Turon: Highlights of my…

[ August 31, 2021 ]

The BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund enabled awardees to register for free for BOSC 2021, an annual conference hosted by […]

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Call for application for the…

[ August 18, 2021 ]

The call for application for the second round of this year’s Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship is open. Please submit your application before October 1, 2021 (save a calendar reminder).

Please apply via this Google application form: https://forms.gle/7ocmgvypiFHeFNfy7.

Join us for BOSC 2021!

[ July 28, 2021 ]

BOSC 2021, which is a track (COSI) of ISMB/ECCB 2021, will take place online the 29th and 30th of July. […]

Working on a CWL-Toil project…

[ June 23, 2021 ]

This is a guest post from Mihai Popescu, a GSoC student with CWL, which participates under the OBF umbrella. Cross-posted […]

Working on a data science…

[ June 17, 2021 ]

This post is guest-posted by Federica Trevisan, an OBF GSoC student with the Wellcome Trust. Cross-posted with Federica’s blog: https://federikovi.medium.com/my-google-summer-of-code-2021-c795dd0cc794 […]

sixteen grinnign faces of GSoC mentors and students for the OBF.

Eight incredible GSoC students for…

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Every year the OBF applies to participate as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code, a paid work experience […]

Birds of a Feather at…

[ June 15, 2021 ]

Birds of a Feather (BoFs) are informal, self-organized meetups focused on specific topics. They are a great way to meet […]

BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund

[ June 11, 2021 ]

Thanks to funding from our sponsors, we are opening a special call for applications to the BOSC-OBF Event Support Fund. […]

Summary of my participation at…

[ June 7, 2021 ]

The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program supports and encourages diverse participation at events focusing on open source bioinformatics […]

Biopython 1.79 released!

[ June 3, 2021 ]

Biopython 1.79 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI. This is the final release supporting Python […]

BOSC late poster abstract deadline…

[ May 28, 2021 ]

There’s still a chance to submit your abstract in the Late Poster round, which closes June 3 at 11:59pm ET! […]

Request for comments on the…

[ May 12, 2021 ]

The OBF is committed to providing a harassment-free and respectful environment for all members of our community. To ensure that […]

OBF Community Support Sponsorship

[ May 11, 2021 ]

The following outlines a potential new grant programme, subject to approval by the OBF membership in a formal vote, which […]