BOSC CollaborationFest 2023 Report

[ September 29, 2023 ]

BOSC CoFest 2023 was organized in Lyon, as a satellite event of BOSC. CoFest is a free hackathon-style event, where participants gather in small groups to exchange ideas and work together on bioinformatics projects including but not limited to hacking.

ISCBacademy webinar Oct 3

[ September 18, 2023 ]

Sierra Moxon to speak about “LinkML: an open data modeling framework, grounded with ontologies” [If you missed the webinar, the […]

Michell Salcan: My Wonderful Experience…

[ September 16, 2023 ]

The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source bioinformatics software development […]

BOSC 2023 Report

[ August 14, 2023 ]

The 24th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, BOSC 2023, took place as part of ISMB/ECCB 2023 in Lyon, France, and […]

Embracing Science and Culture: My…

[ August 7, 2023 ]

The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source bioinformatics software development […]

Daniela Senra: My Experience at…

[ August 2, 2023 ]

The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source bioinformatics software development […]

Spotlight on diversity: Jenea Adams

[ July 10, 2023 ]

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility (also known as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, DEI) are a major part of BOSC’s mission and […]

Call for the second round…

[ July 5, 2023 ]

The call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2023, round 2, is now open. The deadline for this round […]

Winfred Gatua: Hybrid Carpentries workshop…

[ March 29, 2023 ]

The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source bioinformatics software development […]

OBF mailing lists migrating to…

[ March 22, 2023 ]

We’re sharing some important news with you regarding our mailing lists. From early on, we’ve maintained a self-hosted Mailman server […]

Ruth Nanjala: My experience attending…

[ March 21, 2023 ]

An OBF Event Fellowship enabled Ruth Nanjala to attend the International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) 2023 conference in Africa.

Hannah Wei webinar video now…

[ March 17, 2023 ]

On March 14, 2023, we held a webinar (hosted by ISCBacademy) about “Re-Thinking the Patient’s Role in a Learning Health […]

BOSC Early Poster Acceptance

[ March 9, 2023 ]

If you submit your abstract to BOSC by March 31, we will let you know by April 6 whether it has been accepted or not for (at least) a poster. (The regular abstract submission deadline is April 20, and authors who submit in that round will be informed of poster/talk acceptance on May 11.)

ISCBacademy webinar on Patient-Led Research

[ March 7, 2023 ]

Hannah Wei, co-founder and technologist at the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, will speak at a webinar on March 14 at 15:00 UTC on “Re-Thinking the Patient’s Role in a Learning Health System.”

Call for applications for the…

[ February 20, 2023 ]

The call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2023, round 1, is now open. The deadline for this round […]

Comment period on potential BOSC…

[ February 10, 2023 ]

We asked the community to nominate potential BOSC keynote speakers, and we were pleased with all the great suggestions! Now […]

Jason Williams delivered one of the keynote talks at BOSC 2022

Nominate a keynote speaker for…

[ February 2, 2023 ]

BOSC usually includes two or three keynotes. We want these invited speakers to be prominent individuals or emerging leaders who […]

The audience at Rob Knight's keynote talk at IHMC 2022, https://ihmc2022.jp/

Microbiome (k)nights

[ December 29, 2022 ]

Luise Rauer, a PhD student at the Technical University of Munich’s Institute of Environmental Medicine, was awarded an OBF Event Fellowship to participate virtually in the 9th International Human Microbiome Consortium (IHMC) conference in November 2022.

Screenshot of OBF Board members, Oct 2022

OBF Public Board Meeting, 2022-10-21

[ September 29, 2022 ]

Date, Time, and How to Join Agenda Board Officer Elections Elections to the Board Bylaw Changes Minutes After the meeting, […]