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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 […]

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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 […]

Introducing the BOSC 2021 Organizing…

[ May 9, 2021 ]

BOSC is organized entirely by volunteers. We are lucky to have these amazing people on the Organizing Committee this year! […]

BOSC Abstract Parties!

[ April 9, 2021 ]

Are you thinking of writing an abstract for BOSC? We’re here to help! The BOSC Organizing Committee is holding two […]

Join us at BOSC 2021!

[ March 24, 2021 ]

BOSC 2021 will take place July 29-30, as part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 Online. Key Dates May 6, 2021 (11:59pm EDT): […]

Call for applications for OBF…

[ February 19, 2021 ]

The call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2021, round 1 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2021. Applications should be submitted via this Google Form.

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Seeking community volunteers: nomination open…

[ February 15, 2021 ]

TL;DR: Nominate candidates or yourself for the OBF board via this form or work with OBF in other volunteer capacities. […]

Google Summer of Code 2021…

[ February 13, 2021 ]

It’s Google Summer of Code (GSoC) application time again – I’ll be leading the OBF GSoC application and org admin […]