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Call for Comments on BOSC 2026 Keynote Speaker Candidates
Call for Nominations: BOSC 2026 Keynote Speakers
Elixir BioHackathon Experience
BioHackathon Europe 2025: A Week full of Brainstorming, Coding & Collaboration
2025 ESIIL Innovation Summit: Collaborative and Open Environmental Data Science in Boulder
Call for the third 2025 round of the OBF Event Fellowship & overview of the second round of 2025
GigaScience: 15 years of great open science publishing & the end of an era?
BOSC 2025: Report and Videos
ISMB/ECCB 2025: Liverpool, LLMs and Lessons in Open Science
ISMB 2025: A Week of Learning, Teaching, and Connecting in Liverpool
Call for the second 2025 round of the OBF Event Fellowship & overview of the first round of 2025
The 2025 International Statistical Genetics Workshop - a goldmine of open-source genetic analysis tools and tutorials
Archiving the OBF blog via Rogue Scholar
Financial support options for attending BOSC 2025
BOSC and BOKR to join forces at ISMB/ECCB 2025
Join us at ISMB CollaborationFest 2025!
Welcome to the new OBF website!
Call for the first 2025 round of the OBF Event Fellowship & overview of the last round of 2024
BOSC 2025 potential keynote speakers–community comment period open
Call for the third 2024 round of the OBF Event Fellowship & overview of the second round.
Call for the second round of OBF Event Fellowship 2024 & overview of the last round of 2023.
Call for the first round of OBF Event Fellowship 2024 & overview of the last round of 2023
Community comment period open for potential BOSC 2024 keynotes
Nominate a keynote speaker for BOSC!
OBF Public Board Meeting: 2023-12-19, 11am EST
OBF and BOSC leaving Twitter/X
BOSC CollaborationFest 2023 Report
ISCBacademy webinar Oct 3
BOSC 2023 Report
<strong>Spotlight on diversity: Jenea Adams</strong>
Call for the second round of OBF Event Fellowship 2023 and the first 2023 round overview.
<strong>Winfred Gatua: Hybrid Carpentries workshop supported by OBF Event Fellowship</strong>
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
Call for applications for the first round of OBF Event Fellowship 2023 & overview of the second 2022 round
Call for the second round of OBF Event Fellowship 2022 & overview from the first round
Reflections from my 3 years on the OBF Board - Malvika Sharan
My trip to the EMBO neural stem cells workshop
Furkan M. Torun: Highlights of my participation at PyCon IT 2022
Post-BOSC CoFest will be online
CollaborationFest 2022
BOSC and Bio-Ontologies: Even better together!
Watch the recording of the ISCBacademy webinar on growing open source communities
Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 1 of 2022
Round-Ups from 2021 OBF Fellowship Awardees
Updates from the OBF Event Fellowship Chairs
New Code of Conduct, Community Support Sponsorship approved by OBF membership vote
ISCBacademy webinar Feb 22: Yo Yehudi
OBF Membership Referendum
My virtual participation at the RISC-V 2021 summit
Event Fellowship deadline extended to October 4, 2021
OBF Public Board Meeting, 2021-09-21
ISCBacademy webinar: Open Sourcing Ourselves - Together (Mad Price Ball)
Ariel Mundo Ortiz: My participation at BOSC 2021 sponsored by the BOSC-OBF Event Support
David Twesigomwe: My BOSC 2021 Experience
Gemma Turon: Highlights of my participation at the BOSC-2021 conference thanks to an OBF Event Fellowship
Join us for BOSC 2021!
BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund
BOSC late poster abstract deadline is June 3!
Request for comments on the OBF Code of Conduct draft
OBF Community Support Sponsorship
Introducing the BOSC 2021 Organizing Committee!
BOSC Abstract Parties!
Join us at BOSC 2021!
Seeking community volunteers: nomination open for OBF board election 2021
Domain names available for adoption
MetaDocencia: Teaching to Teach (Bioinformatics and more) Online in Spanish
Google Summer of Code 2020 Wrap Up
Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 2 of 2020
Lessons learned from organizing a virtual conference (BCC2020)
BCC2020 pre-conference open house
Help us make BCC2020 a rewarding online experience!
Announcing OBF (travel) fellowship awardees for 2020 round 1
BCC2020 (inc. BOSC 2020) abstracts due this week
Galaxy Admin 2020 and beyond (guest post by OBF Travel Award recipient Michael Thompson)
In Memoriam: Galaxy's co-founder, James Taylor
BOSC 2020 will be online
OBF Travel Fellowship 2020: Round 1 and BCC 2020
Global Community Biosummit 2019 @MIT
Call for OBF Travel Fellowship is Open until 1 December 2019
Supercharge your open project with leadership training
OBF Travel Fellowship: August 2019 awards
5 tips to promote 'water cooler effects' at informal discussion sessions
Dos and Don’ts for computational training
Next OBF Travel Fellowship Application Deadline: August 15, 2019
Meeting report: BOSC 2019, the 20th Annual BOSC
Biopython 1.74 released
Travel Award Recipients For April 2019
Goodbye mediawiki, hello new website!
2nd US Semantic Technology Symposium 2019
A week of open source adventures in San Diego
Google Summer of Code 2018 wrap-up
Travel award recipients for December 2018
Meet our new Travel Fellowship Review Chair: Farah Zaib Khan
Biopython 1.73 released
Updates are coming!
New OBF logo
OBF membership form fixed
The color of bioinformatics: what is it and how can it be modified?
City of roses they call it - Portland Oregon (USA)
Taking Turns
GCCBOSC 2018 post-meeting report
Following up from BOSC's OBF Birds of a Feather meeting
OBF Birds of a Feather at GCCBOSC 2018
Travel award recipients for April 2018
Saving science from itself: A review of the 2018 eLife Innovation Sprint
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2018 students
BioJava 5.0.0 is out
Biopython 1.71 released
Welcome to our new board members!
OBF Public Board Meeting to take place March 16, 2018 at 15:00 UTC
OBF accepted as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code 2018
GCCBOSC 2018: A Bioinformatics Community Conference - Call for Abstracts
OBF Travel Fellowship - Coding in the Winter Wonderland: Galaxy Admin Training in Oslo, 2018
Mailing list consolidation
Next OBF Travel Fellowship application deadline is Dec 15!
BOSC 2017 in Prague, the land of stories (and beer)
OBF visioning 2017
Mailing list outage, and public board meeting update
Biopython on Podcast.__init__
OBF Travel Fellowship - BOSC session of the ECCB/ISMB 2017
OBF Travel Fellowship - IGC Bioinformatics Training
Travel fellowships: deadline August 15
Biopython 1.70 released
Travel award recipients for April 2017
BOSC 2017 keynote speakers
OBF Travel Fellowship - CWL week in London
OBF Public Board of Directors Meeting
BOSC 2016 in Disney World with Donald Docker!
New BioJava Logo Design Competition
BOSC 2016 Panel: Growing and Sustaining Open Source Communities
First three OBF travel fellowships awarded
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2016 students
Phyloinformatics Summer of Code supports OBF Travel Fellowship Program
BOSC CodeFest 2016
BOSC 2016 Keynote Speakers
OBF Travel Fellowship Program
BOSC 2016 Call for Abstracts
Apply for OBF Membership online
Biopython 1.66 released
BOSC 2015 Panel - increasing diversity
Public OBF Board of Directors Meeting
Open Source, Open Door: increasing diversity in the bioinformatics open source community
BOSC 2015 Keynote Speakers
BOSC 2015 call for Abstracts
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
OBF Google Summer of Code 2014 Wrap-up
BOSC welcomes Sarah Hird as Outreach Coordinator
BOSC 2015 will be in Dublin with ISMB/ECCB 2015
Biopython 1.64 released
OBF Google Summer of Code students 2014
Catering at BOSC CodeFest 2014
Free registration to student presenters at BOSC 2014
BOSC 2014 call for abstracts
OBF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2014
OBF applies for Google Summer of Code 2014
Call for Ideas for OBF’s 2014 Google Summer of Code
Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
BOSC 2014 Keynote Speakers
BioPerl release 1.6.923
BOSC 2014 Keynote Competition
Biopython 1.63 released
Biopython 1.63 beta released
Biopython 1.62 released
BOSC 2013
Biopython 1.61 released
OBF Board meeting 13 Nov
OBF is now an SPI-associated project
Travis-CI for Testing
Students selected for GSoC
OBF accepted for GSoC 2012
Call for abstracts for BOSC 2012
Cross-links in GenomeDiagram
Biopython 1.59 released
OBF Annual Meeting 2011
Biopython 1.58 released
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
Introduction of OpenID logins for OBF wikis
OBF Redmine server now available
Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2011) Call for Abstracts
BOSC 2010 Proceedings published today in BMC Bioinformatics
Biopython dropping Python 2.4 Support?
BioRuby paper published
Biopython 1.54 released
BioPerl has moved to GitHub
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
Illumina FASTQ files - Read Segment Quality Control Indicator
Reminder: BOSC Abstract Deadline April 15
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
BOSC 2010 Call for Abstracts
BioPerl at GMOD Meeting 2010
BOSC 2010 Request for Input
Sanger FASTQ format and the Solexa/Illumina variants
Interleaving paired FASTQ files with Biopython
BioPerl interview in latest FLOSS Weekly
BioPerl 1.6.1 released
Working with FASTQ files in Biopython when speed matters
Biopython CVS to git migration
BioRuby 1.3.1 released
Biopython 1.51 released
Biopython 1.51 beta released
BOSC Schedule Posted
BOSC Update: Ruttenberg, Hanmer confirmed as Keynotes, Early Registration Deadline Friday
Dropping Python 2.3 Support
Introducing (and expanding) the Biopython Cookbook
Biopython projects chosen for Google Summer of Code
Biopython release 1.50
Biopython 1.50 beta released
Biopython on twitter
Biopython paper published
Biopython and version control systems
Google Summer of Code: Project ideas page
BOSC 2009 Call for Abstracts
Google Summer of Code: Call for Bio* Volunteers
Hello, (twitter) world
OBF Conference Call Board Meeting
Are you going to ISMB/BOSC 2007?
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Bioperl ListSummaries for April 12-25
BioPerl Mailing List Summaries
Weekly Mailing List Traffic Summaries
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Archiving the OBF blog via Rogue Scholar
Welcome to the new OBF website!
OBF Public Board Meeting: 2023-12-19, 11am EST
OBF and BOSC leaving Twitter/X
<strong>Winfred Gatua: Hybrid Carpentries workshop supported by OBF Event Fellowship</strong>
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
OBF Public Board Meeting, 2022-10-21
OBF Community Support Sponsorship scheme funds first pilot project
Reflections from my 3 years on the OBF Board - Malvika Sharan
CollaborationFest 2022
New Code of Conduct, Community Support Sponsorship approved by OBF membership vote
OBF Membership Referendum
My virtual participation at the RISC-V 2021 summit
Two new members elected to OBF Board
Event Fellowship deadline extended to October 4, 2021
OBF Public Board Meeting, 2021-09-21
Call for application for the OBF Event Fellowship - second round 2021
Summary of my participation at the GLBIO-2021 conference funded by OBF Event Fellowship
Request for comments on the OBF Code of Conduct draft
OBF Community Support Sponsorship
Seeking community volunteers: nomination open for OBF board election 2021
Would you like to make a difference in grassroots open bioinformatics?
Google Summer of Code 2020 Wrap Up
Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 2 of 2020
Announcing OBF (travel) fellowship awardees for 2020 round 1
OBF Travel Fellowship 2020: Round 1 and BCC 2020
OBF Board elections, December 2019
Creating an OBF-wide Code of Conduct
OBF Travel Fellowship: August 2019 awards
Malvika Sharan elected to OBF Board
OBF Public Board Meeting (July 2019)
Next OBF Travel Fellowship Application Deadline: August 15, 2019
Goodbye mediawiki, hello new website!
2nd US Semantic Technology Symposium 2019
A week of open source adventures in San Diego
Google Summer of Code 2018 wrap-up
Travel award recipients for December 2018
New OBF logo
OBF membership form fixed
The color of bioinformatics: what is it and how can it be modified?
City of roses they call it - Portland Oregon (USA)
Taking Turns
Travel award recipients for April 2018
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2018 students
Welcome to our new board members!
OBF Public Board Meeting to take place March 16, 2018 at 15:00 UTC
OBF accepted as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code 2018
GCCBOSC 2018: A Bioinformatics Community Conference - Call for Abstracts
Arun Decano awarded OBF Travel Fellowship
Mailing list consolidation
Next OBF Travel Fellowship application deadline is Dec 15!
BOSC 2017 in Prague, the land of stories (and beer)
OBF visioning 2017
Mailing list outage, and public board meeting update
Biopython on Podcast.__init__
Travel fellowships: deadline August 15
Biopython 1.70 released
Travel award recipients for April 2017
Biopython 1.69 released
OBF Public Board of Directors Meeting
BioRuby 1.5.1 released
Biopython 1.68 released
BOSC 2016 in Disney World with Donald Docker!
New BioJava Logo Design Competition
Biopython 1.67 released
First three OBF travel fellowships awarded
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2016 students
Phyloinformatics Summer of Code supports OBF Travel Fellowship Program
BOSC CodeFest 2016
BOSC 2016 Keynote Speakers
OBF Travel Fellowship Program
BOSC 2016 Call for Abstracts
Apply for OBF Membership online
Biopython 1.66 released
BioRuby 1.5.0 released
BOSC 2015 Panel - increasing diversity
Public OBF Board of Directors Meeting
Open Source, Open Door: increasing diversity in the bioinformatics open source community
GSoC project Sambamba published in scientific journal
BOSC 2015 Keynote Speakers
BOSC 2015 call for Abstracts
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
OBF Google Summer of Code 2014 Wrap-up
Biopython 1.65 released
BOSC 2015 will be in Dublin with ISMB/ECCB 2015
BOSC 2014 video recording
OBF Mailing List Outage
OBF Google Summer of Code students 2014
Catering at BOSC CodeFest 2014
Free registration to student presenters at BOSC 2014
OBF GSoC 2014: Call for student applications
BOSC 2014 call for abstracts
OBF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2014
OBF applies for Google Summer of Code 2014
Call for Ideas for OBF’s 2014 Google Summer of Code
Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
BOSC 2014 Keynote Speakers
BOSC 2014 Keynote Competition
Initial release of BioPerl Bio::Community distribution
Biopython 1.63 beta released
Biopython 1.62 released
BOSC 2013
BioRuby 1.4.3.0001 Released
Biopython 1.61 released
OBF Board meeting 13 Nov
Server transition process to AWS servers
OBF is now an SPI-associated project
BioRuby 1.4.3 released
Travis-CI for Testing
Biopython 1.60 released
Students selected for GSoC
Announcing OBF Summer of Code 2012
OBF accepted for GSoC 2012
Call for abstracts for BOSC 2012
Cross-links in GenomeDiagram
Biopython 1.59 released
OBF Annual Meeting 2011
Chromosome Diagrams in Biopython
BioRuby 1.4.2 released
Biopython 1.58 released
Announcing OBF Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
BioPerl-DB, BioPerl-Run, BioPerl-Network 1.6.9 released
BioPerl 1.6.9 released
Biopython 1.57 released
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
Introduction of OpenID logins for OBF wikis
OBF Redmine server now available
Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2011) Call for Abstracts
BOSC 2010 Proceedings published today in BMC Bioinformatics
BioRuby 1.4.1 released
Biopython 1.55 released
BioRuby paper published
Biopython 1.55 beta released
Biopython 1.54 released
BioPerl has moved to GitHub
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
Illumina FASTQ files - Read Segment Quality Control Indicator
Partial sequence files with Biopython
Reminder: BOSC Abstract Deadline April 15
Making Biopython SeqIO and AlignIO easier
Biopython 1.54 beta released
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
BOSC 2010 Call for Abstracts
BioPerl at GMOD Meeting 2010
BioRuby 1.4.0 released
BOSC 2010 Request for Input
Sanger FASTQ format and the Solexa/Illumina variants
2009 O|B|F Board of Directors meeting
BioPerl interview in latest FLOSS Weekly
BioPerl core 1.6.1 PPM available
First 1.6.1 alphas of BioPerl-Run, BioPerl-DB, BioPerl-Network
BioPerl 1.6.1 released
Biopython CVS to git migration
Simpler, optimized format conversion with Biopython
Biopython 1.51 released
Clever tricks with NCBI Entrez EInfo (& Biopython)
BOSC Schedule Posted
Dropping Python 2.3 Support
Introducing (and expanding) the Biopython Cookbook
Biopython release 1.50
Reminder: Abstracts for BOSC 2009 Due April 13
Biopython on twitter
Biopython and next generation sequencing
Biopython paper published
Biopython and version control systems
Google Summer of Code: Project ideas page
BOSC 2009 Call for Abstracts
Google Summer of Code: Call for Bio* Volunteers
Hello, (twitter) world
Kam Dahlquist elected to Board of Directors
OBF Conference Call Board Meeting
OBF Board Meeting
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Biopython 1.86 released
Biopython 1.84 released
Biopython 1.83 released
Biopython 1.82 released
Domain names available for adoption
Google Summer of Code 2020 Wrap Up
Biopython 1.78 released
Biopython 1.77 released
Biopython 1.76 released
Biopython 1.75 released
Biopython 1.74 released
A week of open source adventures in San Diego
Google Summer of Code 2018 wrap-up
Biopython 1.73 released
Biopython 1.72 released
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2018 students
BioJava 5.0.0 is out
Biopython 1.71 released
OBF accepted as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code 2018
Mailing list consolidation
Biopython 1.70 released
Biopython 1.69 released
OBF Travel Fellowship - CWL week in London
BioRuby 1.5.1 released
Biopython 1.68 released
New BioJava Logo Design Competition
Biopython 1.67 released
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2016 students
BOSC CodeFest 2016
BOSC 2016 Call for Abstracts
Biopython 1.66 released
BioRuby 1.5.0 released
BOSC 2015 call for Abstracts
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
Biopython 1.65 released
Biopython 1.64 released
OBF Google Summer of Code students 2014
Catering at BOSC CodeFest 2014
OBF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2014
OBF applies for Google Summer of Code 2014
Call for Ideas for OBF’s 2014 Google Summer of Code
Biopython 1.63 released
Biopython 1.63 beta released
BioPerl v.1.6.910 released
Biopython 1.62 released
BioRuby 1.4.3.0001 Released
Biopython 1.61 released
BioRuby 1.4.3 released
Travis-CI for Testing
Biopython 1.60 released
BioJava 3.0.4 released
Students selected for GSoC
Announcing OBF Summer of Code 2012
OBF accepted for GSoC 2012
Cross-links in GenomeDiagram
Biopython 1.59 released
Chromosome Diagrams in Biopython
BioRuby 1.4.2 released
Biopython 1.58 released
BioPerl-DB, BioPerl-Run, BioPerl-Network 1.6.9 released
BioPerl 1.6.9 released
Biopython 1.57 released
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
OBF Redmine server now available
Biopython 1.56 released
Biopython dropping Python 2.4 Support?
BioRuby 1.4.1 released
Biopython 1.55 released
BioRuby paper published
Biopython 1.55 beta released
Biopython 1.54 released
BioPerl has moved to GitHub
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
Illumina FASTQ files - Read Segment Quality Control Indicator
Partial sequence files with Biopython
Making Biopython SeqIO and AlignIO easier
Biopython 1.54 beta released
BioPerl at GMOD Meeting 2010
BioRuby 1.4.0 released
Sanger FASTQ format and the Solexa/Illumina variants
Biopython 1.53 released
Interleaving paired FASTQ files with Biopython
BioPerl interview in latest FLOSS Weekly
BioPerl core 1.6.1 PPM available
First 1.6.1 alphas of BioPerl-Run, BioPerl-DB, BioPerl-Network
BioPerl 1.6.1 released
Working with FASTQ files in Biopython when speed matters
Biopython CVS to git migration
Biopython 1.52 released
Simpler, optimized format conversion with Biopython
Indexing sequence files with Biopython
BioRuby 1.3.1 released
Biopython 1.51 released
Biopython 1.51 beta released
Clever tricks with NCBI Entrez EInfo (& Biopython)
Dropping Python 2.3 Support
Biopython release 1.50
Biopython 1.50 beta released
Biopython and next generation sequencing
Biopython and version control systems
Google Summer of Code: Project ideas page
Release 1.6 of BioPerl-run, BioPerl-db, BioPerl-network
BOSC 2009 Call for Abstracts
Google Summer of Code: Call for Bio* Volunteers
BioPerl 1.6 released
BioPerl 1.6 RC4
BioPerl branched for 1.6, RC1 is up
BioPerl 1.6 preparations
Biopython release 1.49
Biopython 1.49 beta released
Biopython and Python 2.6 (and Python 2.3)
Biopython, Numeric and numpy
Hey what’s happening?
Deobfuscator interface now available
BioPerl-run in FreeBSD
Bioperl ListSummaries for April 12-25
BioPerl Mailing List Summaries
Weekly Mailing List Traffic Summaries
Developer accounts re-issued
Discussions about modules that run BLAST
BioPerl on Mac OS X using fink
Developer Release in FreeBSD
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Call for Comments on BOSC 2026 Keynote Speaker Candidates
Call for Nominations: BOSC 2026 Keynote Speakers
BOSC 2025: Report and Videos
Financial support options for attending BOSC 2025
BOSC and BOKR to join forces at ISMB/ECCB 2025
Join us at ISMB CollaborationFest 2025!
BOSC 2025 potential keynote speakers–community comment period open
Announcing BOSC 2025; seeking keynote speaker nominations
BOSC 2024 Videos Now Available
My Amazing BOSC 2024 Experience
Join us for CoFest 2024!
BOSC 2024 Review Committee
Gemma Turon's ISCBAcademy talk available on video
Early Poster Acceptance Round 2024
ISCBacademy: Gemma Turon on open source AI/ML for (antimicrobial) drug discovery
Community comment period open for potential BOSC 2024 keynotes
Nominate a keynote speaker for BOSC!
BOSC CollaborationFest 2023 Report
ISCBacademy webinar Oct 3
BOSC 2023 Report
<strong>Spotlight on diversity: Jenea Adams</strong>
Hannah Wei webinar video now available
BOSC Early Poster Acceptance
ISCBacademy webinar on Patient-Led Research
Comment period on potential BOSC 2023 keynote speakers is now open
Nominate a keynote speaker for BOSC 2023!
Crowdsourced highlights from BOSC 2022
Festus Nyasimi: Journey to the ISMB/BOSC 2022 conference
Post-BOSC CoFest will be online
CollaborationFest 2022
BOSC and Bio-Ontologies: Even better together!
Watch the recording of the ISCBacademy webinar on growing open source communities
ISCBacademy webinar Feb 22: Yo Yehudi
ISCBacademy webinar: Open Sourcing Ourselves - Together (Mad Price Ball)
Ariel Mundo Ortiz: My participation at BOSC 2021 sponsored by the BOSC-OBF Event Support
David Twesigomwe: My BOSC 2021 Experience
Join us for BOSC 2021!
Birds of a Feather at BOSC 2021 (deadline June 25)
BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund
BOSC late poster abstract deadline is June 3!
Introducing the BOSC 2021 Organizing Committee!
BOSC Abstract Parties!
Join us at BOSC 2021!
Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 1 of 2021
BOSC 2021 will be part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 (online)
Planning an online vs. an in-person conference: which is harder?
A Software Engineer's Experience at BCC 2020
Lessons learned from organizing a virtual conference (BCC2020)
BCC2020 pre-conference open house
Help us make BCC2020 a rewarding online experience!
BCC2020 (inc. BOSC 2020) abstracts due this week
In Memoriam: Galaxy's co-founder, James Taylor
BOSC 2020 will be online
OBF Travel Fellowship 2020: Round 1 and BCC 2020
Call for OBF Travel Fellowship is Open until 1 December 2019
Computational biology without borders
5 tips to promote 'water cooler effects' at informal discussion sessions
Cordon Bleu Bioinformatics
Meeting report: BOSC 2019, the 20th Annual BOSC
BOSC late-round abstract submission closes May 15!
New OBF logo
The color of bioinformatics: what is it and how can it be modified?
City of roses they call it - Portland Oregon (USA)
Taking Turns
GCCBOSC 2018 post-meeting report
Following up from BOSC's OBF Birds of a Feather meeting
OBF Birds of a Feather at GCCBOSC 2018
GCCBOSC 2018: A Bioinformatics Community Conference - Call for Abstracts
BOSC 2017 in Prague, the land of stories (and beer)
BOSC 2017 report
OBF Travel Fellowship - BOSC session of the ECCB/ISMB 2017
Travel award recipients for April 2017
BOSC 2017 keynote speakers
BOSC 2016 in Disney World with Donald Docker!
New BioJava Logo Design Competition
BOSC 2016 Panel: Growing and Sustaining Open Source Communities
First three OBF travel fellowships awarded
BOSC CodeFest 2016
BOSC 2016 Keynote Speakers
OBF Travel Fellowship Program
BOSC 2016 Call for Abstracts
BOSC 2015 Panel - increasing diversity
Open Source, Open Door: increasing diversity in the bioinformatics open source community
BOSC 2015 Keynote Speakers
BOSC 2015 call for Abstracts
BOSC welcomes Sarah Hird as Outreach Coordinator
BOSC 2015 will be in Dublin with ISMB/ECCB 2015
Catering at BOSC CodeFest 2014
Free registration to student presenters at BOSC 2014
BOSC 2014 call for abstracts
BOSC 2014 Keynote Speakers
BOSC 2014 Keynote Competition
Biopython 1.62 released
BOSC 2013
Call for abstracts for BOSC 2012
Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2011) Call for Abstracts
BOSC 2010 Proceedings published today in BMC Bioinformatics
Reminder: BOSC Abstract Deadline April 15
BOSC 2010 Call for Abstracts
OpenBio solution challenge: Project updates at BOSC 2010
BOSC 2010 Request for Input
BioPerl interview in latest FLOSS Weekly
BOSC Schedule Posted
BOSC Update: Ruttenberg, Hanmer confirmed as Keynotes, Early Registration Deadline Friday
Reminder: Abstracts for BOSC 2009 Due April 13
BOSC 2009 Call for Abstracts
BOSC 2009 accepted by ISMB
Julian Lombardi will present keynote at BOSC 2008
BOSC 2008 is on
BOSC Schedule Posted
BOSC 2005
Slides of Bioperl-db / BioSQL talk at BOSC03
BOSC'2003 Pictures are online
BOSC finishes and I weep as I miss it already
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Biopython 1.84 released
Biopython 1.83 released
OBF mailing lists migrating to paid hosting, likely Mailchimp
Biopython 1.79 released!
Request for comments on the OBF Code of Conduct draft
Domain names available for adoption
Biopython 1.78 released
Biopython 1.77 released
Biopython 1.76 released
Biopython 1.75 released
Biopython 1.74 released
Biopython 1.73 released
Biopython 1.72 released
BioJava 5.0.0 is out
Biopython 1.71 released
OBF accepted as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code 2018
Mailing list consolidation
OBF visioning 2017
Biopython on Podcast.__init__
Biopython 1.70 released
Biopython 1.69 released
BioRuby 1.5.1 released
Biopython 1.68 released
New BioJava Logo Design Competition
Biopython 1.67 released
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2016 students
BOSC CodeFest 2016
Biopython 1.66 released
BioRuby 1.5.0 released
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
Biopython 1.65 released
Biopython 1.64 released
OBF Google Summer of Code students 2014
Catering at BOSC CodeFest 2014
Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
Biopython 1.63 released
Biopython 1.63 beta released
BioPerl v.1.6.910 released
Biopython 1.62 released
BOSC 2013
BioRuby 1.4.3.0001 Released
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Eight incredible GSoC students for the OBF this year ☀️
Google Summer of Code 2021 - we need your project ideas!
Google Summer of Code 2020 Wrap Up
OBF accepted as a mentoring organisation for GSoC 2020
Google Summer of Code 2018 wrap-up
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2018 students
OBF accepted as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code 2018
OBF Travel Fellowship - CWL week in London
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2016 students
Phyloinformatics Summer of Code supports OBF Travel Fellowship Program
GSoC project Sambamba published in scientific journal
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
OBF Google Summer of Code 2014 Wrap-up
OBF Google Summer of Code students 2014
OBF accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2014
OBF applies for Google Summer of Code 2014
Call for Ideas for OBF’s 2014 Google Summer of Code
Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
Students selected for GSoC
Announcing OBF Summer of Code 2012
OBF accepted for GSoC 2012
Announcing OBF Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
Biopython 1.54 released
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
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Gemma Turon's ISCBAcademy talk available on video
<strong>Spotlight on diversity: Jenea Adams</strong>
<strong>Microbiome (k)nights</strong>
OBF Community Support Sponsorship scheme funds first pilot project
Reflections from my 3 years on the OBF Board - Malvika Sharan
My trip to the EMBO neural stem cells workshop
Round-Ups from 2021 OBF Fellowship Awardees
Updates from the OBF Event Fellowship Chairs
Google Summer of Code 2022 - time for project ideas!
ISCBacademy webinar Feb 22: Yo Yehudi
My virtual participation at the RISC-V 2021 summit
Two new members elected to OBF Board
Event Fellowship deadline extended to October 4, 2021
OBF Public Board Meeting, 2021-09-21
ISCBacademy webinar: Open Sourcing Ourselves - Together (Mad Price Ball)
Gemma Turon: Highlights of my participation at the BOSC-2021 conference thanks to an OBF Event Fellowship
Call for application for the OBF Event Fellowship - second round 2021
Eight incredible GSoC students for the OBF this year ☀️
Would you like to make a difference in grassroots open bioinformatics?
BOSC 2021 will be part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 (online)
Domain names available for adoption
Planning an online vs. an in-person conference: which is harder?
Getting introduced to Bioinformatics and Open Science through BCC 2020
Announcing OBF (travel) fellowship awardees for 2020 round 1
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BioJava 5.0.0 is out
Mailing list consolidation
New BioJava Logo Design Competition
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
BioJava 3.0.4 released
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
Introduction of OpenID logins for OBF wikis
OBF Redmine server now available
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
Sanger FASTQ format and the Solexa/Illumina variants
Server downtime announcement
'biojava in anger' translated to French and Japanese
Montreal BioJava Bootcamp Announced
BioJava 1.3 Released
Chromatogram viewing with Java
The Open Biological Database Access (OBDA) introduction for BioPerl
BioJava tutorial updated
3 new biojava tutorial entries
biojava in the news
biojava snapshot 1.3pre1 available
40+ biojava tutorials available
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Mailing list consolidation
BioRuby 1.5.1 released
BioRuby 1.5.0 released
GSoC project Sambamba published in scientific journal
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
OBF Google Summer of Code 2014 Wrap-up
Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
BioRuby 1.4.3.0001 Released
BioRuby 1.4.3 released
Travis-CI for Testing
Students selected for GSoC
BioRuby 1.4.2 released
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
Introduction of OpenID logins for OBF wikis
OBF Redmine server now available
BioRuby 1.4.1 released
BioRuby paper published
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
BioRuby 1.4.0 released
Sanger FASTQ format and the Solexa/Illumina variants
BioRuby 1.3.1 released
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OBF Public Board Meeting: 2023-12-19, 11am EST
OBF Public Board Meeting, 2022-10-21
OBF Community Support Sponsorship scheme funds first pilot project
Reflections from my 3 years on the OBF Board - Malvika Sharan
New Code of Conduct, Community Support Sponsorship approved by OBF membership vote
OBF Membership Referendum
Two new members elected to OBF Board
OBF Public Board Meeting, 2021-09-21
OBF Community Support Sponsorship
Would you like to make a difference in grassroots open bioinformatics?
Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 2 of 2020
OBF Board elections, December 2019
OBF Travel Fellowship: August 2019 awards
Malvika Sharan elected to OBF Board
OBF Public Board Meeting (July 2019)
Welcome to our new board members!
OBF Public Board Meeting to take place March 16, 2018 at 15:00 UTC
OBF visioning 2017
Mailing list outage, and public board meeting update
OBF Public Board of Directors Meeting
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Meeting minutes after 2019
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Minutes:2008 BOSC Meeting
Minutes:2007 BOSC Meeting
Minutes:2005 BOSC Meeting
Minutes of 2002 BOSC Meeting
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Announcing BOSC 2025; seeking keynote speaker nominations
BOSC CollaborationFest 2023 Report
BOSC 2023 Report
Daniela Senra: My Experience at the Human Cell Atlas General Meeting 2023
Call for the second round of OBF Event Fellowship 2023 and the first 2023 round overview.
ISCBacademy webinar on Patient-Led Research
Call for the second round of OBF Event Fellowship 2022 & overview from the first round
My trip to the EMBO neural stem cells workshop
Furkan M. Torun: Highlights of my participation at PyCon IT 2022
Gemma Turon: Highlights of my participation at the BOSC-2021 conference thanks to an OBF Event Fellowship
Summary of my participation at the GLBIO-2021 conference funded by OBF Event Fellowship
Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 1 of 2021
BOSC 2021 will be part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 (online)
Planning an online vs. an in-person conference: which is harder?
BCC2020 pre-conference open house
BOSC 2020 will be online
Meeting report: BOSC 2019, the 20th Annual BOSC
BOSC late-round abstract submission closes May 15!
BOSC 2017 report
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Mailing list consolidation
Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
Introduction of OpenID logins for OBF wikis
OBF Redmine server now available
Biopython 1.56 released
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
Biopython 1.53 released
BioSQL v1.0.1 released
BioSQL v1.0.0 released
Slides of Bioperl-db / BioSQL talk at BOSC03
Server downtime announcement
The Open Biological Database Access (OBDA) introduction for BioPerl
BioSQL and Bioperl-db inching towards release
PostgreSQL issues with bioperl-db
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Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
Introduction of OpenID logins for OBF wikis
OBF Redmine server now available
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
Server downtime announcement
MOBY-DIC-III pictures & meeting minutes online
Technical Report on Semantic Standards
Moby Messaging Layer Technical Report Updated
TECHNICAL REPORT ON MOBY WEB MESSAGING LAYER
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Cross-links in GenomeDiagram
Chromosome Diagrams in Biopython
Illumina FASTQ files - Read Segment Quality Control Indicator
Partial sequence files with Biopython
Interleaving paired FASTQ files with Biopython
Working with FASTQ files in Biopython when speed matters
Simpler, optimized format conversion with Biopython
Indexing sequence files with Biopython
Clever tricks with NCBI Entrez EInfo (& Biopython)
Introducing (and expanding) the Biopython Cookbook
HOWTO automate tree drawing
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Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
Introduction of OpenID logins for OBF wikis
OBF Redmine server now available
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
Server downtime announcement
AGP-bases DAS reference server available
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Mailing list consolidation
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
Call for Organization Admins for OBF's 2014 Google Summer of Code participation
Students selected for GSoC
OBF and Google Summer of Code 2011
Introduction of OpenID logins for OBF wikis
OBF Redmine server now available
O|B|F Google Summer of Code Accepted Students
O|B|F in Google Summer of Code
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OBF mailing lists migrating to paid hosting, likely Mailchimp
Mailing list consolidation
Mailing list outage, and public board meeting update
OBF Board meeting 13 Nov
Reminder: BOSC Abstract Deadline April 15
Bioperl ListSummaries for April 12-25
BioPerl Mailing List Summaries
Weekly Mailing List Traffic Summaries
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