The call for OBF travel fellowship to select the next round of awardees is officially open! Please submit your application […]
Call for OBF Travel Fellowship is Open until 1 December 2019
November 14th, 2019 by Malvika SharanComputational biology without borders
October 15th, 2019 by Aziz KhanIn this post, OBF Travel Fellowship awardee Aziz Khan discusses the importance of open source software and tools for scientific discovery in the current data-intensive century. He also shares his experiences at ISMB/ECCB and BOSC 2019 in Basel.
5 tips to promote ‘water cooler effects’ at informal discussion sessions
August 27th, 2019 by Malvika SharanIn this post, Malvika Sharan discusses her top tips to organise informal discussion sessions that promotes water cooler effect. Such sessions are useful for collecting ideas, gaining perspectives, and engaging with others over serendipitous interactions based on topics of mutual interests.
Cordon Bleu Bioinformatics
August 25th, 2019 by Saket ChoudharyI attended the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2019) organized this year along with ISMB/ECCB in Basel, Switzerland from July […]
Meeting report: BOSC 2019, the 20th Annual BOSC
August 1st, 2019 by Nomi HarrisAs Europe experienced a record-breaking heat wave, BOSC 2019 attendees stayed cool in the Basel Congress Center (and many took […]
BOSC late-round abstract submission closes May 15!
May 9th, 2019 by Nomi HarrisIf you’d like the opportunity to present your work at BOSC 2019 (which will take place in Basel, Switzerland, on […]
New OBF logo
November 5th, 2018 by Nomi HarrisWe have successfully crowd-sourced a new OBF logo! The process started at the OBF Birds of a Feather meeting at GCCBOSC […]
The color of bioinformatics: what is it and how can it be modified?
August 29th, 2018 by Tendai MutangaduraThis is a guest blog post from Tendai Mutangadura, who was supported by the ongoing Open Bioinformatics Foundation travel fellowship program to attend […]
City of roses they call it – Portland Oregon (USA)
August 18th, 2018 by Farah Zaib KhanHow should I start describing the fruitful experience in this amazing city… First time ever in Portland, second time attending […]
Taking Turns
August 2nd, 2018 by Nomi HarrisBOSC 2019 will be part of ISMB 2019 Every year until 2018, BOSC was part of the annual ISMB conference […]
GCCBOSC 2018 post-meeting report
July 27th, 2018 by Nomi HarrisThis year, the Galaxy Community Conference (GCC) and the Bioinformatics Community Conference (BOSC) met together to form the first Bioinformatics […]
Following up from BOSC’s OBF Birds of a Feather meeting
July 9th, 2018 by Yo YehudiIt was really great to meet so many of you at GCCBOSC this year! We will soon have a couple […]
OBF Birds of a Feather at GCCBOSC 2018
June 14th, 2018 by Nomi HarrisIf you’re going to GCCBOSC 2018, we invite you to join us at the OBF Birds of a Feather on […]
GCCBOSC 2018: A Bioinformatics Community Conference – Call for Abstracts
February 21st, 2018 by PeterWe are pleased to announce that abstract submission and early registration for GCCBOSC2018 are now open. This event brings our annual Bioinformatics Open […]
BOSC 2017 in Prague, the land of stories (and beer)
November 21st, 2017 by Farah Zaib KhanThis is a guest blog post from Farah Zaib Khan, who was supported by the ongoing Open Bioinformatics Foundation travel fellowship […]
BOSC 2017 report
October 28th, 2017 by Nomi HarrisBOSC 2017 (https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2017) was held in Prague in July 2017 as part of the annual ISMB conference. Nearly 250 people, […]
OBF Travel Fellowship – BOSC session of the ECCB/ISMB 2017
August 28th, 2017 by Chris FieldsThis blog post is syndicated from a post on Jonathan Sobel’s blog, originally published July 27, 2017. Jonathan was supported […]
Travel award recipients for April 2017
June 5th, 2017 by Karen CranstonWe had a huge response to this round of the OBF travel award. After reviewing the applications, the OBF board […]