Guest post by Thomas Schlapp, CoFest organizer This year we’re looking to have another post-BOSC CoFest! Last year (my first […]
CollaborationFest 2022
May 17th, 2022 by adminBOSC and Bio-Ontologies: Even better together!
March 2nd, 2022 by Nomi HarrisWe are excited to announce that BOSC and Bio-Ontologies will join forces for part of a day at ISMB 2022. […]
Watch the recording of the ISCBacademy webinar on growing open source communities
February 23rd, 2022 by Bastian Greshake TzovarasYesterday we hosted the OBF/BOSC contribution to the ISCBacademy webinar. Our former OBF-board member and Open Life Science co-lead Yo […]
ISCBacademy webinar Feb 22: Yo Yehudi
January 20th, 2022 by Nomi HarrisDate & Time: Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 15:00 UTC / 11am EDT Location: online webinar hosted by ISCB Speaker: Yo […]
ISCBacademy webinar: Open Sourcing Ourselves – Together (Mad Price Ball)
September 10th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisThe 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 at BOSC 2021 sponsored by the BOSC-OBF Event Support
September 8th, 2021 by aimundoThe 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 Experience
September 7th, 2021 by David TwesigomweThe BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund was awarded to David Twesigomwe, a PhD student based at the Sydney Brenner Institute […]
Join us for BOSC 2021!
July 28th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisBOSC 2021, which is a track (COSI) of ISMB/ECCB 2021, will take place online the 29th and 30th of July. […]
Birds of a Feather at BOSC 2021 (deadline June 25)
June 15th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisBirds 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 11th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisThanks to funding from our sponsors, we are opening a special call for applications to the BOSC-OBF Event Support Fund. […]
BOSC late poster abstract deadline is June 3!
May 28th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisThere’s still a chance to submit your abstract in the Late Poster round, which closes June 3 at 11:59pm ET! […]
Introducing the BOSC 2021 Organizing Committee!
May 9th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisBOSC is organized entirely by volunteers. We are lucky to have these amazing people on the Organizing Committee this year! […]
BOSC Abstract Parties!
April 9th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisAre 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 24th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisBOSC 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 Event Fellowship, Round 1 of 2021
February 19th, 2021 by Malvika SharanThe 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.
BOSC 2021 will be part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 (online)
February 12th, 2021 by Nomi HarrisBOSC is returning to ISMB in 2021, after a successful partnership with Galaxy for the first Bioinformatics Community Conference last […]
Planning an online vs. an in-person conference: which is harder?
September 1st, 2020 by Nomi HarrisOnline. By at least a factor of two. Our recent article entitled Lessons learnt from organizing a virtual conference discusses […]
A Software Engineer’s Experience at BCC 2020
August 16th, 2020 by Edidiong EtukThe Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open source bioinformatics software […]