The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program supports and encourages diverse participation at events focusing on open source bioinformatics […]
Summary of my participation at the GLBIO-2021 conference funded by OBF Event Fellowship
June 7th, 2021 by Sona CharlesCall 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 […]
BCC2020 pre-conference open house
July 8th, 2020 by Nomi HarrisAfter much discussion, the BCC2020 organizing committee has decided to hold the meeting on Remo.co, which is similar to Zoom […]
BOSC 2020 will be online
March 24th, 2020 by Nomi HarrisThe 2020 Bioinformatics Community Conference (BCC2020), which brings together the BOSC and Galaxy communities, will take place online–more info here. […]
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 […]
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, […]