We are currently accepting applications for the first application round for the OBF Travel Fellowship 2020. Apply here.
OBF Travel Fellowship 2020: Round 1 and BCC 2020
February 17th, 2020 by Malvika SharanCreating an OBF-wide Code of Conduct
November 15th, 2019 by Yo YehudiAmong the core values shared across the OBF community are inclusiveness and welcoming newcomers to contribute, without discrimination. Every year […]
OBF Travel Fellowship: August 2019 awards
September 30th, 2019 by Nomi HarrisA record number of people applied for the latest round of the OBF Travel Fellowship, which closed on August 15, 2019. […]
Malvika Sharan elected to OBF Board
August 17th, 2019 by Nomi HarrisAt the OBF’s July 2019 public Board meeting (held at BOSC 2019), Malvika Sharan was unanimously elected as a new […]
OBF Public Board Meeting (July 2019)
August 16th, 2019 by Nomi HarrisOn July 25, 2019, the OBF held a public Board meeting in Basel, Switzerland. Organized as a Birds of a […]
Next OBF Travel Fellowship Application Deadline: August 15, 2019
August 7th, 2019 by Nomi HarrisThe OBF Travel Fellowship program, established in 2016, aims to increase diverse participation at events related to open source bioinformatics. […]
Goodbye mediawiki, hello new website!
April 8th, 2019 by Yo YehudiAbove: the old BOSC page. Below: the new one. If you’ve been around the OBF and BOSC community, you’re probably […]
2nd US Semantic Technology Symposium 2019
April 6th, 2019 by Md Kamruzzaman SarkerThis is a guest blog post from Md Kamruzzaman Sarker, who was supported by the ongoing Open Bioinformatics Foundation travel […]
A week of open source adventures in San Diego
March 13th, 2019 by Lindsay RutterGoogle Summer of Code 2018 wrap-up
February 22nd, 2019 by PeterWe have recently applied to Google for the OBF to be part of the Google Summer of Code 2019 programme, […]
Travel award recipients for December 2018
February 13th, 2019 by Farah Zaib KhanNew 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 […]
OBF membership form fixed
October 26th, 2018 by Nomi HarrisWe recently discovered that the application to join the OBF (linked from the OBF membership page) was not working. It […]
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 […]
Travel award recipients for April 2018
May 25th, 2018 by PeterWe had another great round of applications for the OBF Travel Fellowship this spring. After reviewing the applications, the OBF Board selected […]
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2018 students
April 24th, 2018 by Kai BlinThe Open Bioinformatics Foundation is again participating in the Google Summer of Code program this year. Last Monday the selected students […]