Category Archives: BOSC/ISMB

Call for abstracts for BOSC 2012

Call for Abstracts for the 13th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2012), a Special Interest Group (SIG) of ISMB 2012. Dates: July 13-14, 2012 Location: Long Beach, California Web site: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2012 Email: bosc@open-bio.org BOSC announcements mailing list: http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bosc-announce Important … Continue reading

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2011) Call for Abstracts

Call for talk and poster abstracts for the 12th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2011), an ISMB 2011 SIG meeting to be held in Vienna, Austria, July 2011. Continue reading

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BOSC 2010 Proceedings published today in BMC Bioinformatics

On behalf of the BOSC 2010 Organizing Committee, I am pleased to announce that the BOSC 2010 Proceedings has been published today in BMC Bioinformatics.  Special thanks go to the abstract and proceedings reviewers who helped make this possible.

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Reminder: BOSC Abstract Deadline April 15

Just a friendly reminder that abstracts for BOSC 2010 are due next Thursday, April 15.  See the BOSC web site at http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2010 for details.  Submissions will only be accepted electronically at http://events.open-bio.org/BOSC2010/openconf.php. Graduate students, don’t forget we are offering $250 … Continue reading

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BOSC 2010 Call for Abstracts

Abstract submissions for the 11th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2010) are now open. At-a-glance BOSC is an ISMB 2010 Special Interest Group (SIG) Date: July 9-10, 2010 Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA BOSC 2010 web site: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2010 Abstract submission … Continue reading

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OpenBio solution challenge: Project updates at BOSC 2010

The BOSC 2010 organizing committee is hard at work getting prepared for this July’s meeting in Boston: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2010 One of the items we’ve traditionally had at the conference is a project update from each of the OpenBio affiliated groups. This … Continue reading

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BOSC 2010 Request for Input

The BOSC organizing committee is soliciting input on the planning of BOSC 2010 so that we can make it a successful and productive conference for the O|B|F community. You may send your suggestions to the bosc@open-bio.org e-mail address or add suggestions to the BOSC 2010 talk/discussion wiki page at: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Talk:BOSC_2010. Please respond to the questions in this post by January 8, 2010.
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BioPerl interview in latest FLOSS Weekly

Two of the core BioPerl developers, Jason Stajich and Chris Fields, were interviewed by FLOSS Weekly.  The interview is now available as an MP3 on the FLOSS Weekly website; several streaming versions (including podcast) are also available.

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BOSC Schedule Posted

The BOSC 2009 schedule of speakers with links to abstracts has been posted at http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2009_Schedule.

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BOSC Update: Ruttenberg, Hanmer confirmed as Keynotes, Early Registration Deadline Friday

Alan Ruttenberg of Science Commons and Robert Hanmer of the Hillside Group have been confirmed as Keynote Speakers for BOSC 2009.  For more information, see the BOSC 2009 web site at http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2009.  Abstract acceptances went out today–stay tuned for the … Continue reading

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