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

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

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 schedule, which will be posted once the speakers have confirmed their ...

Biopython on twitter

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Just to let you all know, Biopython is now on twitter. And in case you missed the OBF announcement last month, so is the O|B|F News feed (and BioPerl). You are welcome to follow us (all) on twitter. I'd also like to remind people there are news feeds ...

Google Summer of Code: Project ideas page

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

A wiki page for collecting ideas, possible projects, prerequisites, possible solution approaches, mentors, other people or channels to contact for more information or to bounce ideas off of, etc. has been setup: http://open-bio.org/wiki/Google_Summer_Code_2009

BOSC 2009 Call for Abstracts

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Please forward as appropriate and forgive multiple postings. Call for Abstracts for the 2009 Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) 2009 An ISMB 2009 Special Interest Group (SIG) Date: June 27-28, 2009 Location: Stockholm, Sweden URL: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2009 Abstract submission via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=bosc2009 Important Dates Monday, April 13: Abstract deadline May 1, 2009: Notification of accepted abstracts May 15, 2009: Early Registration ...

Google Summer of Code: Call for Bio* Volunteers

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Google is committed to run the Summer of Code program again this year. It will be for the 5th time. In broad strokes, the program funds what you might call remote summer internships for students to contribute to an open-source software project. Projects (or umbrella organizations) wishing to participate in the program ...

Hello, (twitter) world

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

O|B|F News feed is now available in Twitter! You are welcome to follow us. Cheers, The O|B|F Admins.

OBF Conference Call Board Meeting

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

The OBF Conference call is scheduled for 12:30PM to 2PM PST on Wednesday Nov 19, 2008.  Members of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation and those interested in the decisions are invited to listen in and participate.  A brief agenda is available here. Please email Hilmar Lapp at hlapp _AT_ gmx.net for call ...

CVS server move

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

The CVS repository is migrating from 'pub' to a new host called 'dev' and requires us to re-issue accounts. This will be a good opportunity to verify email addresses and remove unused accounts. You should have received an email from Chris D requesting specific information and you will get a ...

Gallery updated

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

The BOSC 2002 pictures have been migrated to the O|B|F gallery site hackathon2002.

O|B|F Board of Directors Meeting

Friday, June 24th, 2005

The 2005 Board of Directors meeting for the Open Bioinformatics Foundation was held on Thursday, June 24th 2005 in Detroit, MI USA at the site of the BOSC2005 meeting. This was a major meeting and represents the first attempt to build a governance platform for the organization as well as set ...