Category Archives: General

BioPerl 1.6.1 released

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Chris Fields

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of BioPerl 1.6.1, the latest release of BioPerl’s core code. You can grab it here: Via CPAN: http://search.cpan.org/~cjfields/BioPerl-1.6.1/ Via the BioPerl website: http://bioperl.org/DIST/BioPerl-1.6.1.tar.bz2 http://bioperl.org/DIST/BioPerl-1.6.1.tar.gz http://bioperl.org/DIST/BioPerl-1.6.1.zip The PPM for Windows should also finally … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Kam Dahlquist

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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Google Summer of Code: Project ideas page

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Mauricio

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

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BOSC 2009 Call for Abstracts

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Kam Dahlquist

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: … Continue reading →

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Google Summer of Code: Call for Bio* Volunteers

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Hilmar Lapp

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 … Continue reading →

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Hello, (twitter) world

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Mauricio

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

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OBF Conference Call Board Meeting

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Jason Stajich

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 … Continue reading →