OBF mailing lists migrating to paid hosting, likely Mailchimp

March 22nd, 2023 by

We’re sharing some important news with you regarding our mailing lists. From early on, we’ve maintained a self-hosted Mailman server […]

Hannah Wei webinar video now available

March 17th, 2023 by

On March 14, 2023, we held a webinar (hosted by ISCBacademy) about “Re-Thinking the Patient’s Role in a Learning Health […]

New Code of Conduct, Community Support Sponsorship approved by OBF membership vote

January 27th, 2022 by

As previously described, during the November 2021 public Board meeting, the OBF announced two new initiatives to be voted on […]

ISCBacademy webinar Feb 22: Yo Yehudi

January 20th, 2022 by

Date & Time: Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 15:00 UTC / 11am EDT Location: online webinar hosted by ISCB Speaker: Yo […]

Domain names available for adoption

January 28th, 2021 by

The OBF has two sets of domain names available for adoption by a non-profit or open source project: biows.org, biows.com, […]

Google Summer of Code 2020 Wrap Up

November 4th, 2020 by

OBF was accepted as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code this year. It was another good year for […]

Biopython 1.78 released

September 4th, 2020 by

Biopython 1.78 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI. The main change is that Bio.Alphabet is no longer used. […]

Biopython 1.77 released

May 25th, 2020 by

Biopython 1.77 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI. This is the first release since we […]

Biopython 1.76 released

December 20th, 2019 by

Biopython 1.76 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI. Coming relatively soon after our last release, the timing is […]

Biopython 1.75 released

November 7th, 2019 by

Dear Biopythoneers, Biopython 1.75 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI. This release of Biopython supports Python 2.7, 3.5, […]

OBF Travel Fellowship: August 2019 awards

September 30th, 2019 by

A record number of people applied for the latest round of the OBF Travel Fellowship, which closed on August 15, 2019. […]

5 tips to promote ‘water cooler effects’ at informal discussion sessions

August 27th, 2019 by

In this post, Malvika Sharan discusses her top tips to organise informal discussion sessions that promotes water cooler effect. Such sessions are useful for collecting ideas, gaining perspectives, and engaging with others over serendipitous interactions based on topics of mutual interests.

Dos and Don’ts for computational training

August 27th, 2019 by

Thanks to OBF support with a travel grant, I was able to attend the first European CarpentryConnect event in Manchester […]

Biopython 1.74 released

July 16th, 2019 by

Dear Biopythoneers, Biopython 1.74 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI. This release of Biopython supports […]

Google Summer of Code 2018 wrap-up

February 22nd, 2019 by

We have recently applied to Google for the OBF to be part of the Google Summer of Code 2019 programme, […]

Biopython 1.73 released

December 18th, 2018 by

Dear Biopythoneers, Biopython 1.73 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI. This release of Biopython supports […]

The color of bioinformatics: what is it and how can it be modified?

August 29th, 2018 by

This 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

How should I start describing the fruitful experience in this amazing city… First time ever in Portland, second time attending […]