This was long over-due, but Biopython 1.67 was released earlier today. The most recent delay was due to migrating our website from […]
Biopython 1.67 released
June 8th, 2016 by PeterFirst three OBF travel fellowships awarded
May 23rd, 2016 by Nomi HarrisThe first round of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation travel fellowship program has granted funds to three open source bioinformatics software […]
Welcome to our Google Summer of Code 2016 students
April 25th, 2016 by Kai BlinThe Open Bioinformatics Foundation is participating in the Google Summer of Code 2016 program, and last Friday the selected students were […]
BOSC CodeFest 2016
March 28th, 2016 by Brad ChapmanThe Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) is a two day meeting focused on open source bioinformatics. We aim to encourage […]
BOSC 2016 Keynote Speakers
March 22nd, 2016 by PeterWe’re delighted to announce the keynote speakers for the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, BOSC 2016: Jennifer Gardy Dr. Jennifer Gardy […]
BOSC 2016 Call for Abstracts
March 1st, 2016 by PeterCall for Abstracts for the 17th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2016), a Special Interest Group (SIG) of ISMB 2016. […]
Biopython 1.66 released
October 21st, 2015 by PeterSource distributions and Windows installers for Biopython 1.66 are now available from the downloads page on the official Biopython website and from […]
BOSC 2015 Panel – increasing diversity
June 5th, 2015 by PeterEvery year, BOSC includes a panel discussion that offers all attendees the chance to engage in conversation with the panelists and each other. The theme of the BOSC 2015 panel would be “Open Source, Open Door: increasing diversity in the bioinformatics open source community”. Our complete list of panellists is as follows…
Open Source, Open Door: increasing diversity in the bioinformatics open source community
April 2nd, 2015 by Nomi HarrisThe Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) has always been about community. Our goal this year is to welcome even greater participation, opening the door even wider to participants who have historically been underrepresented in the world of open source bioinformatics and, therefore, at BOSC.
BOSC 2015 Keynote Speakers
March 26th, 2015 by PeterAnnouncing the keynote speakers for the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, BOSC 2015: Holly Bik and Ewan Birney.
BOSC 2015 call for Abstracts
March 5th, 2015 by PeterCall for Abstracts for the 16th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2015), a Special Interest Group (SIG) of ISMB/ECCB 2015.
Sadly OBF not accepted for GSoC 2015
March 3rd, 2015 by PeterLast year’s Google Summer of Code 2014 was very productive for the OBF with six students working on Bio* and related bioinformatics projects. We applied to be part of GSoC 2015, but unfortunately this year were not accepted.
Biopython 1.65 released
December 17th, 2014 by PeterSource distributions and Windows installers for Biopython 1.65 are now available. The most visible change is that the Biopython sequence objects now use string comparison, rather than Python’s object comparison.
BOSC 2015 will be in Dublin with ISMB/ECCB 2015
September 18th, 2014 by PeterWe have asked you, and you have spoken! 59 past and/or future BOSC attendees participated in our survey, answering questions about what […]
OBF Google Summer of Code students 2014
April 26th, 2014 by Eric TalevichI’m pleased to announce the acceptance of OBF’s Google Summer of Code 2014 (GSoC) students.
Catering at BOSC CodeFest 2014
April 2nd, 2014 by PeterBioinformatics Open Source Codefest, July 9 and 10th in Boston, now with sponsored food and drinks!
Free registration to student presenters at BOSC 2014
March 19th, 2014 by PeterTo encourage more student presentations at the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC), this year we’re waiving the registration fee for accepted student presenters [see main text for details]
BOSC 2014 call for abstracts
March 4th, 2014 by PeterAbstracts are now being accepted for the 15th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2014), a Special Interest Group (SIG) of ISMB 2014 to be held in Boston.