BOSC and Bio-Ontologies: Even better together!

March 2nd, 2022 by

We are excited to announce that BOSC and Bio-Ontologies will join forces for part of a day at ISMB 2022. […]

Watch the recording of the ISCBacademy webinar on growing open source communities

February 23rd, 2022 by

Yesterday we hosted the OBF/BOSC contribution to the ISCBacademy webinar. Our former OBF-board member and Open Life Science co-lead Yo […]

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 […]

ISCBacademy webinar: Open Sourcing Ourselves – Together (Mad Price Ball)

September 10th, 2021 by

The first BOSC/OBF ISCBacademy webinar will take place on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at 15:00 UTC / 11am EDT, and will feature Mad Price Ball of the Open Humans Foundation speaking about “Open Sourcing Ourselves – Together.”

Ariel Mundo Ortiz: My participation at BOSC 2021 sponsored by the BOSC-OBF Event Support

September 8th, 2021 by

The BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund was awarded to Ariel Mundo Ortiz, a researcher from the University of Arkansas, to […]

David Twesigomwe: My BOSC 2021 Experience

September 7th, 2021 by

The BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund was awarded to David Twesigomwe, a PhD student based at the Sydney Brenner Institute […]

Join us for BOSC 2021!

July 28th, 2021 by

BOSC 2021, which is a track (COSI) of ISMB/ECCB 2021, will take place online the 29th and 30th of July. […]

Birds of a Feather at BOSC 2021 (deadline June 25)

June 15th, 2021 by

Birds of a Feather (BoFs) are informal, self-organized meetups focused on specific topics. They are a great way to meet […]

BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund

June 11th, 2021 by

Thanks to funding from our sponsors, we are opening a special call for applications to the BOSC-OBF Event Support Fund. […]

BOSC late poster abstract deadline is June 3!

May 28th, 2021 by

There’s still a chance to submit your abstract in the Late Poster round, which closes June 3 at 11:59pm ET! […]

Introducing the BOSC 2021 Organizing Committee!

May 9th, 2021 by

BOSC is organized entirely by volunteers. We are lucky to have these amazing people on the Organizing Committee this year! […]

BOSC Abstract Parties!

April 9th, 2021 by

Are you thinking of writing an abstract for BOSC? We’re here to help! The BOSC Organizing Committee is holding two […]

Join us at BOSC 2021!

March 24th, 2021 by

BOSC 2021 will take place July 29-30, as part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 Online. Key Dates May 6, 2021 (11:59pm EDT): […]

Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 1 of 2021

February 19th, 2021 by

The call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2021, round 1 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2021. Applications should be submitted via this Google Form.

BOSC 2021 will be part of ISMB/ECCB 2021 (online)

February 12th, 2021 by

BOSC is returning to ISMB in 2021, after a successful partnership with Galaxy for the first Bioinformatics Community Conference last […]

Planning an online vs. an in-person conference: which is harder?

September 1st, 2020 by

Online. By at least a factor of two. Our recent article entitled Lessons learnt from organizing a virtual conference discusses […]

A Software Engineer’s Experience at BCC 2020

August 16th, 2020 by

The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open source bioinformatics software […]

Lessons learned from organizing a virtual conference (BCC2020)

August 13th, 2020 by

BCC2020 (the collaborative BOSC + GCC meeting) was held online, with over 800 people registered for some part of the […]