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

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

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

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The OBF is committed to providing a harassment-free and respectful environment for all members of our community. To ensure that […]

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The following outlines a potential new grant programme, subject to approval by the OBF membership in a formal vote, which […]

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

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

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

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TL;DR: Nominate candidates or yourself for the OBF board via this form or work with OBF in other volunteer capacities. […]

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

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

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

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We are glad to announce that the call for application to the OBF Event Fellowship is now open. The deadline for the application is 1 October 2020. Applications should be submitted via this Google Form.

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

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After much discussion, the BCC2020 organizing committee has decided to hold the meeting on Remo.co, which is similar to Zoom […]

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We’re old hands at organizing in-person BOSCs (some of us were involved in planning the very first BOSC, in 2000), […]

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We are delighted to announce that four awardees, Gigi Kenneth, Armando Blondel Djiyou Djeuda, Edidiong Etuk and Pengfei Fan, have been selected to receive the OBF travel fellowship for 2020 round 1, to support their participation in virtual events.

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We look forward to receiving lots of abstracts by the end of this week from people interested in presenting at […]

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