We invited our community to nominate potential keynote speakers for BOSC, and we were delighted with the many excellent suggestions […]
BOSC 2025 potential keynote speakers–community comment period open
January 18th, 2025 by Nomi HarrisAnnouncing BOSC 2025; seeking keynote speaker nominations
January 9th, 2025 by Nomi HarrisWe invite you to join us for BOSC 2025, a vibrant gathering at the forefront of open-source bioinformatics and open […]
BOSC 2024 Videos Now Available
September 17th, 2024 by Nomi HarrisThe talk videos from BOSC 2024 are now available on YouTube. They are also linked from the BOSC talk schedule […]
My Amazing BOSC 2024 Experience
August 2nd, 2024 by Beatrice MihalacheBy Beatrice Mihalache Examining open source projects has been most useful to me while I am sharpening my coding skills, […]
Join us for CoFest 2024!
June 14th, 2024 by Nomi HarrisThis year will mark the 15th edition of the BOSC-associated CollaborationFest, or CoFest for short. At these events, participants work […]
BOSC 2024 Review Committee
April 12th, 2024 by Nomi HarrisBOSC is an entirely volunteer-run event. We have an organizing committee of 8 people (see https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2024/), and we are assisted […]
Gemma Turon’s ISCBAcademy talk available on video
March 26th, 2024 by Nomi HarrisGemma Turon, PhD spoke at an ISCBacademy webinar on March 5, 2024. Her talk was entitled “Ersilia, open source AI/ML […]
Early Poster Acceptance Round 2024
February 18th, 2024 by Nomi HarrisAbstract submission for BOSC 2024 is now open! Since some people can’t get conference travel approval from their institution until […]
ISCBacademy: Gemma Turon on open source AI/ML for (antimicrobial) drug discovery
February 8th, 2024 by Nomi HarrisGemma Turon, PhD (CEO and co-founder at Ersilia Open Source Initiative) will present on March 5 BOSC and the OBF […]
Community comment period open for potential BOSC 2024 keynotes
January 19th, 2024 by Nomi HarrisWe asked our community to nominate potential BOSC keynote speakers, and we were pleased with the great suggestions! In the […]
Nominate a keynote speaker for BOSC!
January 10th, 2024 by Nomi HarrisWe are seeking a diverse list of potential BOSC keynote speakers. We invite you, our community, to nominate people you […]
BOSC CollaborationFest 2023 Report
September 29th, 2023 by Jérémy JustBOSC CoFest 2023 was organized in Lyon, as a satellite event of BOSC. CoFest is a free hackathon-style event, where participants gather in small groups to exchange ideas and work together on bioinformatics projects including but not limited to hacking.
ISCBacademy webinar Oct 3
September 18th, 2023 by Nomi HarrisSierra Moxon to speak about “LinkML: an open data modeling framework, grounded with ontologies” [If you missed the webinar, the […]
BOSC 2023 Report
August 14th, 2023 by Nomi HarrisThe 24th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, BOSC 2023, took place as part of ISMB/ECCB 2023 in Lyon, France, and […]
Spotlight on diversity: Jenea Adams
July 10th, 2023 by Nomi HarrisDiversity, inclusion and accessibility (also known as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, DEI) are a major part of BOSC’s mission and […]
Hannah Wei webinar video now available
March 17th, 2023 by Nomi HarrisOn March 14, 2023, we held a webinar (hosted by ISCBacademy) about “Re-Thinking the Patient’s Role in a Learning Health […]
BOSC Early Poster Acceptance
March 9th, 2023 by Nomi HarrisIf you submit your abstract to BOSC by March 31, we will let you know by April 6 whether it has been accepted or not for (at least) a poster. (The regular abstract submission deadline is April 20, and authors who submit in that round will be informed of poster/talk acceptance on May 11.)
ISCBacademy webinar on Patient-Led Research
March 7th, 2023 by Nomi HarrisHannah Wei, co-founder and technologist at the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, will speak at a webinar on March 14 at 15:00 UTC on “Re-Thinking the Patient’s Role in a Learning Health System.”