Call for the second round of OBF Event Fellowship 2022 & overview from the first round
Posted on August 12, 2022
| malvikasharan
The call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2022, round 2 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 October 2022. Applications should be submitted via this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling the form – make a copy of this template.
We invite applications from candidates who are seeking financial support to attend or host relevant scientific events from late October 2022 to April 2023.
[Read More]Festus Nyasimi: Journey to the ISMB/BOSC 2022 conference
Posted on August 1, 2022
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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 and open science practices in the biological research community. Festus Nyasimi, A co-founder and lead of the Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya Initiative (BHKi), attended the ISMB/BOSC conference 2022, supported by this fellowship granted to him in the first round of 2022.
In mid-May, I attended a different conference where I shared my experience with community building in the bioinformatics space with one of the attendees.
[Read More]Reflections from my 3 years on the OBF Board - Malvika Sharan
Posted on July 25, 2022
| malvikasharan
Thank You. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash
I have reached the end of my term after working with the OBF board members since 2019 and have stepped down from the board. It is bittersweet! I will miss seeing my colleagues from OBF in monthly calls, but also, this comes with an opportunity to make space for new voices to come into the leadership role of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation.
[Read More]My trip to the EMBO neural stem cells workshop
Posted on June 23, 2022
| jemima.becker
The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open source bioinformatics software development and open science practices in the biological research community. Jemima Becker, DPhil student at Merton College, University of Oxford, attended the EMBO workshop: “Neural stem cells: From basic understanding to translational applications", supported by this fellowship granted to him in the first round of 2022.
This June, I had the opportunity to travel to the EMBO workshop: “Neural stem cells: From basic understanding to translational applications”.
[Read More]Furkan M. Torun: Highlights of my participation at PyCon IT 2022
Posted on June 17, 2022
| furkanmtorun
The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open source bioinformatics software development and open science practices in the biological research community. Furkan M. Torun, Data Scientist at OmicEra Diagnostics & Computational Biologist, attended the PyCon Italia 2022, supported by this fellowship granted to him in the first round of 2022.
Background As it is shown in the surveys of the programming languages used and the latest publications in the field of bioinformatics/computational biology, Python has experienced unprecedented growth.
[Read More]Post-BOSC CoFest will be online
Posted on June 9, 2022
| admin
’ello Co-Fest Friends!
After failing to find a good spot for an in-person CoFest, we decided to have the CoFest remotely! I was really excited to meet you all at this event (and have you all meet each other) in the real world, but we’ll have to settle for doing that at BOSC (for those who are there).
By all means, don’t let this stop your in-person innovations! Want to meet up and work at a café?
[Read More]CollaborationFest 2022
Posted on May 17, 2022
| admin
Guest post by Thomas Schlapp, CoFest organizer This year we’re looking to have another post-BOSC CoFest! Last year (my first year being involved in BOSC at all) showed me just how collaborative and innovative this community can be. I’d absolutely LOVE to see more of it again. Last year we saw six very fascinating projects see progress (look them over HERE!). Let’s see if we cannot do just a few more in the name of innovation and collaboration!
[Read More]BOSC and Bio-Ontologies: Even better together!
Posted on March 2, 2022
| nlharris
We are excited to announce that BOSC and Bio-Ontologies will join forces for part of a day at ISMB 2022. The joint session will include talks chosen from abstracts submitted to BOSC or Bio-Ontologies, plus a keynote speaker who is well known in both the ontology and open science communities!
BOSC and Bio-Ontologies are two of the longest-running COSIs (Communities of Special Interest) at ISMB: BOSC started in 2000 and Bio-Ontologies in 1998.
[Read More]Watch the recording of the ISCBacademy webinar on growing open source communities
Posted on February 23, 2022
| bgreshake
Yesterday we hosted the OBF/BOSC contribution to the ISCBacademy webinar. Our former OBF-board member and Open Life Science co-lead Yo Yehudi presented how internship programs such as Google Summer of Code or Outreachy can be a great way to grow your open source community. If you missed the event, you can now watch the recording on YouTube.
Lalit Narayan, who is an undergraduate student at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, was a first-time webinar attendee:
[Read More]Call for applications for OBF Event Fellowship, Round 1 of 2022
Posted on February 7, 2022
| malvikasharan
Announcement drafted by Malvika Sharan, Caleb Kibet and Hilya Zahroh, with the OBF Board’s input.
The call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2022, round 1 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2022. Applications should be submitted via this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling the form – make a copy of this template.
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