Open Bioinformatics Foundation

OBF Public Board Meeting, 2021-09-21

Posted on September 11, 2021 | nlharris

Date, Time, and How to Join Date and time: 2021-09-21, 17:00 UTC (10am PT / 1pm ET / 18:00 UK) Participation link: https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/97312757115 Password: OBF2021 Meeting ID: 973 1275 7115 Agenda Approve minutes from the previous Public Board Meeting: https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/pull/87 Term expirations and Elections to the Board (electronic ballot) Hilyatuz Zahroh and Caleb Kibet, running for Board member at-large Board member Bastian Greshake Tzovaras’ term expires this year and he would like to stand for another term as member-at-large. [Read More]

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

Posted on September 10, 2021 | nlharris

The ISCB, which runs the annual ISMB conference, is offering a series of webinars hosted by the Communities of Special Interest (COSIs), which include BOSC/OBF. These webinars are free to ISCB members. The first BOSC/OBF ISCBacademy COSI 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.” Before Dr. [Read More]

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

Posted on September 8, 2021 | aimundo

The BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund was awarded to Ariel Mundo Ortiz, a researcher from the University of Arkansas, to participate in BOSC 2021, an annual conference hosted by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF). Based on the OBF Event Fellowship program, this fund aimed to facilitate the participation of diverse researchers from historically underrepresented groups at BOSC to help wider awareness and adoption of open source bioinformatics practices in the biological research community. [Read More]

David Twesigomwe: My BOSC 2021 Experience

Posted on September 7, 2021 | twesigomwedavid

The BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund was awarded to David Twesigomwe, a PhD student based at the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) - South Africa, to participate in BOSC 2021, an annual conference hosted by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF). Based on the OBF Event Fellowship program, this fund aimed to facilitate participation of diverse researchers from historically underrepresented groups at BOSC to help wider awareness and adoption of open source bioinformatics practices in the biological research community. [Read More]

Gemma Turon: Highlights of my participation at the BOSC-2021 conference thanks to an OBF Event Fellowship

Posted on August 31, 2021 | gemmaturon

The BOSC-OBF 2021 Event Support Fund enabled awardees to register for free for BOSC 2021, an annual conference hosted by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), which promotes and facilitates the open source bioinformatics development and open science. Based on the OBF Event Fellowship program, the BOSC-OBF support fund aimed to facilitate participation of diverse researchers from historically underrepresented groups at BOSC, helping to spread wider awareness and adoption of open source bioinformatics practices in the biological research community. [Read More]

Call for application for the OBF Event Fellowship - second round 2021

Posted on August 18, 2021 | malvikasharan

The call for application for the second round of this year’s Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship is open. Please submit your application before October 1, 2021 (save a calendar reminder). Just announced: deadline extended to October 4, 2021! Please apply via this Google application form: https://forms.gle/7ocmgvypiFHeFNfy7. The OBF Event Fellowship program is aimed at increasing diverse participation at events promoting open science practices such as open source bioinformatics resource development and dissemination in the biological research community. [Read More]

Join us for BOSC 2021!

Posted on July 28, 2021 | nlharris

BOSC 2021, which is a track (COSI) of ISMB/ECCB 2021, will take place online the 29th and 30th of July. The complete schedule is here. The event is being held in the Showcare platform – check out our tips for making the most of your online conference experience. We invite all attendees to join us at the pre-BOSC happy hour at the BOSC [roundtable](http://All attendees are invited to our pre-BOSC happy hour today from 17:30-18:30 UTC! [Read More]

Working on a CWL-Toil project with the Open Bioinformatics Foundation

Posted on June 23, 2021 | yo

This is a guest post from Mihai Popescu, a GSoC student with CWL, which participates under the OBF umbrella. Cross-posted on the CWL forums: https://cwl.discourse.group/t/working-on-a-cwl-toil-project-with-the-open-bioinformatics-foundation/390 I am Mihai Popescu, a second year master student at VU Amsterdam in Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems. I am happy that my GSoC proposal got accepted and that I have started working on the project. I attended some CWL meetings since I submitted the proposal and I got to know a small part of the community. [Read More]

Working on a data science project with the Open Bioinformatics Foundation, WellcomeML - Part one

Posted on June 17, 2021 | yo

This post is guest-posted by Federica Trevisan, an OBF GSoC student with the Wellcome Trust. Cross-posted with Federica’s blog: https://federikovi.medium.com/my-google-summer-of-code-2021-c795dd0cc794 My Google Summer of Code 2021 Well yes, I am part of GSoC 2021 💻☀️ What is Google Summer of Code In a nutshell, GSoC is a remote program founded in 2005, in which Google connects students and organisations during the summer break from classes. In this global program the students work with an open source organization on a 10 week programming project during their break from school. [Read More]

Eight incredible GSoC students for the OBF this year ☀️