BOSC 2026 keynote speakersKEYNOTE: Eric GreenFrom the Human Genome Project to the Realization of Genomic Medicine: A Scientific, Medical, and...

   The OBF BOSC CollaborationFest (aka CoFest) is a collaborative event where participants get to work together on code, documentation, training...

   For the first time ever, BOSC will include two panels on important and timely topics.Policies and Strategies for Resilient Open ScienceAs we gather...

   At BOSC 2026, we want to talk about the elephant in the open-source room: Is generative AI an advantage or a hindrance to open source?We invite...

   Eric Green (Illumina)From the Human Genome Project to the Realization of Genomic Medicine: A Scientific, Medical, and Societal JourneyAbstractThe...

   The call for applications for round 1 of the OBF Event Fellowship for 2026 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2026. You can submit...

   BOSC is part of the big ISMB 2026 conference, so you need to register for ISMB to participate in BOSC.We recognize that the high price of travel and...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   We thank our community for the excellent keynote speaker suggestions for BOSC 2026.The next phase of our selection process invites you to share any...

   BOSC 2026 is planned for July 14-15, 2026, as part of ISMB 2026 in Washington, DC.We invite our community to nominate potential keynote speakers who...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   Biopython 1.86 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI.This contains about nine months worth of updates, and is our first...

   Sponsoring BOSCSponsorships from companies and non-profit organizations help enable us to provide free registration for some conference participants,...

   The call for applications for round 3 of the OBF Event Fellowship for 2025 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 December 2025. You can...

   Since 2000, BOSC has covered all aspects of open source bioinformatics and open science. BOSC 2026, the 27th annual Bioinformatics Open Source...

   To begin something is difficult; to keep something going is a different challenge.Even when it is the right thing to do, if it does not yield...

   Whether you attended BOSC 2025 or missed it, you can read about it (with lots of photos )in our report published in F1000Research.We are also pleased...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The call for applications for round 2 of the OBF Event Fellowship for 2025 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 August 2025. You can submit...

   Data SustainabilityIn the rapidly evolving landscape of bioinformatics, research data is the bedrock of discovery, innovation, and progress. But how...

   BOSC 2025 keynote speakersKEYNOTE: Chris MungallOpen Knowledge Bases in the Age of Generative AIKEYNOTE: Christine OrengoWorking together to develop,...

   Thanks to the Event Fellowship from Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), I was privileged to attend the 2025 International Statistical Genetics...

   The websites and blog posts of the OBF go back a long way, with the first posts having been published all the way back in June 2001.Keeping them...

   We recognize that the high price of travel and registration can make it hard for some people to attend BOSC ISMB. Below are some ways to apply for...

   Chris Mungall (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)Open Knowledge Bases in the Age of Generative AI(Keynote talk for joint BOSC BOKR session)Talk...

   We are pleased to announce that BOSC and the newly-renamedBio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation (BOKR) will join forces for a day at ISMB ECCB...

   CollaborationFest 2025 will be a two-day collaborative work event at which participants work together to contribute code, documentation, training...

   Over the past few weeks, we have been working behind the scenes to migrate our website, resulting in the page that you currently have in front of you...

   The call for applications for round 1 of the OBF Event Fellowship for 2025 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2025. You can submit...

   CollaborationFest 2026 will be a collaborative work event at which participants work together to contribute code, documentation, training materials,...

   ISMB CollaborationFest 2025 will be a collaborative work event at which participants work together to contribute code, documentation, training...

   We invited our community to nominate potential keynote speakers for BOSC, and we were delighted with the many excellent suggestions received. In the...

   We invite you to join us for BOSC 2025, a vibrant gathering at the forefront of open-source bioinformatics and open science Location: Liverpool, UK,...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   BOSC 2026 will take place in Washington, DC, as part of ISMB 2026, July 12-16, 2026. We hope you will join us Since 2000, BOSC has covered all...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The call for applications for round 3 of the OBF Event Fellowship for 2024 is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 December 2024. You can...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source...

   The talk videos from BOSC 2024 are now available on YouTube.They are also linked from the BOSC talk schedule (scroll down to Talks ).Stay tuned - our...

   Starting in July 2019, OBF Board public meeting minutes can be found in our GitHub repository.