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 release with Python 3.14 support. See change-log in the news file (most of the changes are in Bio.Align and Bio.PDB). There have also been a few...

   Sponsoring BOSC Sponsorships from companies and non-profit organizations help to defray some of our costs and enable us to provide free registration for some conference participants, offer honorariums to keynote speakers, and cover other expenses. Interested in sponsoring BOSC? Please contact us at...

   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 submit your application through this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling out the form -...

   BOSC 2026, the 27th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, will take place July 13-14 in Washington, DC, as part of ISMB 2026. We will again join forces with Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation (BOKR) for one day. We hope you will join us in person or online Since 2000, BOSC has...

   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 economic benefit in the short term, it may be difficult to sustain. Open science, including open-source software development and open data, is precisely...

   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 to announce that videos of the BOSC 2025 talks are now available on our schedule page, as well as on our YouTube channel. Enjoy

   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. Muhamad Haries Ramdhani, a PhD Student at the University of...

   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. Tayyaba Alvi, a PhD student at Fritz Lipmann Institute on...

   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 your application through this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling out the form -...

   Data Sustainability In the rapidly evolving landscape of bioinformatics, research data is the bedrock of discovery, innovation, and progress. But how secure is this foundation for the future? This panel will examine the critical challenge of Data Sustainability: the proactive and principled...

   BOSC 2025 keynote speakers KEYNOTE: Chris Mungall Open Knowledge Bases in the Age of Generative AI KEYNOTE: Christine Orengo Working together to develop, promote and protect our data resources: Lessons learnt developing CATH and TED Panel: Data Sustainability BOSC 2025 Schedule at a Glance (Keep...

   Thanks to the Event Fellowship from Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), I was privileged to attend the 2025 International Statistical Genetics Workshop (ISG). ISG is an intensive, week-long workshop held annually in Boulder, Colorado that provides hands-on training in the principles and...

   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 accessible and findable under stable links is not an easy feat, especially given that since 2001 we’ve changed the way we create and serve those pages...

   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 financial assistance to present your work at BOSC 2025. OBF Event Fellowships The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)’s Event Fellowships are aimed at...

   Chris Mungall (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Open Knowledge Bases in the Age of Generative AI (Keynote talk for joint BOSC BOKR session) Talk video ABSTRACT: The scientific and clinical community relies on the active development of a wide range of interlinked knowledge bases in order to...

   We are pleased to announce that BOSC and the newly-renamed Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation (BOKR) will join forces for a day at ISMB ECCB 2025 The joint session will include talks chosen from abstracts submitted to BOSC or BOKR, plus a keynote speaker who is well known in both the...

   CollaborationFest 2025 will be a two-day collaborative work event at which participants work together to contribute code, documentation, training materials, and challenging analysis problems and use cases. Bring your own project ideas or come ready to collaborate with others on their projects BOSC...

   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 Our pages are now generated by the Go-based, open source static site generator Hugo, and are stored on GitHub. All old URLs should continue working...

   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 your application through this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling out the form -...

   ISMB CollaborationFest 2025 will be a collaborative work event at which participants work together to contribute code, documentation, training materials, and challenging analysis problems and use cases. If you are interested in learning and contributing in an intensely collaborative environment,...

   We invited our community to nominate potential keynote speakers for BOSC, and we were delighted with the many excellent suggestions received. In the next stage of this process, we’re providing you with an opportunity to express any concerns regarding the suitability of any nominated individuals as...

   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, and virtual Dates: July 21-22, 2025 Website: events bosc LinkedIn: https: www.linkedin.com groups 14344023 Bluesky: https: bsky.app profile bosc.bsky...

   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. Jacqueline Wahura Waweru, a PhD researcher at the University...

   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 aspects of open source bioinformatics and open science. BOSC 2025, the 26th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, took place July 21-22, 2025 in...

   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. Erin (Rin) Krichilsky, a PhD researcher at Columbia University...

   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. Masturina Binti Md Mansor, a PhD student at the Universiti...

   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. Tanakamol Mahawan, a PhD student at the Institute of Systems,...

   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. Li Chuin Chong, a PhD student at the TWINCORE Centre for...

   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. Jacob González Isa, a PhD student at the University of...

   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. Keerthana Padmanabhan, a PhD researcher at the National...

   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 submit your application through this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling out the form -...

   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. Felipe de Jesà s Casta eda Córdova, an MD MS student from...

   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. Zehra Köksal, a Research assistant at the University Of...

   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 full report on BOSC 2024 will be published soon

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

   Sponsoring BOSC 2024 We are thrilled to announce the four sponsors of BOSC 2024 Big thanks to these excellent organizations for supporting open source bioinformatics and enabling us to offer free registration to some qualified participants Platinum Sponsors: Seqera makes complex data analysis...

   By Beatrice Mihalache Examining open source projects has been most useful to me while I am sharpening my coding skills, so I was excited to learn about the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference - BOSC. I am a rising senior at UCLA, studying biophysics and data science. I strongly believe in open...

   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. Urszula WÅ odkowska, a PhD Researcher at the Nencki Institute...

   Biopython 1.84 has been released and is available from our website and PyPI. This contains about 5 months worth of updates, so the change-log in the news file is longer than usual. There have also been a few deprecations, most noteworthy this may be our last release with Python 3.9 support. Many...

   The call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2024, round 2, is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 August 2024. Applications should be submitted via this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling out the form - make a...

   This year will mark the 15th edition of the BOSC-associated CollaborationFest, or CoFest for short. At these events, participants work together on code, documentation, training materials, use cases, and analyses. CoFest 2024 will take place on July 17-18, right after ISMB and BOSC 2024. This will...

   Open Source AI ML: A Game Changer for Bioinformatics? Tired of locked-away algorithms hindering your research? This panel dives into the exciting world of open-source AI ML for bioinformatics. Join BOSC in a conversation with renowned experts as they explore the potential of open models to...

   BOSC 2024 keynote speakers and panelists KEYNOTE: Mélanie Courtot: The Data Shows We Need Better Data KEYNOTE: Andrew Su: Open Data, Knowledge Graphs, and Large Language Models Panel: Open Source AI ML: A Game Changer for Bioinformatics? BOSC 2024 Schedule at a Glance (Scroll down more to see the...

   BOSC is an entirely volunteer-run event. We have an organizing committee of 8 people (see events bosc-2024 ), and we are assisted by a larger review committee. The review committee is responsible for reading all the submitted abstracts and assessing them for quality and appropriateness to BOSC. You...

   A PhD student’s perspective on attending the 17th Annual International Biocuration Conference in Faridabad, India The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source bioinformatics software development and open...

   Gemma Turon, PhD spoke at an ISCBacademy webinar on March 5, 2024. Her talk was entitled Ersilia, open source AI ML for (antimicrobial) drug discovery . The talk video is now available on YouTube: https: www.youtube.com watch?v xcEkCuJpZbw. Dr. Turon’s bio and talk abstract can be found in this...

   Mélanie Courtot (Ontario Institute for Cancer Research) The Data Shows We Need Better Data Big data, AI, LLMs... do they live up to the hype? In a bright and hopeful future, AI accelerates progress, revolutionizes healthcare, alerts us to health risks, and creates fresh career paths. Yet, in a...

   The call for applications for the OBF Event Fellowship 2024, round 1, is now open. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2024. Applications should be submitted via this Google Form. We have provided a Word template to help you draft the application locally before filling out the form - make a copy...

   Abstract submission for BOSC 2024 is now open Since some people can’t get conference travel approval from their institution until they get confirmation that their abstract has been accepted for a presentation, we started offering Early Poster Acceptance last year, and we are continuing the...

   Sponsors of BOSC 2023 BOSC 2023 Platinum Sponsor BOSC 2023 Silver Sponsors If you’re interested in sponsoring BOSC 2024, please contact us at bosc open-bio.org Sponsorships from companies and organizations help to defray some of our costs and enable us to offer registration fee waivers for some...