BCC2020 Keynote Speakers The 2020 Bioinformatics Community Conference is pleased to announce our exceptional keynote speakers for BCC2020: Lincoln Stein Head, Adaptive Oncology at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research How Open Source has Changed the World Lincoln Stein focuses on supporting biomedical research both in Ontario and around the world by making large and complex biological datasets findable, accessible and usable.
BOSC 2017 Schedule This page has links to all the publicly available talk slides, videos and posters. Most of the slides and posters are on our BOSC F1000 Research Collection(others are on SlideShare and FigShare), while the videos are on the BOSC 2017 YouTube playlist.
What is BOSC? The B ioinformatics O pen S ource C onference promotes and facilitates the open source development of bioinformatics tools and open science. Since it launched in 2000, BOSC has been part of ISMB every year except for 2018 and 2020. In 2020, BOSC partnered with GCC to form the Bioinformatics Community Conference, BCC2020.
Check out the complete BOSC 2020 conference schedule! Blog posts about BCC2020: Lessons learned from organizing a virtual conference; Why planning an online conference is hard. BOSC 2020 BCC2020, the first Bioinformatics Community Conference, brought together the Galaxy Community Conference (GCC) and the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) in a joint ONLINE meeting in July 2020.
The OBF Code of Conduct was adopted after being voted on by our members in January 2022, following the OBF Public Board meeting in September 2021. Our annual conference, BOSC, is normally run as part of the ISMB meeting, where it therefore follows the OBF Code of Conduct.
Support the OBF Sponsorship opportunities Our annual meetings, BOSC and the CollaborationFest, are supported in part by sponsorships. Please see the Sponsors page for more information. Tax-free donations Through our fiscal sponsor, Software in the Public Interest, Inc., you can donate to the OBF via PayPal or online by credit card.
Membership Application The Open Bioinformatics Foundation invites anyone who is involved in or plans to become involved in promoting open source or open science in a biological field to apply for membership. There are no dues at present. The best time and place to join is at the annual BOSC conference, because attendees are automatically deemed eligible based on the fact that they attended BOSC, but you can apply for membership at any time.
Join the OBF community The OBF welcomes anyone who is involved or plans to become involved in biology-related open source or open science to join our community. There are many ways you can become part of our growing community, regardless of your career stage and experience with open source and open science.
Guide for Prospective GSoC Contributors Before you apply Proposals should extend one of affiliated toolkits, not start a new project. If you want to apply with your own idea, it’s best to contact the OBF subproject you’re interested in well before the application deadline, so we can work with you to find a mentor and solidify your project idea and application.
What is the Google Summer of code? Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an internship program for open-source projects. The program offers eligible GSoC contributors stipends to write code for open source projects over a period of 3 summer months (“flip bits, not burgers”). See the Google Summer of Code Main Site for general information about the Google Summer of Code program, how to apply, frequently asked general questions, and more.
Open Bioinformatics Foundation in GSoC Overview Here you will find a general outline of what Google Summer of Code is. Project Ideas All the OBF/GSoC projects are listed here complete with details, including potential mentors. Guide for Prospective GSoC Contributors Consult this guide for rules about applications. Contact The contact links for OBF/GSoC admins and mentors are listed here.