With their continued support, BOSC can fund participant support, keynote honoraria, and meeting costs. We deeply appreciate their commitment to open-source bioinformatics. seqera.io
Thank you @seqera.io 🍐
We are delighted to welcome back @seqera.io as a Gold Sponsor of #BOSC2026!
Seqera, built by the creators of Nextflow, is the enterprise-first bioinformatics platform trusted by leading pharma and diagnostics companies to build, validate, and scale bioinformatics with confidence.
We're excited about the TWO panel discussions that we're planning for #BOSC2026:
1. Policies and Strategies for Resilient Open Science
2. Open Source in the Age of AI
Read about them here: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
Thank you, NIH ODSS, for your generous support! 🙌
The NIH Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS) is a Gold Sponsor of #BOSC2026! ODSS leads NIH’s Strategic Plan for Data Science. Their support helps BOSC provide participant support, keynote honoraria, and meeting costs. Thank you for supporting open-source bioinformatics! datascience.nih.gov
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#genAI is changing everything, including the #OpenSource ecosystem. #BOSC2026 wants to hear your thoughts! Submit your abstract by April 9 to be considered for a talk.
Read more: www.open-bio.org/posts/Open-S...
Abstract submission: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
We're proud to have @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social on the #BOSC2026 Organizing Committee, and we applaud his latest honor - he is now one of the distinguished AAAS Fellows! 🙌🍐
We are thrilled to announce our second keynote speaker for #BOSC2026: Eric Green, the Chief Medical Officer at Illumina. Dr. Green was a key architect of the Human Genome Project and led the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for 15 years.
More info: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
Dr. Maryam Zaringhalam stands by a concrete balcony, with trees in the background. She looks at the camera with a casual, gentle expression. She wears a navy blue outfit.
We are delighted to announce our first keynote speaker for #BOSC2026: Maryam Zaringhalam, Ph.D. @webmz.bsky.social, the Senior Director of Policy at the Center for Open Science @cos.io.
#OpenScience #ISMB2026 #AIready #data as a #publicgood
More information at www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
Time to think about submitting an abstract to #BOSC2026! The deadline for submitting talk/poster abstracts is April 9. (There is an additional late poster round that closes in May, but those late submissions won't be considered for talks.)
www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
#OpenSource #OpenScience
Monica Munoz Torres holds the BOSC 2025 poster
BOSC Chair Nomi Harris by the BOSC 2024 poster
#BOSC2026 is looking for sponsors!
Your sponsorship helps BOSC advance open-source bioinformatics and open science and broaden representation (www.open-bio.org/obf-dei/).
Info: open-bio.org/events/bosc/.... Please contact us for details about sponsorship levels and perks!
Submissions to BOSC are via ISMB's submission portal. ISMB is run by ISCB (confused yet? 😜). Therefore, BOSC submissions close when ISMB submissions close: April 9, AoE (explained below).
Call for Comments on BOSC 2026 Keynote Speaker Candidates
We appreciate the excellent keynote speaker suggestions for #BOSC2026. We invite you to anonymously share any concerns about the suitability of the nominated individuals by Friday Jan 9. www.open-bio.org/2025/12/18/2...
BOSC 2025 keynote speaker Chris Mungall
BOSC 2025 keynote speaker Christine Orengo
Keynote talks are always a highlight of BOSC. We invite you, our community, to nominate potential keynote speakers for #BOSC2026! 🍐
www.open-bio.org/2025/12/02/2...
BOSC 2025 organizing committee
Save the date: #BOSC2026 (www.open-bio.org/events/bosc) will take place July 13-14 in Washington, DC, as part of ISMB 2026 (July 12-16). We hope you will join us in person or online! 🍐
#Bioinformatics #OpenSource
Chris Mungall giving keynote talk at #BOSC2025
Videos of the #BOSC2025 talks are now available on our schedule page (scroll down to Talks), as well as on our YouTube channel. Enjoy! 🍐
Schedule page: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@OBFBOSC/vid...
#Bioinformatics #OpenSource
Scott Edmunds cuts the cake at the 2025 GigaScience birthday party at ISMB/ECCB 2025
An open letter about the recent cuts at GigaScience: www.open-bio.org/2025/09/30/2...
(open for signatures until the end of October)
#OpenScience #OpenData #GigaScience
Our report on the #OpenSource #Bioinformatics Conference just came out yesterday, and it's already been viewed 48 times! Ok, not quite viral, but not too shabby...
Check out our #BOSC2025 report on @f1000publishing.bsky.social (It includes lots of pictures!) 🍐
f1000research.com/articles/14-...
GigaScience Press FTW! youtu.be/yp_pYwb78G4?...
Thrilled to present @embl.org's #EBISearch at @bosc.bsky.social at the world’s biggest #Bioinformatics conference, made by the @ebi.embl.org team to make life science data more discoverable. 🧬🔎
#Bioinformatics #EMBLEBI #DataDiscovery #LifeSciences #ComputationalBiology #ResearchTools #FAIRdata
Jason Williams, Tony Burdett, and Wiriya Rutvisuttinunt
@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social, Tony Burdett, and Wiriya Rutvisuttinunt outside the @gigascience.bsky.social party at #BOSC2025
BOSC review and organizing committee members
At the end of #BOSC2025, the organizing committee was joined on stage by the review committee members who were able to go to Liverpool.
BOSC chair Nomi Harris
During the #BOSC2025 closing remarks, chair @nomiharris.bsky.social thanked the BOSC sponsors (@cziscience.bsky.social @seqera.io @gigascience.bsky.social) for covering registration for 12 BOSC presenters.
Mónica Muñoz-Torres next to podium
@monimunozto.bsky.social, wearing a 🍐-green dress, introducing the second set of #OpenData talks at #BOSC2025
A few shots of the #BOSC2025 panelists discussing their thoughts on data sustainability. Panelists were @scedmunds.bsky.social, @cmungall.bsky.social, @varsha-khodiyar.bsky.social, Tony Burdett, and Nicky Mulder; the moderator was @monimunozto.bsky.social
Munazah Andrabi asks question at #BOSC2025
Susheel Varma
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