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-...
Join us at the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, #BOSC2026, July 14–15 in Washington, DC (and online) as part of #ISMB2026. Abstracts due on April 9!
Join us for talks, panels, posters, and the CollaborationFest. See you this summer!
www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
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 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-...
📣 BioHackathon Europe 2026 Call for project proposals is now open!
Submit your #bioinformatics project 🧑💻 for #BioHackEU26 by 15 April: biohackathon-europe.org
🙌 We welcome proposals that focus on areas supporting the work of ELIXIR – #FAIRdata, #metadata standards, #ontologies and more.
📣 BioHackathon Europe 2026 call for project proposals will open on 16 March (next Monday)! Get your project proposals ready 🚀 We look forward to seeing different innovative ideas in #bioinformatics.
Check the website for more information 👉 https://loom.ly/m6hEBcM
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!
🎉 Researchers can now explore a foundational resource for data-driven healthcare solutions – and see how to access the data for personalized health studies.
The milestone is enabled by release of metadata for the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) Federated Clinical Routine Dataset. More👇
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...
Today, a global community of hackers gathers in Berlin 🇩🇪 for the start of #BioHackEU25. Since 2019, over 2200 participants have gathered together for an intense week of collaboration to advance 275 projects.
Read the news: https://loom.ly/6sE_kdI
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
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
Help! I need curation. Our write up of Birthdays, BOSC, Beatles and Bioinformatics at ISMB2025 in Liverpool gigasciencejournal.com/blog/help-i-...
We're looking for talented people to help build a better Web for everyone - through open standards, open source technologies and community development. We're looking for two Senior Developers experienced with Semantic Web, Solid and digital identity standards.
buff.ly/8glhJA8
We encourage those who presented at #BOSC2025 to add their slides and/or poster to the BOSC collection at F1000: f1000research.com/collections/bosc
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
The #ismbeccb2025 CollaborationFest is starting 11:20. Come join us in room 2F near the coffee break lounge and hear all about our exciting projects! Thanks to @hmenager.bsky.social @dcgenomics.bsky.social @bosc.bsky.social
Robert Hoehndorf
Robert Hoehndorf (@leechuck.bsky.social) presenting AberOWL during #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025
Damien Goutte-Gattat
Damien Goutte-Gattat gave a thought-provoking talk about how to deal with ontology censorship. #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025
Harry Caufield
Harry Caufield (@severaltimes.bsky.social) giving a BioPortal update at #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025. You can try out BioPortal at bioportal.bioontology.org
@severaltimes.bsky.social talking about the BioPortal MCP at #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025 #ISMBECCB2025
Just as Chris launched into the topic of knowledge censorship, the AI transcription and the slides stopped working. Coincidence?? 🤔 #BOSC2025
