Sponsoring BOSC Sponsorships from companies and non-profit organizations help to defray some of our costs and enable us to offer free registration for some conference participants. In 2024, thanks to our sponsors’ generous support, we were able to grant free registration to 15 participants, offer honoraria to keynote speakers, and cover other expenses. Interested in sponsoring BOSC? Please contact us at bosc@open-bio.org!

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 – make a copy of this template.

BOSC 2026 , the 27th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, will take place July 13-14 or July 15-16 in Washington, DC, as part of ISMB 2026. We hope you will join us in person or online! Since 2000, BOSC has covered all aspects of open source bioinformatics and open science. BOSC 2025 took place July 21-22, 2025 in Liverpool, UK (as part of ISMB/ECCB 2025). Read our BOSC 2025 report on F1000Research!

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 such an example.

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.

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.

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 – make a copy of this template.

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?

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 scrolling to see the full schedule of talks and posters!) Schedule of Talks Schedule of Posters Please see the ISMB/ECCB poster page for

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 application of over a dozen open-access bioinformatics tools for analysis of genomic data.