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ISCB News @iscb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hoping to present at #ISMBECCB2027 in July? Here's a sneak peek at the upcoming submission deadlines for the biggest bioinformatics and computational biology conference of the year!

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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 17/09/2026

My department is hiring an Assistant Professor! Come join us at @ucsandiego.bsky.social Computer Science & Engineering! Beautiful city, awesome colleagues, delicious tacos 😄 apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04649

apol-recruit.ucsd.edu

Assistant Professor - CSE

University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We had a very successful Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (#BOSC2026) in Washington DC in July! This blog post (which includes lots of photos) gives a recap: www.open-bio.org/2026/08/16/2...

Some of the BOSC organizers with keynote speaker Eric Green

Bhavesh Patel talks to another participant by his poster

Jason Williams has a triangle and he's not afraid to use it

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Some of the #BOSC2026 organizers with keynote speaker @webmz.bsky.social

Some BOSC organizers + Maryam Zaringhalam

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

BOSC/Nextflow socks are fun for everyone! @seqera.io #BOSC2026

BOSC organizers and panelists smiling and holding BOSC/Nextflow socks

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Nextflow/BOSC socks donated by #BOSC2026 sponsor @seqera.io were a big hit.

Geraldine and Nomi hand out Nextflow/BOSC socks

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Don't go over time in @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social's sessions or he'll deploy the triangle! #BOSC2026

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Don't miss the closing panel at #BOSC2026 on #OpenSource in the Age of #AI! 4:40pm today at #ISMB2026. More info: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Eric Green's #BOSC2026 keynote was a fascinating tour of the past, present and future of #Genomics and #GenomicMedicine. #ISMB

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Eric Green, in his keynote at #BOSC2026, noted that 1989 was an important year for two reasons. #HumanGenomeProject #Genomics #ISMB2026

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Keynote speaker Maryam Zaringhalam (@webmz.bsky.social) discussed how helping scientists make their research more open can help promote public trust of science. #BOSC2026

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Harry Caufield (@severaltimes.bsky.social) presented a #BOSC2026 talk about a knowledge graph registry. Not sure what a knowledge graph is? Harry made an analogy with a subway map (stations == nodes, connections between stations == edges).

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#BOSC2026 chair @nomiharris.bsky.social with the poster designed by @monimunozto.bsky.social that shows our keynote speakers, panelists, and sponsors (@seqera.io, NIH ODSS, and @datadryad.bsky.social) 🍐

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#BOSC2026 has begun! Our first session at #ISMB2026 is a joint session with @bokr.bsky.social. In his talk about KGXVal, Daniel Korn addressed something many of us have wondered about: why do turkeys have math anxiety? 🦃➗😰

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The #BOSC2026 talks start tomorrow, but posters started today! BOSC Chair @nomiharris.bsky.social visited Mete Akdogan's poster this morning. Find the full BOSC schedule at www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...

BOSC Chair Nomi Harris and Mete Akdogan by his poster

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Attending #ISMB2026? Check out the #BOSC2026 keynotes and panels: Keynote 1: Maryam Zaringhalam Keynote 2: Eric Green Panel 1: Policies and Strategies for Resilient Open Science Panel 2: Open Source in the Age of AI More info: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...

open-bio.org

BOSC 2026

Since 2000, BOSC has covered all aspects of open source bioinformatics and open science. BOSC 2026, the 27th annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference, will take place July 14-15 in Washington, DC,...

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We're excited about the great panels that will be part of #BOSC2026! This is the first of two panels. Find more info, including names and bios of panelists, here: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...

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BOSC 2026 Panels

For the first time ever, BOSC will include two panel discussions featuring perspectives from across the open science, bioinformatics, policy, and AI landscapes. Panel 1: Policies and Strategies for Re...

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

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.

seqera.io

Seqera | Bioinformatics Platform by the developers of Nextflow

The bioinformatics platform that brings your data, pipelines, and teams together. Build, deploy & scale your science—from discovery to impact.

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

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-...

open-bio.org

BOSC 2026 Panels

For the first time ever, BOSC will include two panels on important and timely topics. Policies and Strategies for Resilient Open Science As we gather in Washington, D.C. for BOSC 2026, we stand at the...

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#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-...

An AI-generated claymation-style illustration of an elephant surrounded by large anthropomorphic pears expressing various emotions

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

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! 🙌🍐

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Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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-...

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Mónica Muñoz Torres, PhD @monimunozto.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

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-...

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.

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

#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!

Monica Munoz Torres holds the BOSC 2025 poster

BOSC Chair Nomi Harris by the BOSC 2024 poster

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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).

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

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...

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Call for Comments on BOSC 2026 Keynote Speaker Candidates

We thank our community for the excellent keynote speaker suggestions for BOSC 2026. The next phase of our selection process invites you to share any concerns about the suitability of the nominated ind...

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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 keynote speaker Christine Orengo

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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

Chris Mungall giving keynote talk at #BOSC2025

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Open Bioinformatics Foundation @openbio.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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

Scott Edmunds cuts the cake at the 2025 GigaScience birthday party at ISMB/ECCB 2025

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Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

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An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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Chris Mungall @cmungall.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Very exciting to see the research from @cziscience.bsky.social on the rBio distilling a black box foundation model (in this case a "virtual cell" perturbation model) into a smaller reasoner LLM. And it uses ontologies as part of RL! chanzuckerberg.com/blog/rbio-re...

chanzuckerberg.com

rBio: Reasoning Model Trained on Virtual Cell Simulations

Scientists can ask complex biological questions in plain language and get predictions about gene interactions.

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

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.

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

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 review and organizing committee members

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

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

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

@proflhunter.bsky.social makes a point during a Q&A at #BOSC2025, while continuing to show off his #BOSC2024 socks

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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Just as Chris launched into the topic of knowledge censorship, the AI transcription and the slides stopped working. Coincidence?? 🤔 #BOSC2025

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Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Fantastic #BOSC2025 panel on data sustainability to cap off the conference. #ISMBECCB2025

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Jake Lever @jakelever.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Quick shout out for the Make Data Count challenge to improve data citation from @gigascience.bsky.social's Scott Edmunds. Looks cool and 💲prizes! #BOSC2025 #ISMBECCB2025 www.kaggle.com/competitions...

kaggle.com

Make Data Count - Finding Data References

Identify scientific data use in papers and classify how they are mentioned.

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GigaScience Journal @gigascience.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Closing session at #BOSC2025, Guy Cochrane talking about the Global Biodata Infrastructure, hopefully framing things for the sustainability panel (which our EiC @scedmunds.bsky.social is participating in #ISMB2025 #ISMBECCB2025

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GigaScience Journal @gigascience.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Guy ending his talk telling the #BOSC2025 audience if they value global data infrastructure sign their open letter globalbiodata.org/open-letter-... #ISMBECCB2025

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