@bosc
Yearly Bioinformatics Open Source Conference since 2000, run by @OpenBio. BOSC 2026 will be July 13-14, 2026, as part of ISMB 2026 (BOSC 2025 was July 21-22, 2025, in Liverpool, UK as part of ISMB/ECCB 2025) https://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-...
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
Part of the audience at #BOSC2025
An attentive audience at #BOSC2025
Munazah Andrabi asks question at #BOSC2025
Susheel Varma
...and the other one
Susheel Varma
@susheelvarma.com giving one of two back-to-back short talks at #BOSC2025.
@proflhunter.bsky.social makes a point during a Q&A at #BOSC2025, while continuing to show off his #BOSC2024 socks
Chris Mungall
@cmungall.bsky.social preparing for his #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025 keynote talk
We encourage those who presented at #BOSC2025 to add their slides and/or poster to the BOSC collection at F1000: f1000research.com/collections/bosc
It was a great opportunity to present about RO-Crate at #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025. Please send me any more questions you may have. Slides and poster: zenodo.org/records/1584...
#BOSC2025 participants (including @monimunozto.bsky.social) interacting.
Radhika Khetani
Radhika Khetani asking the #BOSC2025 panelists a question
Monica Munoz-Torres and Scott Edmunds
During the #BOSC2025 panel on Data Sustainability, @scedmunds.bsky.social shared his perspective from the world of open scientific publishing while moderator @monimunozto.bsky.social listened attentively.
Tiffany Callahan and Augustin Luna enjoy a laugh with Yongqun "Oliver" He.
After the joint #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025 session, BOKR co-organizers Tiffany Callahan and Augustin Luna (@cannin@bsky.social) enjoy a laugh with Yongqun "Oliver" He.
