<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:746536059;
mso-list-template-ids:-676570352;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:768697622;
mso-list-template-ids:-1250944800;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2
{mso-list-id:1014528887;
mso-list-template-ids:-953679528;}
@list l2:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l2:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3
{mso-list-id:1106577137;
mso-list-template-ids:-60236950;}
@list l3:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l3:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l4
{mso-list-id:1685596654;
mso-list-template-ids:-1839583106;}
@list l4:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l4:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l4:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l4:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l5
{mso-list-id:1773626308;
mso-list-template-ids:704687188;}
@list l5:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l5:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l5:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l5:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l5:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l5:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l5:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l5:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l5:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l6
{mso-list-id:1949583123;
mso-list-template-ids:-731754348;}
@list l6:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l6:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l6:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l6:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l6:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l6:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l6:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l6:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l6:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">GCCBOSC 2018: A Bioinformatics Community Conference</span></b><o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Call for Abstracts </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><img width="128" height="128" style="width:1.3333in;height:1.3333in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3AC8A.744D8CA0" alt="cid:D26D7108-3A0D-4525-8F2E-BD56D2709441@nomi-and-tim.org"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> Dates</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">:
June 25-30, 2018</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> Location</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">:
Reed College, Portland, OR</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> GCCBOSC website</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">: </span></span><a href="https://gccbosc2018.sched.com/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">https://gccbosc2018.sched.com/</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> BOSC website: </span></b></span><a href="https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2018"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2018</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> Email BOSC organizers</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:bosc@open-bio.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">b</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><a href="mailto:osc@open-bio.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">osc@open-bio.org</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> BOSC announcements mailing list</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">: </span></span><a href="http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bosc-announce"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bosc-announce</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> Twitter</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">: </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/OBF_BOSC"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">@OBF_BOSC</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">,
#GCCBOSC</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Important Dates</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a href="https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Abstract submission</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"> deadline:
March 16, 2018</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;font-variant-caps: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Authors notified: April 10, 2018</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;font-variant-caps: normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a href="https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/blob/master/Travel_fellowships.md"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Travel fellowship</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"> application
deadline: April 15, 2017</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">GCCBOSC 2018 Training: June 25-26, 2018</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</div>
<div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">GCCBOSC 2018 Talks: June 27-28</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</div>
<div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">GCCBOSC CollaborationFest: June 29-30</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">About BOSC</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Since 2000, the yearly Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) has provided a forum for developers and users to interact
and share research results and ideas in open source bioinformatics. BOSC’s broad spectrum of topics includes practical techniques for solving bioinformatics problems; software development practices; standards and ontologies; approaches that promote open science
and sharing of data, results and software; and ways to grow open source communities while promoting diversity within them.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Why is BOSC partnering with GCC in 2018?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">In past years, BOSC has been part of the ISMB conference. Because of our continuing focus on broadening and deepening the BOSC
community, we've been exploring ways to reach those in the bioinformatics community who aren’t already part of the audience attracted by ISMB. As part of that exploration, we have looked at other organizations and conferences that have been successful at establishing
a strong and growing community of participants, such as the Galaxy Community Conference (GCC).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">After much discussion and planning, we decided to hold BOSC in conjunction with GCC in 2018. We hope that this will be an enjoyable
and productive experience for all participants, and we welcome your feedback before, during and after the event.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">As always, BOSC 2018 will include two days of talks and posters, two </span></span><a href="https://galaxyproject.org/events/gccbosc2018/keynotes/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">keynote
speakers</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">, a panel discussion, Birds of a Feather, and more. BOSC sessions will
run in parallel with GCC 2018 sessions, with some sessions shared. The two days of talks will be preceded by two days of </span></span><a href="https://galaxyproject.org/events/gccbosc2018/training/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">training</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> on
topics nominated by the community, and will be followed by a two-day CollaborationFest that merges BOSC's Codefest and Galaxy's Developer and User Hackathon Days.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Abstract submission</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">We encourage you to submit one-page abstracts (due March 16) on any topic relevant to open source bioinformatics or open science.
After review, some abstracts will be selected for lightning talks, longer talks, demos and/or posters. Abstract submission instructions and a link to the EasyChair submission portal can be found on </span></span><a href="https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">BOSC session topics include</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">
(but are not limited to):</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Open Science and Reproducible Research</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Open Biomedical Data</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Citizen/Participatory Science</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Standards and Interoperability</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Data Science</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Workflows</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Visualization</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Medical and Translational Bioinformatics</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Developer Tools and Libraries</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Bioinformatics Open Source Project Progress Reports</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">We look forward to receiving your abstract and meeting you at GCCBOSC 2018!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> BOSC 2018 Organizing Committee: Nomi Harris (chair), Heather Wiencko (co-chair), Brad Chapman (co-chair), Peter Cock, Christopher
Fields, Bastian Greshake, Karsten Hokamp, Hilmar Lapp, Monica Munoz-Torres</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span><a href="cid:C752C8A2-8E88-478B-9B5E-E80E1156E82A@nomi-and-tim.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">PastedGraphic-16.tiff</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">P.S. Don't forget to submit your BOSC abstract by March 16 at </span></span><a href="https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">!
Please share this announcement with your colleagues!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>