<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">By popular demand, the deadline for submitting BOSC abstracts has been extended to Monday, April 4.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please submit your one-page abstract about any topic in open source bioinformatics or open science at <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission" class="">https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission</a> .</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The deadline for applying for OBF Travel Fellowships (<a href="https://news.obf.io/2016/03/01/obf-travel-fellowship-program/" class="">https://news.obf.io/2016/03/01/obf-travel-fellowship-program/</a>) is April 15.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We look forward to reading your abstract, and hope to see you at BOSC 2016!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nomi Harris, BOSC 2016 Co-chair </div><div class=""><div class="">
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">On Mar 1, 2016, at 9:56 AM, Peter Cock <<a href="mailto:p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com" class="">p.j.a.cock@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Call for Abstracts for the 17th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source<br class="">Conference (BOSC 2016), a Special Interest Group (SIG) of ISMB 2016.<br class=""><br class="">Dates: July 8-9, 2016<br class="">Location: Orlando, FL<br class="">Web site: <a href="http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2016" class="">http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2016</a><br class="">Email: <a href="mailto:bosc@open-bio.org" class="">bosc@open-bio.org</a><br class="">BOSC announcements mailing list:<br class=""><a href="http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bosc-announce" class="">http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bosc-announce</a><br class="">Twitter: @OBF_BOSC and @OBF_News<br class=""><br class="">Important Dates:<br class=""><br class="">* Call for one-page abstracts opens: March 1, 2016<br class="">* Abstract submission deadline: April 1, 2016<br class="">* Travel fellowship application deadline: April 15, 2016<br class="">* Authors notified: May 6, 2016<br class="">* Codefest 2016: July 6-7, 2016, Orlando, FL (confirming venue)<br class="">* BOSC 2016: July 8-9, 2016, Orlando, FL<br class="">* ISMB 2016: July 8-12, 2016, Orlando, FL<br class=""><br class="">The Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) is run as a two-day<br class="">meeting before the annual ISMB conference. It is organized by the Open<br class="">Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), a non-profit group dedicated to<br class="">promoting the practice and philosophy of open source software<br class="">development and open science within the biological research community.<br class="">BOSC offers a focused environment for developers and users to interact<br class="">and share ideas about standards; software development practices;<br class="">practical techniques for solving bioinformatics problems; and<br class="">approaches that promote open science and sharing of data, results and<br class="">software.<br class=""><br class="">We welcome one-page abstracts on any topic of relevance to open source<br class="">bioinformatics and open science. Presentation formats are lightning<br class="">talks, longer talks, and/or posters. We plan to offer a limited number<br class="">of travel fellowships to help offset expenses for some accepted<br class="">speakers who would not otherwise be able to attend BOSC – please see<br class="">the OBF Travel Fellowship announcement for more information:<br class=""><br class="">http://news.open-bio.org/2016/03/01/obf-travel-fellowship-program/<br class=""><br class="">Session topics include:<br class="">* Open Science and Reproducible Research<br class="">* Standards and Interoperability<br class="">* Data Science<br class="">* Visualization<br class="">* Translational Bioinformatics<br class="">* Bioinformatics Open Source Libraries and Projects<br class=""><br class="">If your company or organization is interested in helping to sponsor<br class="">BOSC 2016, please contact us! Sponsors in 2015 included Google,<br class="">GigaScience, Curoverse and Bina – we thank them for their support.<br class=""><br class="">Please see http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission for<br class="">abstract submission instructions,<br class=""><br class="">Thank you,<br class=""><br class="">BOSC 2016 Organizing Committee:<br class="">Nomi Harris and Peter Cock (co-chairs), Brad Chapman, Christopher<br class="">Fields, Karsten Hokamp, Hilmar Lapp, Mónica Muñoz-Torres, Heather<br class="">Wiencko<br class=""></blockquote></div></body></html>