<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><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=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span class=""></span></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" class=""><div class="" style="text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><b class=""><font size="4" class="" style="font-size: 19px;">GCCBOSC 2018: A Bioinformatics Community Conference</font></b></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 19px;"><font class=""><b class=""><a href="mailto:bosc-announce@open-bio.org" class="">bosc-announce@open-bio.org</a></b></font></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="43AC1A3D-B7B2-47AA-A66E-D84E51A0237F" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;" class="" height="128" width="128" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:5FF0DE67-7E63-4EA0-96D3-2F2AFDCBBE49@local"></b></div><div class="" style="text-align: start;"><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></b></div><div class="" style="text-align: start;"><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Late-Breaking Lightning Talks</b></div><div class="" style="text-align: start;">BOSC received many excellent abstracts in the first round of submissions, but we have saved a few spots in the schedule for lightning talks to be chosen from abstracts submitted to the late round, which closes on May 17. After review, a few abstracts will be selected for late-breaking lightning talks; others will be accepted for demos and/or posters. (Accepted speakers may also present demos and/or posters if they want to.)</div><div class="" style="text-align: start;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="text-align: start;">Abstract submission instructions and a link to the EasyChair submission portal can be found on <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="" style="text-align: start;">Please be sure your abstract meets BOSC’s requirements, including a URL for your public source code repository (unless your work doesn’t involve writing code) and the license.</div><div class="" style="text-align: start;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="text-align: start;">If you submitted an abstract in the first round and did not get a talk, we encourage you to revise your abstract in light of the reviewers’ comments and submit to the new “BOSC Late-Breaking Lightning” round for consideration.</div><div class="" style="text-align: start;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="text-align: start;"><div class="">We look forward to receiving your abstract and meeting you at GCCBOSC 2018!</div></div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><div class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><div class="" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px;">Sincerely,</div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px;"> 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</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="" style="font-size: 8px;"><b class="" style="font-size: 8px;"> </b></div><div class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""> GCCBOSC 2018 Dates</b>: June 25-30, 2018</div><div class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""> Location</b><span class="" style="font-weight: normal;">: Reed College, Portland, OR</span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""> GCCBOSC website</b><span class="" style="font-weight: normal;">: <a href="https://gccbosc2018.sched.com/" class="">https://gccbosc2018.sched.com/</a></span></div><div class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""> BOSC website: </b><a href="https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2018" class="" style="font-size: 13px;">https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2018</a></div><div class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""> Email BOSC organizers</b><span class="" style="font-weight: normal;">:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:bosc@open-bio.org" class="" style="font-size: 13px;">b</a><a href="mailto:osc@open-bio.org" class="">osc@open-bio.org</a></div><div class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""> Twitter</b><span class="" style="font-weight: normal;">: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/OBF_BOSC" class="">@OBF_BOSC</a><span class="" style="font-weight: normal;">, #GCCBOSC</span></div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Important Dates</b></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="https://galaxyproject.org/events/gccbosc2018/register/" class="">Early registration for GCCBOSC 2018</a> ends: May 11, 2018</span></li><li class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><a href="https://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_Abstract_Submission" class="">Late-breaking lightning talk / demo / poster submission</a> deadline: May 17, 2018</b></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Authors notified: May 24, 2018</span></li><li class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><a href="https://galaxyproject.org/events/gccbosc2018/register/" class="">“Advanced” registration</a> ends: June 1, 2018</li><li class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="">GCCBOSC 2018 Training: June 25-26, 2018</div></li><li class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="">GCCBOSC 2018 Talks: June 27-28</div></li><li class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="" style="font-size: 14px;">GCCBOSC CollaborationFest: June 29-30</div></li></ul></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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