From bgreshake at googlemail.com Mon Feb 26 13:34:56 2024 From: bgreshake at googlemail.com (Bastian Greshake) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:34:56 +0000 Subject: [Open-bio-l] OBF Newsletter February/March 2024 Message-ID: *Having trouble viewing this email or looking for a permalink? View this newsletter in your browser .* *This email was sent to the bosc-announce and open-bio-l mailing lists.* OBF Newsletter February/March 2024 TL;DR: In this newsletter we provide key dates for BOSC 2024, share the upcoming OBF event fellowship application deadline, highlight an upcoming ISCBacademy talk, and share upcoming community opportunities. In longer form: OBF News BOSC news The 25th(!) annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2024) will take place on July 15/16 as part of ISMB 2024 in Montr?al, Canada, and online. As in prior years, there will be a *CollaborationFest*, a collaborative work event (including but not limited to hacking) happening around BOSC, this year right after the event on July 17/18. There is still time to submit your abstracts for posters and talks. And there is even an early poster submission/acceptance route that you can use until March 21 . With this we want to make it easier for people to plan their travel to BOSC/ISMB. The full list of key submission/notification dates is: - March 21, 2024: Early Poster Acceptance submission deadline - March 29: Early Poster Acceptance notification - April 19: Regular abstract submission deadline (talks and posters) - May 13: Talk/poster acceptance notification - May 20: Late poster submission deadline The actual conference dates are: - July 12-16, 2024: ISMB 2024 (Montr?al, Canada and online) - July 15-16, 2024: BOSC 2024 (part of ISMB) - July 17-18: Post-BOSC CollaborationFest To keep up with BOSC news, please follow us on LinkedIn , Bluesky , Mastodon , and Slack ! (We are no longer on Twitter/X; find out why .) OBF Event Fellowships Next deadline: April 1, 2024 The current application period for the OBF Event Fellowship lasts until April 1, 2024. So there is still some time to get your application submitted . These fellowships are ideal to support your virtual or in-person BOSC attendance, but can also be used to cover registration fees for other relevant events related to open source bioinformatics or open science (in-person or virtual), and potentially additional expenses such as travel, lodging, childcare for the duration of the event, small hardware (e.g. a headset or webcam), or high-speed internet. You can read more about applying for an OBF Event Fellowship , and the experiences of past awardees . ISCBacademy events The OBF is about to host another *ISCBacademy webinar*: On March 5, 2024, we will host Gemma Turon who is the co-founder and CEO of the *Ersilia Open Source Initiative*. In her talk, Gemma will present on *Ersilia, open source AI/ML for (antimicrobial) drug discovery*. The details for how to attend are on the OBF website Our previous ISCBacademy talk was on October 3, 2023 . We collaborated with the *Bio-Ontologies* COSI and had Sierra Moxon speak about *"LinkML: an open data modeling framework, grounded with ontologies"*. The recording of this talk is now on YouTube . Community updates CWL Conference 2024 The 2024 Common Workflow Language Conference will be held primarily on the campus of VU Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, on Wednesday & Thursday May 15th & 16th. The event will be followed by a contribution-a-thon on that Friday. The conference talks will be also presented online, and there will be two online-only sessions the week prior at times convenient elsewhere in the world. The call for submissions is open! Responses are due by March 15th, 2024. Apply to join the Nebula Open Science Program by OLS and NASA The Nebula program is a dynamic 6-week online training designed for individuals and teams eager to integrate open science practices into their research. In collaboration with NASA TOPS , OLS will offer five cohorts per year. Benefit from expert guidance, hands-on learning and tailored support to advance your projects. The next round of applications opens in late March. Apply to host a local hub or to join the Book Dash Planning Committee with *The Turing Way*! The *The Turing Way* 's next Book Dash happens from 3-7 June 2024! The Book Dash is a bi-annual edit-a-thon for the project and community: a space for documentation, coffee chats, and collaboration. Applications for hosting local hubs, and to join the planning committee are now online. We invite you to apply ? our local hubs and the planning committee are crucial in supporting a diverse, productive, and engaging Book Dash for everyone. The links to apply are on The Turing Way welcome page , and due 1 March 2024. Applications for participants will open soon. Your content needed for the next issue! Tell us about the things that catch your attention in the open source bioinformatics world! 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