<div dir="ltr"><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Having trouble viewing this email or looking for a permalink? <a href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">View this newsletter in your browser</a>.</em></p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">This email was sent to the <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bosc-announce" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">bosc-announce</a> and <a href="http://mailman.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/open-bio-l/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">open-bio-l</a> mailing lists.</em></p><h1 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:24px 0px 16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-obf-newsletter-february-march-2023" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#obf-newsletter-february-march-2023" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>OBF Newsletter February-March 2023</h1><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal"><a href="https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2023/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">BOSC 2023</a> will be hybrid, online + in person in Lyon (France), July 24-25, as a COSI of ISMB. It's application season again for OBF Event Fellowships. The OBF Board met in October and decided some things. People in the community are doing cool things. Read on for full details.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">Note these upcoming dates & deadlines:</p><ul dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">March 30: <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/2023/03/09/bosc-early-poster-acceptance/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">Early poster acceptance</a> submission deadline for BOSC 2023</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">April 1: Application deadline for <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/event-awards/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">OBF Event Fellowships</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">April 20: Regular <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2022/submit/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">abstract submission deadline for BOSC 2023</a></li></ul><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">In longer form:</p><h2 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-obf-news" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#obf-news" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>OBF News</h2><h3 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-obf-event-fellowships-formerly-travel-fellowships" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#obf-event-fellowships-formerly-travel-fellowships" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>OBF Event Fellowships (formerly "Travel Fellowships")</h3><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">Previous round: October 1, 2022<br style="box-sizing:border-box">Next round: April 1, 2023</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">Our <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/2023/02/20/obf-event-fellowship-2023-1-call/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">call for applications is open again</a>, with a <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">deadline on April 1st</strong>. We invite applications for financial support to attend or host events taking place between May 2023 and April 2024.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">As <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/event-awards/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">described on the website</a>, the fellowship can be used to cover registration fees for relevant events related to open source bioinformatics or open science (in-person or virtual), and potentially additional expenses such as childcare for the duration of the event, small hardware (e.g. a headset or webcam), or high-speed internet.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">Read more about <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/event-awards/#fellowships-applications" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">applying for an OBF Event Fellowship</a>, and <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/category/travel-fellowship/event-fellowship/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">the experiences of past awardees</a>.</p><h3 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-bosc-news" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#bosc-news" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>BOSC News</h3><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">Our annual get-together, the <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2023/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) 2023</a>, will take place July 24-25 as a COSI of ISMB/ECCB 2023. It will once again be a hybrid event; in-person in Lyon (France), and online. We hope that the online component will offer the opportunity for many of you to participate that otherwise could not.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">Note that <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">the regular abstract submission deadline is April 20</strong> and you can request assistance for registration fees when submitting an abstract.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">New this year</strong>, BOSC is offering an "Early Poster Acceptance" option; so <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2023/submit/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">submit your abstract</a> by March 31 to hear by April 6 whether it's been accepted for (at least) a poster!</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">For more detailed information, see the <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2023/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">BOSC 2023 webpage</a>.</p><h4 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-bosc-keynote-speaker-nomination-status-update" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#bosc-keynote-speaker-nomination-status-update" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>BOSC keynote speaker nomination status update</h4><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">We'd like to highlight that this year we are following a formal process for selecting a keynote speaker. After having put out a <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/2023/02/02/nominate-keynote-speaker-for-bosc-2023/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">public call for nominations</a>, we held an <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/2023/02/10/bosc-2023-keynote-comment-period/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">open commenting period</a> on the shorlist of nominated speakers. The BOSC organizing committee has drawn on this list to extend invitations to potential keynote speakers. We'd love to hear your feedback about this process at any time.</p><h4 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-bosc-sponsorships" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#bosc-sponsorships" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>BOSC sponsorships</h4><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">Interested in becoming a sponsor of BOSC 2023? Visit our <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2022/sponsors/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">sponsors page</a> to see our 2022 sponsors and information about benefits of becoming a sponsor.</p><h3 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-fall-2022-obf-board-meeting" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#fall-2022-obf-board-meeting" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Fall 2022 OBF Board Meeting</h3><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">The Board <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/2022/09/29/obf-public-board-meeting-2022-10-21/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">met publicly on October 21, 2022</a>, with the following outcomes:</p><ul dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Iddo Friedberg was elected as a new At-large Member.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Nomi Harris was elected as Secretary, replacing Chris Fields in that role.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.25em">Proposed updates to the bylaws were deferred to the next public Board meeting (date TBD).</li></ul><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">The full meeting minutes are available in <a href="https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/pull/106" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">this pull request</a> (to be merged at the next public Board meeting).</p><h2 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-community-updates" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#community-updates" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Community updates</h2><h3 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-online-webinar-on-patient-led-research-hosted-by-iscbacademy" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#online-webinar-on-patient-led-research-hosted-by-iscbacademy" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Online webinar on patient-led research hosted by ISCBacademy</h3><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">On March 14, we held a webinar about "Re-Thinking the Patient’s Role in a Learning Health System: Lessons from the Patient-Led Research Collaborative" presented by Hannah Wei, co-founder and technologist at the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, hosted by <a href="https://www.iscb.org/iscbacademy" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">ISCBacademy</a>. See <a href="https://www.open-bio.org/2023/02/09/iscbacademy-webinar-on-patient-led-research/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">the webinar announcement</a> for a full description. The webinar recording is available on YouTube at <a href="https://youtu.be/M2vAotWKd_Q" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">https://youtu.be/M2vAotWKd_Q</a>.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">If you're not familiar with <a href="https://www.iscb.org/iscbacademy" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">ISCBacademy</a>, it's a series of free webinars offered by the <a href="https://www.iscb.org/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">ISCB</a>, which runs the annual ISMB conference, through the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs), which include BOSC/OBF.</em></p><h3 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-google-summer-of-code" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#google-summer-of-code" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Google Summer of Code</h3><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal"><a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">Google Summer of Code</a> is a global, online program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development.</p><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">The OBF is not participating as a host organization this year, but our friends at the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) are, so we encourage you to check out their <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023/organizations/global-alliance-for-genomics-and-health" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">call for applications</a>.</p><h3 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-reads2map-a-collection-of-workflows-to-build-linkage-maps-from-sequencing-data" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#reads2map-a-collection-of-workflows-to-build-linkage-maps-from-sequencing-data" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Reads2Map: A collection of workflows to build linkage maps from sequencing data</h3><p dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:16px;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";font-size:16px;white-space:normal">As part of the <a href="https://www.polyploids.org/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">Tools for Polyploids</a> project, the <a href="https://github.com/Cristianetaniguti/Reads2Map" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">Reads2Map</a> package integrates diverse computational tools for diploid and polyploid species genetic data analysis. It uses the reproducible and scalable structure of <a href="https://openwdl.org/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">WDL</a> to run SNP and dosage calling software and compare their performance using linkage maps as benchmarks. The main workflows' results can be easily evaluated in a <a href="https://github.com/Cristianetaniguti/Reads2MapApp" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">Shiny app</a>. The group already released a <a href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.24.517847v2" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">preprint</a> with results for diploid analysis. The repository is being expanded and it has room for improvements and implementations of other software. The group is open for feedback or contributions through the <a href="https://github.com/Cristianetaniguti/Reads2Map/issues" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">GitHub issues</a> page or the email <a href="mailto:chtaniguti@tamu.edu" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">chtaniguti@tamu.edu</a>.</p><h2 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1.25;padding-bottom:0.3em;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji";white-space:normal"><a id="gmail-user-content-interesting-links" class="gmail-anchor" aria-hidden="true" href="https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2023-02.md#interesting-links" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;float:left;padding-right:4px;line-height:1"></a>Interesting links</h2><h3 dir="auto" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:16px;font-size:1.25em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(36,41,47);font-family:-apple-system,"system-ui","Segoe UI","Noto Sans",He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