Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC)

Submissions to BOSC are via ISMB's submission portal. ISMB is run by ISCB (confused yet? 😜). Therefore, BOSC submissions close when ISMB submissions close: April 9, AoE (explained below).

Call for Comments on BOSC 2026 Keynote Speaker Candidates We thank our community for the excellent keynote speaker suggestions for BOSC 2026. The next phase of our selection process invites you to share any concerns about the suitability of the nominated ind...

Call for Comments on BOSC 2026 Keynote Speaker Candidates

We appreciate the excellent keynote speaker suggestions for #BOSC2026. We invite you to anonymously share any concerns about the suitability of the nominated individuals by Friday Jan 9. www.open-bio.org/2025/12/18/2...

BOSC 2025 keynote speaker Chris Mungall

BOSC 2025 keynote speaker Christine Orengo

Keynote talks are always a highlight of BOSC. We invite you, our community, to nominate potential keynote speakers for #BOSC2026! 🍐

www.open-bio.org/2025/12/02/2...

BOSC 2025 organizing committee

Save the date: #BOSC2026 (www.open-bio.org/events/bosc) will take place July 13-14 in Washington, DC, as part of ISMB 2026 (July 12-16). We hope you will join us in person or online! 🍐
#Bioinformatics #OpenSource

Chris Mungall giving keynote talk at #BOSC2025

Videos of the #BOSC2025 talks are now available on our schedule page (scroll down to Talks), as well as on our YouTube channel. Enjoy! 🍐
Schedule page: www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-...
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@OBFBOSC/vid...
#Bioinformatics #OpenSource

Scott Edmunds cuts the cake at the 2025 GigaScience birthday party at ISMB/ECCB 2025

An open letter about the recent cuts at GigaScience: www.open-bio.org/2025/09/30/2...
(open for signatures until the end of October)

#OpenScience #OpenData #GigaScience

Our report on the #OpenSource #Bioinformatics Conference just came out yesterday, and it's already been viewed 48 times! Ok, not quite viral, but not too shabby...

F1000Research Article: BOSC 2025, the 26th Bioinformatics Open Source Conference. Read the latest article version by Nomi L. Harris, Karsten Hokamp, Jessica Maia, Hervé Ménager, Monia C Munoz-Torres, Tazro Ohta, Deepak Unni, Jason Williams, at F1000Research.

Check out our #BOSC2025 report on @f1000publishing.bsky.social (It includes lots of pictures!) 🍐

f1000research.com/articles/14-...

YouTube video by GigaScience Press GigaScience Press: An Award-Winning Publisher

GigaScience Press FTW! youtu.be/yp_pYwb78G4?...

Thrilled to present @embl.org's #EBISearch at @bosc.bsky.social at the world’s biggest #Bioinformatics conference, made by the @ebi.embl.org team to make life science data more discoverable. 🧬🔎

#Bioinformatics #EMBLEBI #DataDiscovery #LifeSciences #ComputationalBiology #ResearchTools #FAIRdata

Jason Williams, Tony Burdett, and Wiriya Rutvisuttinunt

@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social, Tony Burdett, and Wiriya Rutvisuttinunt outside the @gigascience.bsky.social party at #BOSC2025

BOSC review and organizing committee members

At the end of #BOSC2025, the organizing committee was joined on stage by the review committee members who were able to go to Liverpool.

BOSC chair Nomi Harris

During the #BOSC2025 closing remarks, chair @nomiharris.bsky.social thanked the BOSC sponsors (@cziscience.bsky.social @seqera.io @gigascience.bsky.social) for covering registration for 12 BOSC presenters.

Mónica Muñoz-Torres next to podium

@monimunozto.bsky.social, wearing a 🍐-green dress, introducing the second set of #OpenData talks at #BOSC2025

A few shots of the #BOSC2025 panelists discussing their thoughts on data sustainability. Panelists were @scedmunds.bsky.social, @cmungall.bsky.social, @varsha-khodiyar.bsky.social, Tony Burdett, and Nicky Mulder; the moderator was @monimunozto.bsky.social

Part of the audience at #BOSC2025

An attentive audience at #BOSC2025

Munazah Andrabi asks question at #BOSC2025

Susheel Varma

...and the other one

Susheel Varma

@susheelvarma.com giving one of two back-to-back short talks at #BOSC2025.

@proflhunter.bsky.social makes a point during a Q&A at #BOSC2025, while continuing to show off his #BOSC2024 socks

Chris Mungall

@cmungall.bsky.social preparing for his #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025 keynote talk

We encourage those who presented at #BOSC2025 to add their slides and/or poster to the BOSC collection at F1000: f1000research.com/collections/bosc

It was a great opportunity to present about RO-Crate at #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025. Please send me any more questions you may have. Slides and poster: zenodo.org/records/1584...

#BOSC2025 participants (including @monimunozto.bsky.social) interacting.

Radhika Khetani

Radhika Khetani asking the #BOSC2025 panelists a question

Monica Munoz-Torres and Scott Edmunds

During the #BOSC2025 panel on Data Sustainability, @scedmunds.bsky.social shared his perspective from the world of open scientific publishing while moderator @monimunozto.bsky.social listened attentively.

Tiffany Callahan and Augustin Luna enjoy a laugh with Yongqun "Oliver" He.

After the joint #BOSC2025 / #BOKR2025 session, BOKR co-organizers Tiffany Callahan and Augustin Luna (@cannin@bsky.social) enjoy a laugh with Yongqun "Oliver" He.

The #ismbeccb2025 CollaborationFest is starting 11:20. Come join us in room 2F near the coffee break lounge and hear all about our exciting projects! Thanks to @hmenager.bsky.social @dcgenomics.bsky.social @bosc.bsky.social

Quick shout out for the Make Data Count challenge to improve data citation from @gigascience.bsky.social's Scott Edmunds. Looks cool and 💲prizes! #BOSC2025 #ISMBECCB2025 www.kaggle.com/competitions...