[Biopython-dev] Google Summer of Code -- phyloXML parser project

[Eric Talevich]

Hi folks,

I noticed earlier this month that several Biopython developers had signed up
as potential mentors in OBF's Summer of Code application. Although OBF
apparently wasn't selected as a mentoring organization this year, some other
bioinformatics-related groups were -- in particular, the National
Evolutionary Synthesis Center's page mentions involvement with the Bio*
projects:

http://socghop.appspot.com/org/show/google/gsoc2009/nescent

The project I'd like to work on is a phyloXML parser for Biopython.
NESCent's idea list includes a similar entry for BioRuby (links below). I
asked the mentor, Christian Zmasek, if it would be acceptable to do the
project with Biopython instead of BioRuby, and he said it would, but he'd
prefer to have a Biopython specialist on board as another mentor.

Would any of you be interested in being a mentor for this project? I imagine
it would have some things in common with the existing Nexus parser, as a
starting point.

http://www.phyloxml.org/
https://www.nescent.org/wg/phyloinformatics/index.php?title=Phyloinformatics_Summer_of_Code_2009#phyloXML_support_in_BioRuby

Thanks,
Eric