[Biopython] Biopython GSoC 2013 applications via NESCent

[Peter Cock]

To all the Biopythoneers,

For the last few years Biopython has participated in the
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program under the umbrella
of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF):
https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/
https://github.com/OBF/GSoC

Unfortunately like quite a few previously accepted organisations,
this year the OBF not accepted. Google has kept the total about
the same year on year, so this is probably simply a slot rotation
to get some new organisations involved.

The good news (for those not following the Biopython-dev
mailing list) is we have an alternative option agreed with
the good people at NESCent, as we did back in 2009:

http://biopython.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code
http://informatics.nescent.org/wiki/Phyloinformatics_Summer_of_Code_2013

I'd like to thank Eric for co-ordinating this, and encourage
any interested potential students to sign up to the Biopython
development list and NESCent's Google+ group as soon as
possible (if you haven't done so already):

http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/biopython-dev
https://plus.google.com/communities/105828320619238393015

Google are already accepting student applications, and the
deadline is Friday 3 May.  That doesn't leave very long for
asking feedback and talking to potential mentors - which
is essential for a competitive proposal.

Thank you for your interest,

Peter