[Open-bio-l] OBF Newsletter February/March 2024

[Bastian Greshake]

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<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#obf-newsletter-march-2024>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:
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#obf-news>OBF
News
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#bosc-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 Montréal, 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
<https://www.open-bio.org/2024/02/18/early-poster-acceptance-2024/>. 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
   <https://www.open-bio.org/2023/03/09/bosc-early-poster-acceptance/>
   - 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 (Montréal, 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
<https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14344023/>, Bluesky
<https://bsky.app/profile/bosc.bsky.social>, Mastodon
<https://genomic.social/@BOSC>, and Slack
<https://join.slack.com/t/obf-bosc/shared_invite/zt-n5ur1gsj-z2C~69_4lYTFPg5tbWA8Ew>!
(We are no longer on Twitter/X; find out why
<https://www.open-bio.org/2023/11/20/leaving-x/>.)
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#obf-event-fellowships>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
<https://forms.gle/3yLg94G1C9nkZkvq5>.

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
<https://www.open-bio.org/event-awards/#fellowships-applications>, and the
experiences of past awardees
<https://www.open-bio.org/category/travel-fellowship/event-fellowship/>.
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#iscbacademy-events>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
<https://www.open-bio.org/2024/02/08/iscbacademy-gemma-turon/>

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 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyNp09WYLzw>.
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#community-updates>Community
updates
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#cwl-conference-2024>CWL
Conference 2024

The 2024 Common Workflow Language Conference
<https://www.commonwl.org/conferences/2024/> 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! <https://forms.gle/LKCKaNkUWRLj35xL6>
Responses are due by March 15th, 2024.
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#apply-to-join-the-nebula-open-science-program-by-ols-and-nasa>Apply
to join the Nebula Open Science Program by OLS and NASA

The Nebula program <https://openlifesci.org/nasa/> 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
<https://nasa.github.io/Transform-to-Open-Science/>, 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.
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#apply-to-host-a-local-hub-or-to-join-the-book-dash-planning-committee-with-the-turing-way>Apply
to host a local hub or to join the Book Dash Planning Committee with *The
Turing Way*!

The *The Turing Way* <https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/>'s next Book Dash
happens from 3-7 June 2024! The Book Dash
<https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/community-handbook/bookdash.html> 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
<https://the-turing-way.start.page/>, and due 1 March 2024. Applications
for participants will open soon.
<https://github.com/OBF/newsletter/blob/master/newsletters/2024-03.md#your-content-needed-for-the-next-issue>Your
content needed for the next issue!

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