Issue 17 of the newsletter

[gedankenstuecke]

This is a call to everyone out there who works in open bioinformatics - please share interesting stuff! This could be a new project launch, an interesting update or release, a link to useful resources (e.g. some nice biology related icons or an open source tool that could be useful, etc. If you aren't sure about something, feel free to drop me a line personally to discuss it, e.g. via Mastodon (@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social) or email (bgreshake@proton.me).

Promoting yourself or your workplace is totally okay here - this is literally what the newsletter is for, within reason!

The aim is to send out this newsletter around early 2026

[alexpilotti]

If you are interested in hanging out with Free/Libre/Open source/hardware/culture folk in Brussels on 31st Jan - 1st Feb 2026, then why not submit a talk about what you develop/do/have experienced with open source in bioinformatics for the first ever Bioinformatics and Computational biology DevRoom at FOSDEM26.

TL;DR: submit a 5,10, or 20 minute talk that is bio/med + open source related via FOSDEM pretalx, and remember to select ‘Bioinformatics and Computational Biology’ from the ‘Track’ field. Deadline is 30th November 2025.

FOSDEM is (probably) the biggest gathering of open source folk - it is a free conference held at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) over the first weekend of February. It attracts thousands of hackers, open software/hardware enthusiasts, makers, and tech/industry people, and like BOSC, has an exceptional culture of inclusivity and commitment to diversity.

Read the full CFP, and join us over at https://matrix.to/#/#fosdembioinformatics:matrix.org or via email at https://framagroupes.org/sympa/info/bioinfo-fosdem