We got a great bunch of abstracts submitted to #BOSC2023! If you missed the deadline, you can still submit to the Last Poster round (deadline May 18).

We are pleased to announce The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) as a Silver sponsor of #BOSC2023! Their motto says it all ““Better software, better research.” Software Sustainability Institute software.ac.uk open-bio.org/events/sponsor…

We are very pleased to welcome back our long-running Silver sponsor GigaScience for #BOSC2023! GigaScience is an Open Science journal, leading the way in moving scientific communication beyond Open Access. GigaScience academic.oup.com/gigascience open-bio.org/events/sponsor…

Community calls this week - LisPal presents: How do Life Scientists Teach Each Other? A Discussion on Peer-to-Peer Training in Academia (Times and Zoom information on the blog post; Thursday and Friday depending on your time zone). lifescitrainers.org/2023/05/15/how…

Don't forget to submit your #BOSC2023 Late Poster abstract by the end of the day (Anywhere on Earth) on Thursday, May 18! 🍐 open-bio.org/events/bosc-20…

Deadline for #BOSC2023 abstract submission is May 18th. You still have time!

The #BOSC2023 schedule is now up! open-bio.org/events/bosc-20…

Really Big Data: Broadening Globus Support in Dataverse. Jim Myers, GDCC Globus #DATAVERDE2023 Dataverse Project

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Birds of a Feather are informal, self-organized meetups focused on specific topics. They're a great way to meet like-minded community members and discuss a topic of interest. Propose a BoF at #ISMBECCB2023 by June 23: iscb.org/ismbeccb2023-p… #BOSC2023 🐦🦆🦅🦤

IFYKYK #datalibs

Prime Minister Modi's government has cracked down on the press and civil society, jailed political opponents, and pushed an aggressive Hindu nationalism that leaves little space for India's religious minorities. President Biden should raise these facts in his meeting with Modi.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will boycott Prime Minister Modi's joint address to Congress.

Shortly after her Election Day win, Governor Maura Healey created a tax-exempt corporation to bankroll her transition into office. But her aides have declined to identify its donors, detail how much they gave, or offer a full accounting of its spending. bostonglobe.com/2023/06/22/met…

#BPS BostonPublicSchools

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in affirmative action is on point.

📢Register now to the SIB SIBTraining course "Comparative Genomics" 🧬🧑‍💻 in person on 30/Aug-01/Sep @ 🇨🇭Lausanne Université de Lausanne, and taught by Université de Lausanne & SIB colleagues Natasha Glover, Christophe Dessimoz, Marc RobinsonRechavi @[email protected], Rob Waterhouse also @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social. #data #analysis More information at: sib.swiss/training/cours…

Check out our review on degrader molecules in the clinic and future translation/safety considerations for this class of drugs! #tpd #dfci

Clustering algorithms report clusters even when none exist. In single-cell RNA-Seq pipelines, novel cell types are often identified by clustering algorithms. Expanding on Kimes et al.'s work, we introduce significance analysis for single-cell RNA-Seq data: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Join us on Monday 8/28 for a Boston City Council District 6 candidate forum! Co-sponsored by Progressive Mass WestRox/ Roslindale, @WestRoxBikes, and Boston Wards 19 and 20 #bospoli Register here for zoom link: tinyurl.com/D6ForumAug28