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Can you come up with a less generic title? Even just 'Neha's Experience at BOSC 2026' is better.
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| Taking part in the **BOSC 2026 (Bioinformatics Open Source Conference)**, was a valuable learning experience for me. I appreciate the **Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)** for supporting me with their fellowship, which made it possible for me to attend this event. OBF represents a non-profit group that promotes open source software and open science. Every year, it runs the BOSC flagship meeting to promote community-driven open science as a part of larger **ISMB(Intelligent System Molecular Biology)** Conference. |
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| Taking part in the **BOSC 2026 (Bioinformatics Open Source Conference)**, was a valuable learning experience for me. I appreciate the **Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)** for supporting me with their fellowship, which made it possible for me to attend this event. OBF represents a non-profit group that promotes open source software and open science. Every year, it runs the BOSC flagship meeting to promote community-driven open science as a part of larger **ISMB(Intelligent System Molecular Biology)** Conference. | |
| Taking part in the **BOSC 2026 (Bioinformatics Open Source Conference)**, was a valuable learning experience for me. I appreciate the **Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)** for supporting me with their fellowship, which made it possible for me to attend this event. OBF represents a non-profit group that promotes open source software and open science. Every year, it runs the BOSC flagship meeting to promote community-driven open science as a part of larger **ISMB (Intelligent System Molecular Biology)** Conference. |
We'd want to insert the standard header here, see eg https://www.open-bio.org/2026/06/17/2026-06-17-francesco-micocci-bits2026/ - which would include links to the conference etc. Otherwise I'd have said use some links here.
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| An additional significant learning experience was attending the BOSC session on **Knowledge Graphs and KG-Registry on 14 July**. The session illustrated how knowledge graphs integrate disparate biological resources by representing relationships among genes, proteins, diseases, pathways, drugs, and other biomedical entities. I was particularly interested in how knowledge graphs address challenges related to broken biological information by helping researchers to reveal concealed connections and formulate new hypotheses. | ||
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| The discussion on **KG-Registry** also offered important insights into the initiatives designed to improve the discoverability, accessibility, and reuse of the knowledge graph resources within the bioinformatics community. The registry lets researchers identify available knowledge graphs, comprehend their scope and applications, and promote interoperability among different resources. This discussion stressed the key role of open-source infrastructure and community-led initiatives in furthering the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles for biological knowledge. |
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Maybe link to https://kghub.org/kg-registry/docs/intro/ here?
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