[BioEdu] Open Source Bioinformatics Projects?

[David Messina]

Hi Keith,

There are several language-centric open source bio projects, loosely  
organized under the Open Bioinformatics Foundation. The OBF's website  
is a little sparse, but you can start here with the list of projects:

http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Projects

Each of those projects have mailing lists. You probably already know  
this, but a good way to get a feel for what's going on in the  
community is to monitor its list.

BioPerl has a page on how to join in as well as a list of TODOs:

http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Becoming_a_developer
http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Project_priority_list

I'm most familiar with BioPerl, but I'd expect the other projects  
would have similar pages. And if not, you can "raise your hand" on  
the mailing list and volunteer. All of them would be grateful for  
your contribution.

Also, depending on what aspects of biology interest you, there are  
more focused biology-related open-source projects. AMOS (A Modular  
Open-Source Assembler) is one example:

http://amos.sourceforge.net/

Anyone else, please chime in with others.

Oh, and while this isn't strictly bio, the Perl Foundation was  
involved in the Summer of Code this year. I bet they'd be supportive  
of a bio project for next year if anyone wants to propose one.

http://www.perl.org/advocacy/summerofcode/

Hope that helps,
Dave


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Dave Messina
Informatics Analyst
WashU Genome Sequencing Center
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