1) Biopython is a free and open source library for bioinformatics written in Python. It has regular releases and is supported by an international team of volunteer developers. 2) Recent Biopython releases include versions 1.55-1.57, which added new features like Python 3 support, command line wrappers, and SQLite sequence indexing. 3) Biopython has participated in Google Summer of Code for the past two years, funding student projects on topics like PDB parsing and biomolecular interface analysis. Integrated testing via Buildbot helps ensure high code quality.

1. Biopython Project Update
www.biopython.org
Peter J. A. Cock
James Hutton Institute (formerly Scottish Crop Research Institute),
Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK
Saturday 16th July 2011,
Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC),
ISMB/ECCB, Vienna, Austria

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Talk Outline
1 Introduction
2 Biopython Releases
3 Biopython Releases
4 Google Summer of Code
5 Integrated Testing
6 Acknowledgements

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What is Biopython?
Free, open source library for bioinformatics
Supported by Open Bioinformatics Foundation
Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, etc
International team of volunteer developers
Currently about three releases per year
Extensive Biopython Tutorial Cookbook
See www.biopython.org for more details

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Why Biopython?
Python Perl Ruby Java
Biopython BioPerl BioRuby BioJava
All the Bio* OBF projects are now mature and capable. . .
Which programming language are you most comfortable in?
Which language/library do your group/colleagues use?
Do you have any specic needs to narrow the choice?

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Why Biopython?
Python Perl Ruby Java
Biopython BioPerl BioRuby BioJava
All the Bio* OBF projects are now mature and capable. . .
Which programming language are you most comfortable in?
Which language/library do your group/colleagues use?
Do you have any specic needs to narrow the choice?
Which logo do you like best?

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Biopython Releases
So, what have we done since BOSC 2010?

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Biopython 1.55 (August 2010)
Lots of work on Python 3 support
Made our command line tool wrappers directly executable
12 contributors, 6 new

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Biopython 1.56 (Nov 2010)
UniProt XML parser
IMGT parser and writer (variant of EMBL le format)
13 contributors, 6 new

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Biopython 1.57 (April 2011)
Index sequence at les with SQLite backend
15 contributors, 6 new

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Biopython 1.58 (August 2011?)
Support for PAML (Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum
Likelihood) package
SeqXML parser, see http://seqxml.org
Explicit initial probabilities in HMM Viterbi algorithm
So far 9 contributors, 5 new

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Google Summer of Code (GSoC)
Last summer (2010)
Joao Rodrigues PDB code
This summer (2011)
Mikael Trellet biomolecular interface analysis
Michele Silva Python bridge for Mocapy++
Justinas Daugmaudis Plugin system for Mocapy++

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Buildbot
Setup about 6 months ago
Using Buildbot, http://buildbot.org
Runs on Amazon cloud server http://testing.open-bio.org
Slave machine get latest code, build test
Running nightly builds
Cover Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
Cover Python 2.x, 3.1, 3.2 and Jython
Spot regressions early!

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Personal Acknowledgements
Society for General Microbiology (SGM)
Travel grant to attend BOSC/ISMB/ECCB
James Hutton Institute
(formerly Scottish Crop Research Institute), UK
My supportive employers

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Project Acknowledgements
Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)
(Non-prot which looks after Bio* projects)
BioTeam Inc.
(Company that hosts the OBF servers)
GitHub Inc.
(Repository hosting)
Google Summer of Code
(Six students funded so far)
The many individuals who have
contributed over the years