<s>
The	O
Open	B-Application
Bioinformatics	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
non-profit	O
,	O
volunteer-run	O
organization	O
focused	O
on	O
supporting	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
programming	I-Application
in	O
bioinformatics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mission	O
of	O
the	O
foundation	O
is	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
toolkits	O
for	O
bioinformatics	O
,	O
organise	O
developer-centric	O
hackathon	O
events	O
and	O
generally	O
assist	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
promotion	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
development	O
in	O
the	O
life	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
foundation	O
participates	O
in	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
acting	O
as	O
an	O
umbrella	O
organisation	O
for	O
individual	O
bioinformatics-related	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Open	B-Application
Bioinformatics	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
was	O
started	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
arising	O
from	O
the	O
BioJava	B-Language
,	O
BioPerl	B-Application
and	O
BioPython	B-Library
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
foundation	O
began	O
an	O
association	O
with	O
Software	O
in	O
the	O
Public	O
Interest	O
(	O
SPI	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
US-based	O
non-profit	O
which	O
aids	O
other	O
organizations	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
OBF	O
President	O
is	O
Peter	O
Cock	O
(	O
BioPython	B-Library
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EMBOSS	B-Application
–	O
Sequence	O
analysis	O
toolkit	O
.	O
</s>
