Announcing Rust 1.94.1

In the last 12 months we traveled all over the world delivering talks and hands on workshops at various conferences and universities. This was a great opportunity for us to raise awareness for the project and get more of you involved as contributors and collaborators. As we scale the project to the next level, we need your help in spreading the message. Today we would like to officially announce the rOpenSci Ambassadors program.

Applications due 19:00 UTC, April 6, 2012. /wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Summer of Code program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate, masters, and PhD students to obtain hands-on experience writing and extending open-source software for bioinformatics under the mentorship of experienced developers from around the world.

Another busy week for the GigaScience team, with the release of a new-look database, more datasets, and a number of talks and announcements at BGI's annual International Conference of Genomics in Shenzhen.