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Nominate topics for the 2013 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2013) Training Day
by Dave Clements 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hello all, Nominations are now open <http://bit.ly/gcc2013nom> for Training Day topics<http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2013/TrainingDay>at the 2013 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2013)<http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2013>. GCC2013 <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2013> will start on 30 June with a Training Day featuring 4 parallel tracks, each with three, two hour workshops, for a total of twelve sessions. Any topic of interest to the Galaxy Community can be nominated<http://bit.ly/gcc2013nom>(see what was offered at GCC2012<http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2012/TrainingDay>). Topics can be repeats from last year or brand new, and you are encouraged to nominate as many topics as you like. The 2013 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2013) <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2013> will start on 30 June with a Training Day featuring 4 parallel tracks, each with three, two hour workshops, for a total of twelve sessions. Nominations will be compiled into a uniform list, and then topics will be voted on by the Galaxy Community starting in late January. Topic nomination closes 11 January. Thanks, Dave Clements, on behalf of the GCC2013 Organizing Committee<http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2013/Organizers#Organizing_Committee> Links: http://bit.ly/gcc2013nom - nominate a topic http://bit.ly/gcc2013td - Training Day page http://galaxyproject.org/GCC2013 - Conference home page http://bit.ly/gcc2013prom - help get the word out -- <http://galaxyproject.org/wiki/GCC2012>http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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Galaxy December 20, 2012 Distribution & News Brief
by Jennifer Jackson 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

*Galaxy Dec 20, 2012 Distribution & News Brief <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/2012_12_20_DistributionNewsBrief>* *Complete News Brief <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DevNewsBriefs/2012_12_20>* *Highlights:* * *Required Metadata Reset* for instances running *Tool Shed <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Tool%20Shed>* repositories. Be sure to *learn how <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/ResettingMetadataForInstalledRepositories>*. * *Simplified tool config*: all tools (including tool shed repos) can now have handlers and runners assigned based on their "short id". * *New* GFF <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/Datatypes#GFF>/GFF3 <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Learn/Datatypes#GFF3> annotation support for *Cuffcompare/merge/diff <http://cufflinks.cbcb.umd.edu/manual.html>*. * *More Updated* tools: *TopHat2 <http://tophat.cbcb.umd.edu/manual.html>*, *Bowtie2 <http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2/manual.shtml>*. * *Multiple pull-requests* contributed by community (thanks!): *#83 <https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/pull-request/83/allow-a-datatyp…>*, *#85 <https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/pull-request/85/another-round-o…>*, *#90 <https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/pull-request/90/patch-to-make-e…>*, *#91* <https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/pull-request/91/fixing-missing-…>. * *Issue tracking help* is now covered in detailed in our new wiki: *Using the Galaxy Issue Board <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Issues>* * *GCC2013 Training Day Topic Nominations <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2013/TrainingDay> are now open* through /*January 11th*/ <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2013/KeyDates> * *Plus* more *Tool Shed <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Tool%20Shed>* updates, *Bug Fixes*, and improvements to *Trackster, UI, Libraries, and Histories*. * getgalaxy.org <http://getgalaxy.org>* *bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-dist <http://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-dist>* *galaxy-dist.readthedocs.org <http://galaxy-dist.readthedocs.org> * new: $ hg clone http://www.bx.psu.edu/hg/galaxy galaxy-dist upgrade: $ hg pull -u -r 36ad8aa7b922 *Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday*, /*The Galaxy Team <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Galaxy%20Team>*/ -- Jennifer Jackson http://galaxyproject.org

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December 3, 2012 Distribution & News Brief
by Jennifer Jackson 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

December 3, 2012 Distribution & News Brief <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/2012_12_03_DistributionNewsBrief> * Complete News Brief <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/DevNewsBriefs/2012_12_03>* * Highlights:* * *NGS: Mapping* tools *Bowtie <http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/index.shtml>* and *Lastz <http://www.bx.psu.edu/%7Ersharris/lastz/>* have moved from the *Galaxy distribution <https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-dist>* to the *Galaxy Main Tool Shed <http://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/>*. * Improvements in the display of *Tool Shed <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Tool%20Shed>* repository dependencies and contents. * More *Tool Shed <http://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/>* updates including details of the Functional test framework <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/HostingALocalToolShed#Functional_test_framewo…>, a new hgweb.config file and HgWebConfigManager tool, plus other management features. * Updated *UI* display and functionality for datasets and histories: new *paused* state and "resume/paused" toggle, new *History menu options*, and improved *Scatterplot* visualizations. * The *SGE* job runner has now been fully deprecated and replaced with *DRMAA*. * Several enhancements to aid with *reproducibility*: "Re-run" and "Extract workflow" validates datasets and tools, respectively, and a new data tables registry within the Administration menu, along with associated tools, corrects or warns about tool migration issues. * Highlights from the new Galaxy *CloudMan <http://usegalaxy.org/cloud>* release and /*December 2012 Galaxy Update <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2012_12>*/. * http://getgalaxy.org* *http://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-dist* *http://galaxy-dist.readthedocs.org* new: $ hg clone http://www.bx.psu.edu/hg/galaxy galaxy-dist upgrade: $ hg pull -u -r f364d992270c * Thanks for using Galaxy!* The Galaxy Team <http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Galaxy%20Team> -- Jennifer Jackson http://galaxyproject.org

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