September 2015 - galaxy-announce - lists.galaxyproject.org

GCC2016 Training Day Topic Nominations are now open
by Dave Clements 13 Oct '15

13 Oct '15

Hello all, The 2016 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2016) <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016> features two full days of training on June 26-27. Each day will have multiple tracks, with each track featuring several sessions throughout the day. GCC2016 will be held at Indiana University <http://indiana.edu/> in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. *GCC2016 Training topics <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> are nominated by you <http://bit.ly/gcc2016tdnom>, the Galaxy Community.* Please give some thought to what topics you would like to see offered, or that you would like to offer, and then submit them as topic nominations <http://bit.ly/gcc2016tdnom>. Any topic of interest to the Galaxy Community can be nominated and you are encouraged to nominate more than one topic. If you are looking for ideas, see - Topics nominated for GCC2015 <http://bit.ly/gcc2015vote> - Topics nominated for GCC2014 <http://bit.ly/1s6NtMN> - Topics nominated for GCC2013 <http://bit.ly/1i2j1gN> - The Galaxy Events page <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events>, which lists what training the community is offering outside of GCCs. - Topics that have already been nominated for GCC2016 <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training#Nominated_Topics> *Please nominate a topic now! <http://bit.ly/gcc2016tdnom> * Nominated topics will be published as they come in <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training#Nominated_Topics>. *Topic nomination closes Friday, October, 16.*. Topics will be compiled into a uniform list by the GCC2016 Organizing Committee, and topics will be voted on by the Galaxy Community from October 26 through November 6. Topics will then be selected and scheduled based on topic interest, and the organisers' ability to confirm instructors for each session. Some very popular sessions may be scheduled more than once. The final schedule will be posted before registration opens. Looking forward to a stellar set of nominations, and hoping to see you in Bloomington, GCC2016 Exec Committee <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Organizers> -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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GCC2017 Needs a Host!
by Dave Clements 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hello all, The Galaxy Community Conference has been held annually since 2010. GCC2016 <http://galaxyproject.org/GCC2016> will be held June 25-29 at Indiana University <http://indiana.edu/> in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. *We are now seeking proposals <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Documents?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=G…> from organizations interested in hosting GCC2017.* Galaxy's informal policy of rotating between North America and elsewhere every other year is now a formal policy: Hosts for GCC2017 need to be located outside of North America. GCC draws 200+ participants from data-intensive life science research. Participants come from around the world, from all career stages, and do research spanning the tree of life. Universities, hospitals and medical schools, research organizations, and industry are all represented, including some of the largest and most influential research organizations in the world. What do you need to host GCC2017, you ask? In approximately decreasing order of importance: - *Enthusiasm to plan and organize several events over 5 days for more than 200 people.* - Space for 4-6 parallel training sessions over two full days, with each space able to accommodate 25 to 75 participants. - Central meeting space with capacity for 250-300 people. - Affordability (or access to sponsorship funds; there's a reason we've always held GCC in academic settings) - Nearby space for breakouts, poster sessions and sponsors. - Nearby space for lunch, coffee breaks. - Good wifi for all events (that's 200+ people and their devices). - Space for hackathons for 2 days before the event. - Easy to get to by air. - Nearby, affordable housing, or easy walking distance or easy public transport from lodging options to conference facilities - Close proximity to a pub and other social hubs. Hosts get copious (and enthusiastic) organizational support from Galaxy's Outreach Team (who have been helping to organize GCC since 2011), and even more copious gratitude (even *adulation!)* from the Galaxy Community. See the *full call for host proposals <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Documents?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=G…>* for more details on what should be covered in proposals. Proposals are due by the end of 30 October 2015. If you are interested in possibly hosting GCC2017 then please contact Galaxy Outreach <outreach(a)galaxyproject.org> with any questions. Our goal is to announce GCC2017 at GCC2016 this coming June. Hoping to work with you in 2017! Dave Clements and the Galaxy Team <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyTeam> -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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Mid 2015 Galaxy CloudMan release
by Dave Clements 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

*We just released an update to Galaxy CloudMan.* CloudMan offers an easy way to get a personal and completely functional instance of Galaxy in the cloud in just a few minutes, without any manual configuration or imposed quotas. Once running, you have complete control over Galaxy, including the ability to install new tools. This is the most complete update of the Galaxy on the Cloud platform to date with all the cloud components being built from the ground up. The following is a summary of the major changes: - *Galaxy on the Cloud*: all new galaxy and indices file systems, with Galaxy 15.07 release, ~200 preinstalled Galaxy tools, and nearly half a terabyte of updated reference genome data. - *Galaxy on the Cloud*: switched to a different Cloud Launch application, available athttps://launch.usegalaxy.org/ - *Galaxy on the Cloud*: Integrated Galaxy IPython Interactive Environments - *CloudMan*: Creating cluster shares is now fast (~30 seconds vs. hours) - Created a wealth of new documentation, including a description of the all new automated method for building private/custom instances https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/CloudMan/Building See the CHANGELOG <https://github.com/galaxyproject/cloudman/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md> for a more complete set of changes or just give it a try: see the all new Getting Started <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/CloudMan/GettingStarted> documentation. -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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July 2015 Galaxy Release (v 15.07)
by Martin Čech 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

The very-slightly-delayed July 2015 Galaxy Release is out! Full release notes: http://galaxy.readthedocs.org/en/master/releases/15.07_announce.html Highlights * *Interactive Environments* - The interactive environments (IE) framework features several updates this release and Galaxy is now distributed with a new IE for RStudio implemented by Eric Rasche. * *Workflow Editor Enhancements* - The workflow editor has been significantly revamped - it now uses newer tool form components and allow construction of workflows with tools explicitly producing output collections. * *Policies for Committers and Pull Requests* - The process for adding committers to the project and fielding pull requests has been formalized and documented in the source code. Three new committers have been added to the project - Björn Grüning, Nicola Soranzo, and Eric Rasche. *Thank you for using Galaxy! * The Galaxy Team https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyTeam

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September 2015 Galactic News
by Dave Clements 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

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