galaxy-announce April 2016

galaxy-announce@lists.galaxyproject.org

1 participants
2 discussions

May 2016 Galaxy News: GCC2016 DEADLINES Approaching
by Dave Clements 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Hi All, The *May Galaxy News* <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_05> is out and the lead news is *GCC2016 deadlines! <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_05#Deadlines.21>* - Poster and demo abstracts are due May 20 - Early registration closes May 20 as well. - The application deadline for scholarships is May 1. *So get moving! * There's also lots of other news too. Check it out <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_05>. Don't miss those deadlines(!), and *see you in June* <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/>, Dave Clements and the Galaxy Team <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyTeam> -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

1 0

2016 Galaxy Community Conference: June 25-29, Bloomington, Indiana
by Dave Clements 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

Hello all, Here's the official email announcement for the 2016 Galaxy Community Conference. Please redistribute to any of your communities that would benefit from attending. Also please note: * 1. Oral presentation abstracts are due March 25.* 2. The June 2016 GMOD Meeting <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gmod-2016-community-meeting-tickets-22224544210> will be held immediately after GCC2016. Thanks, Dave C --------------- The *2016 Galaxy Community Conference *(*GCC2016*, *gcc2016.iu.edu <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/>*) features two days of presentations, discussions, poster sessions, lightning talks, computer demos, keynotes, and birds-of-a-feather meetups, *all about data-intensive biology and the tools that support it*. Keynote speaker Yoav Gilad <http://genes.uchicago.edu/directory/yoav-gilad-phd/>, a professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, will kick-start the main conference with a discussion on the analysis of large gene regulatory data sets. Preconference events include data <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/hacks/hacks-data.php> and coding <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/hacks/hacks-coding.php> hackathons <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/hacks/index.php>, and *two days of training* <https://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/Training+%E2%80%94+Any> in five concurrent tracks covering 26 topics. *GCC2016* will be held at *Indiana University* in Bloomington, Indiana, June 25-29, 2016. Since it started seven years ago, GCC has been a well-attended gathering of biologists, genome researchers, bioinformaticians, and others in data-intensive biomedical research around the world. Galaxy <https://galaxyproject.org/> is an open, web-based platform for data-intensive biomedical research and enables easy interactive analysis through the web on arbitrarily large data sets. The Galaxy framework is a major resource in achieving key research goals within the biological field. It provides next-generation sequencing (NGS) tools and workflows for short-read mapping, ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, metagenomics, variant analysis, visualization, and support for Galaxy in the cloud. There are hundreds of local installs, and *over 80 publicly accessible servers* around the world. *Abstract submission** for oral presentations closes March 25. *Abstract submission for posters and computer demonstrations closes May 20. *Early registration* is now open. Registration starts at less than $45/day for post-docs and students. Registering early assures you a place at the conference and also a spot in the training workshops <https://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/Training+%E2%80%94+Any> you want to attend. You can also *book conference housing* when you register. *Registration and lodging scholarships* are available for attendees from underrepresented groups and developing countries. Thanks, and we hope to see you in Bloomington! The *GCC2016 Exec* -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

1 2

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

galaxy-announce April 2016