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GCC2016: Register by this Saturday; Posters & Demos posted
by Dave Clements 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hello all, Some GCC2016 <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/> news: - *On-time registration <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/registration/index.php> for GCC2016 ends this Saturday, June 4. *After that *late registration kicks in and rates go up 100%*. You don't want to pay that. (Training <http://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/D.x+Training+-+All> has also started to fill up, so register now to get the sessions you want.) - The full conference schedule <http://gcc16.sched.org/> is now online, including talks <http://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/E.1+Conference+-+Talks>, posters <http://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/E.2+Conference+-+Posters> and demos <http://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/E.3+Conference+-+Demos>. - We still have space for a limited number of posters. Please submit your ideas now <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BEMl2nVx-GDz-0tbOOjGvC29bVu8TE_SFgTHtLXgn8…>, before we run out of space. Hope to see you there, Dave C -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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The Galaxy release 16.04 is out !!!
by Jennifer Hillman-Jackson 18 May '16

18 May '16

Dear Community, *The Galaxy Committers team <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/blob/dev/doc/source/project/organiz…> is pleased to announce the April 2016 (v 16.04 <https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/16.04_announce.html>) release of Galaxy.* Please note that Python 2.6 is no longer supported as of this release. See the 16.01 release announcement <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/2016_01_GalaxyRelease> for details. *Highlights* [image: Inline image 1] - *New* % git clone -b master https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy.git - *Update to latest stable release* % git checkout master && pull --ff-only origin master - *Update to this exact version* % hg update latest_16.04 See the Admin <http://usegalaxy.org> wiki for additional details regarding the source code locations. *Thanks for using Galaxy!* The Galaxy team <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyTeam> -- Jennifer Hillman-Jackson Galaxy Application Support http://usegalaxy.org http://galaxyproject.org http://biostar.usegalaxy.org

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GCC2016 Deadlines this Friday & Conference schedule
by Dave Clements 16 May '16

16 May '16

Hello all, This is just a reminder that* there are some key deadlines this Friday, May 20:* - Early registration ends <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/registration/index.php>. After Friday registration rates go up by over 40%. - Poster abstracts <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/abstracts/index.php> are due. - Demo abstracts <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/abstracts/index.php> are due. These are new this year and can complement a poster abstract or stand on their own. If you are wondering what's happening at GCC2016, the training and conference schedules <https://gcc16.sched.org/> are now online, featuring 21 accepted talks <https://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/Conference> and 31 training sessions <https://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/Training+%E2%80%94+Any>. And, thanks to Jetstream <http://jetstream-cloud.org/> IU's newest National Science Foundation-funded project (and in which Galaxy is a partner), and the National Center for Genome Analysis Support <http://ncgas.org/> at IU are sponsoring an opening reception on Monday evening <http://sched.co/72bN> at the IU Cyberinfrastructure Building. The first ever GCC opening reception will feature local wine/beer, morsels from local eateries, and demonstrations of the 15 million+ pixel IQ-Wall, IU's Data Center, Science on a Sphere, and other IU-centric IT. Hope to see you there, Dave C -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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