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New Galaxy Australia community opens registrations for GAMe 2017
by Dave Clements 02 Oct '16

02 Oct '16

>From the GAMe 2017 Organising Committee <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/organisers/>: Today we officially launch the Galaxy Australia <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/galaxyaustralia/> community with the opening of registrations for the Galaxy Australasia Meeting 2017 (GAMe 2017) being held in Melbourne over 3-9 February. Australian Galaxy users and administrators will now have more opportunities to interact and collaborate to identify and address the needs of the local community. The community will also be a hub for Australian Galaxy training courses and offer a catalog of Australian Galaxy servers. The establishment of Galaxy Australia is supported by the EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource (EMBL-ABR) in its appointed role of supporting the development of skills and training in the Australian life science research community. At the EMBL-ABR Hub, hosted at the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI), Galaxy is used extensively for teaching and data analysis directly as well as through the Australian-made Genomics Virtual Laboratory <https://www.genome.edu.au/>. VLSCI’s expert bioinformaticians and professional staff will help promote community activities and training. Galaxy Australia has a Twitter feed (@GalaxyAustralia <https://twitter.com/galaxyaustralia>) for announcements and discussion relevant to the community. *Galaxy Australasia Meeting 2017 (GAMe 2017)* The Community’s first major activity is to organise the Galaxy Australasia Meeting 2017 (GAMe 2017), 3-9 February in Melbourne. We are pleased to announce that early registration <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/registration/> and talk and poster abstract submission <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/submit-your-talkposter/> are now open for the GAMe 2017. This meeting will bring together biomedical researchers, bioinformaticians, infrastructure providers, and data producers from across Australia and Asia to share expertise across many levels. The conference <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/conference/> starts 4 February and features two full days of keynotes, accepted and sponsor talks, poster and sponsor sessions, birds-of-a-feather gatherings, a conference dinner and lots of opportunities for networking. Prior to the conference we are offering a Researcher Training Day <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/training-day/> on 3 February, aimed at biomedical researchers who need to analyse their biological data. The conference is followed by a four day workshop on Galaxy server administration <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/training-for-admin-workshop/> for those working at that level. Talk abstracts are due 30 November <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/submit-your-talkposter/> and early registration ends 31 December <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/registration/>. Register now and save up to 43% off regular registration rates. There are also scholarships available for eligible students and postdocs <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/registration/#scholarships>. The scholarship application deadline is 18 November. We look forward to welcoming you to Melbourne. Remember to pack for our fabulous February weather! *GAMe 2017 Organising Committee <https://www.embl-abr.org.au/game2017/organisers/> (#game_2017)* -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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GCC2018: Call for Host Proposals
by Dave Clements 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Hello all, The Galaxy Community Conference has been held annually since 2010. *GCC2017* <https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.org/> will be held 26-30 June in Montpellier, France. *We are now seeking proposals <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Documents?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=G…> from organizations interested in hosting GCC2018.* GCC alternates every year between meeting in North America, and meeting outside North America. Hosts for GCC2018 need to be located in 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 GCC2018? In approximately decreasing order of importance: - *Enthusiasm to plan and organize several events over several days for more than 200 people. * - Space for 4-6 parallel training sessions, 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) - 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 - 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 from the Galaxy Community. You also get to highlight your institution to 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 on November 30, 2016*. If you are interested in possibly hosting GCC2018 then please contact Dave Clements with any questions. Our goal is to announce GCC2018 at GCC2017 this coming June. Hoping to work with you in 2018! Dave Clements and the Galaxy Team -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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Galaxy Admin Training: November 7-11, Salt Lake City
by Dave Clements 12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16

Hello all, *Early registration <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016/Registration> for Galaxy Admin Training 2016 <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016> ends in one week, on Monday, September 19.* Galaxy Admin Training 2016 <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016> is a weeklong event offering basic and advanced sessions. It will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 7-11, 2016, the week before Supercomputing 16 (SC16) <http://sc16.supercomputing.org/> meets in Salt Lake. These workshops are aimed at admins from organizations and labs that are installing, upgrading, or prototyping Galaxy instances. *Basics Session: November 7-8* <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016/BasicsSession> This two day basics session <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016/BasicsSession> will introduce participants to what you need to know to get a Galaxy server up and running on a standalone server. You'll also learn how to extend your Galaxy with your own tools and tools from the community, and how to define reference data in your server. *Advanced Session: November 9-11* <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016/AdvancedSession> The three day advanced session <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016/AdvancedSession> will build on topics covered in the basics section <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016/BasicsSession>. This session both extends those topics, such as tool definition, and adds new ones, such as working with compute clusters and heterogeneous resources. The goal of the advanced workshop is to enable Galaxy administrators to create robust, high-performance Galaxy instances that take full advantage of available tools and compute and storage resources. Galaxy Admin Training 2016 is hosted by the University of Utah Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) <http://www.chpc.utah.edu/>, the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery (UCGD) <http://ucgd.genetics.utah.edu/>, Department of Biomedical Informatics <http://medicine.utah.edu/dbmi/> and the Clinical & Translational Science Biomedical Informatics Core (CCTS BMIC) <http://medicine.utah.edu/ccts/bmic/> at the University of Utah <http://utah.edu/>. We hope to see you in Salt Lake! The Galaxy Team <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyTeam> PS: Please share this flier <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/AdminTraining2016/Publicity> with any individuals or groups who might be interested in this event. -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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September 2016 Galactic News
by Dave Clements 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

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The new Galaxy release July 2016 Galaxy Release (v 16.07) is out!
by Jennifer Hillman-Jackson 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

July 2016 Galaxy Release (v 16.07) <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/2016_07_GalaxyRelease> The Galaxy Committers team <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/blob/dev/doc/source/project/organiz…> is pleased to announce the *July 2016 (v16.07) release of Galaxy <https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/16.07_announce.html>*. *Reminders* - Python 2.6 is no longer supported. Details: 16.01 release announcement <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/2016_01_GalaxyRelease> - The Galaxy source is no longer hosted on Bitbucket. Details: 16.04 release announcement <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/blob/dev/doc/source/releases/16.04_…> . *Highlights <https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/16.07_announce.html#highl…>* [image: Inline image 1] *Get Galaxy <http://getgalaxy.org/>* [image: Inline image 2] On behalf of the Galaxy Core and Contributor team <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyTeam> (and community), *Thanks for using Galaxy!* -- Jennifer Hillman-Jackson Galaxy Application Support http://usegalaxy.org http://galaxyproject.org http://biostar.usegalaxy.org

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August Galaxy News
by Dave Clements 29 Jul '16

29 Jul '16

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July Galactic News: GCC2016, GCC2017(!), Admin/Dev Trainings, GAMe 2017!
by Dave Clements 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

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GCC2016 will be streamed
by Dave Clements 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

Hello all, GCC2016 events started today with the coding and data hackathons. Training runs tomorrow and Monday, and the meeting will run on Tuesday and Wednesday. In past years we have made slides, posters and training materials, and sometimes video available online after the meeting. We’ll do that again this year (with slides and posters on the new Galaxy F1000 channel). This year, Indiana University is making it possible to go one step further: All GCC2016 training sessions <https://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/D.x+Training+-+All> and conference talks <https://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/E.x+Conference+-+All> will be streamed live during the events. URLs for streaming are on the conference FAQ <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/faq/index.php>. Enjoy the show, and hope to see you next year, Dave C, on behalf of the GCC2016 Exec -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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June Galaxy News: Register for GCC2016 by June 4, new papers, openings, directories, ...
by Dave Clements 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

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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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