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GCC2016 Web Site is Up: Including registration rates, and full training schedule
by Dave Clements 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Hello all, We are pleased to announce that the *2016 Galaxy Community Conference website is now online <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/>* and includes registration information <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/registration/index.php> and the full training schedule <https://gcc16.sched.org/grid-full#2016-06-26>. GCC2016 <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/> will be held June 25-29 at Indiana University <http://indiana.edu/> in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. This will be the 7th annual gathering of the Galaxy community, and we are expecting over 200 participants again this year. Registration information <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/registration/index.php> includes the different registration packages, rates, and deadlines. Our inexpensive early registration rates start at less than $40 per day for students and post-docs. Registration will open within a month. The training schedule <https://gcc16.sched.org/grid-full#2016-06-26> includes session descriptions, prerequisites, and instructors. Many thanks to everyone who nominated and voted on topics, and especially to the many instructors <https://gcc16.sched.org/directory/artists> who are contributing their time and effort to make GCC2016 a success. Thanks also go to the Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute (PTI) <https://pti.iu.edu/>, who are supporting GCC2016 as a *Platinum Sponsor <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/sponsors/index.php>*. PTI is home to the National Center for Genome Analysis Support <http://ncgas.org/> (for which NSF funding was recently renewed <https://itnews.iu.edu/articles/2015/iu-genome-analysis-center-wins-national…>), and the Galaxy Trinity instance <https://galaxy.ncgas-trinity.indiana.edu/root>, and is a long time supporter of the Galaxy Community. PTI pairs fundamental academic computational research with the widely known strengths of Indiana University through innovations and service delivery in networking and high performance computing. See the PTI website <http://pti.iu.edu/> for more information. We continue to seek other sponsors as well and offer a wide range of sponsorship plans <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/sponsors/index.php>. If your organization is interested in having a presence at GCC2016, please contact the GCC2016 Exec <gcc2016-exec(a)lists.galaxyproject.org> for more information. Hope to see you in Bloomington! The GCC2016 Exec <gcc2016-exec(a)lists.galaxyproject.org> -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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December 2015 Galactic News
by Dave Clements 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

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GCC2016 Training Topic Voting CLOSES THIS FRIDAY
by Dave Clements 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Hello all, *Voting <http://bit.ly/gcc2016vote>* on what training topics <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> are offered at GCC2016 Training <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> *closes this Friday*. Please vote <http://bit.ly/gcc2016vote> in the next two days! > As always, please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks, The GCC2016 Exec <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Organizers> http://bit.ly/gcc2016vote > There are nominated topics > <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> spanning from > basic usage to advanced deployment. No matter what you do with Galaxy, > there are topics for you to choose from. Your vote > <http://bit.ly/gcc2016vote> will determine the topics that are offered, > which topics should be offered more than once, and which ones should not be > scheduled at the same time. Your vote matters. *Topic voting closes November 6.* The Training schedule, including > instructors, will be published before early registration opens. *About GCC2016 Training > <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training>:* The 2016 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2016) > <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016> will be held June 25-29 > at Indiana University <http://indiana.edu/> in Bloomington, Indiana, > United States. GCC2016 features two full days of training on June 26-27 > <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training>. Each day will > have multiple tracks, with each track featuring several sessions throughout > the day. Workshops will be hands-on and participants will be strongly encouraged to > bring a laptop and follow along. If you work in data-intensive biomedical research, there is no better place > than GCC2016 to present your work and to learn from others. > -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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November Galactic News: New papers, events, jobs, servers, and more
by Dave Clements 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

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GCC2016 Training Topic Voting is Open
by Dave Clements 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Hello all, *Voting is now open <http://bit.ly/gcc2016vote>* on what training topics <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> are offered at GCC2016 Training <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training>. There are nominated topics <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training> spanning from basic usage to advanced deployment. No matter what you do with Galaxy, there are topics for you to choose from. Your vote <http://bit.ly/gcc2016vote> will determine the topics that are offered, which topics should be offered more than once, and which ones should not be scheduled at the same time. Your vote matters. *Topic voting closes November 6.* The Training schedule, including instructors, will be published before early registration opens. *About GCC2016 Training <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training>:* The 2016 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2016) <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016> will be held June 25-29 at Indiana University <http://indiana.edu/> in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. GCC2016 features two full days of training on June 26-27 <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Training>. Each day will have multiple tracks, with each track featuring several sessions throughout the day. Workshops will be hands-on and participants will be strongly encouraged to bring a laptop and follow along. If you work in data-intensive biomedical research, there is no better place than GCC2016 to present your work and to learn from others. As always, please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks, The GCC2016 Exec <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Events/GCC2016/Organizers> -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/

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GCC2016 Training Day Topic Nominations are now open
by Dave Clements 12 Oct '15

12 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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October 2015 News of the Galaxy
by Dave Clements 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

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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 03 Sep '15

03 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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