Hello All, Happy New Year! The *January 2019 Galactic News* is here! This is a summary of what is going on in the Galaxy community. Here's what's happening: - Event News <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#event-news> - 2019 Galaxy Admin Training: Registration is still open! <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#2019-galaxy-admin-training> - Training topic nomination for GCC2019 Training extended through 15 January! <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#gcc2019-training-topic-nomination-extended-to-15-january> - Galaxy will be at the 2019 Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) conference <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#galaxy-pag-2019> - Galaxy needs your Google Summer of Code Project suggestions <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#galaxy-needs-your-google-summer-of-code-project-suggestions> - And GalaxyAdmins needs your topic suggestions <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#galaxyadmins-needs-your-topic-suggestions> - 80 new publications <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#publications>, including several spectacular ones - Some most excellent Galaxy Platform News <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#galaxy-platforms-news>, including the *EGI Marketplace*. - The Contributor of the Month is ... Simon Gladman <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#new-galactic-blog-posts> ! - 17 Open positions <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#whos-hiring> in 6 countries on 3 continents. - Doc, Hub, and Training Updates <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#doc-hub-and-training-updates> covering RNA-Seq visualizations, BlockClust, cloud storage, cancer proteogenomics, and some introductory videos - ToolShed contributions <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#toolshed-contributions> - New releases <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#releases>: - Tripal Galaxy - connect Galaxy to your online database - BioBlend - a Python API for Galaxy and CloudMan - Planemo - utilities for building tools for Galaxy - And a bunch of other news <https://galaxyproject.org/news/2019-01-galaxy-update/#other-news> too See the newsletter for all of the details! Thanks for using Galaxy! Cheers, Mo Heydarian, on behalf of Galaxy