Hello all,

The *April Galaxy News https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04* brings more than the usual amount of *News of the Galaxy*.

First, there are a plethora of events coming up around the world:

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GCC2016 https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#GCC2016: -

*Oral abstracts due April 8 https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#GCC2016_Abstract_Deadline_extended_to_April_8.21* -

*Scholarship applications due May 1 https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Scholarships:_Application_deadline_is_May_1* -

Register now and save big https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#GCC2016_Early_Registration -

Please welcome the the Indiana Health Industry Forum (IHIF) https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Sponsors as a GCC2016 Sponsor - Two events sponsored by ELIXIR (and others) are coming up, both prominently featuring Galaxy: -

Galaxy DevOps Workshop https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Galaxy_DevOps_Workshop_-_Heidelberg.2C_6-7_April, 6-7 April, Heidelberg, Germany. *And there is still space.* -

Hackathon: Tools, Workflows and Workbenches https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Hackathon:_Tools.2C_Workflows_and_Workbenches.2C_18-20_May, 18-20 May, Paris, France -

There is also a report from the RADSeq Tools and Workflows Hackathon https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Report:_IUC_Contribution_Fest_-_RADSeq_Tools_and_Workflows held in March. -

Plus 12 additional events https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Upcoming_Events on three continents over the next three months.

A lot of *new*

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Papers https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#New_Papers (86 of them, 6 highlighted) -

Open positions https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Who.27s_Hiring (10 of them) -

Halogen Bonding https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#New_Public_Galaxy_Servers Galaxy server -

Galaxy Community Hub https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Galaxy_Community_Hubs entries (4 of them) -

Releases https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Releases (Planemo https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Planemo_0.24.0 and CloudMan https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#CloudMan_16.03) -

ToolShed Contributions https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#ToolShed_Contributions

And some other news https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyUpdates/2016_04#Other_News too.

Happy April,

Dave Clements and the Galaxy Team https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/GalaxyTeam