Hello all, The March 2018 Galaxy News <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/> brings more news than usual, with much of it about upcoming meetings, including GCCBOSC, and continental meetings in Europe and Africa. - *Lots* of GCCBOSC 2018 news <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#gccbosc-2018>: - Abstract submission, registration & housing are open <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#abstract-submission-registration-and-housing-are-open> - *Oral presentation abstracts due March 16 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gccbosc2018>* - Training Schedule set <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#training-schedule-set> - 17 topics in 22 sessions over two days covering the full spectrum of open source bioinformatics - We are pleased to announce two of the keynote speakers <http://localhost:8080/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#keynote-speakers>: - Fernando Pérez, of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, University of California Berkeley and Project Jupyter - Tracy K. Teal, of the Carpentries and the *Journal for Open Scource Software* - Sponsors <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#gccbosc-2018-sponsors> : - F1000Research <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#f1000research> - Technology Association of Oregon <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#technology-association-of-oregon> - Call for sponsors <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#call-for-sponsors> - *Continental* community meetings: - *Europe, 14-16 March, Freiburg* <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#elixir-galaxy-community-kickoff-and-meeting-march-freiburg> - *Africa, 3-5 April, Cape Town* <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#galaxy-africa-3-5-april-cape-town> - Apply for a Conference Fellowship <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#conference-fellowships> *by 10 March*. - Upcoming events <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#upcoming-events> (on four continents) - New: - Galactic Blog post from Arun Decano: Coding in the Winter Wonderland: Galaxy Admin Training <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#new-galactic-blog-entry-coding-in-the-winter-wonderland-galaxy-admin-training> - 133 publications <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#publications> (including 5 highlighted ones) - Openings in 6 groups on 2 continents <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#whos-hiring> - Public Galaxy Server News <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#public-galaxy-server-news> (a new server and two updated ones) - ToolShed contributions <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#toolshed-contributions> - Releases <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#releases> of Planemo, Pulsar, and galaxy-lib. - And other news <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/#other-news> too See the newsletter <https://galaxyproject.org/galaxy-updates/2018-03/> for more. Hope to see you in Freiburg, Cape Town, and Portland! Dave C -- https://gccbosc2018.sched.com/ https://galaxyproject.org/ https://usegalaxy.org/