Hello all,

The February 2016 Galactic News is hot off the presses:

GCC2016 early registration and abstract submission are now open.

• Register early and save up to 40% off regular registration costs. Early bird prices start at less than $45 / day for post-docs and students.

• Abstract submission is open as well. If you are doing work in data-intensive biology then you are strongly encourage to present your work at the conference. Oral presentations, poster presentations, and the new Visualization Showcase & Software Demos are all opportunities to share your work.

• And, we have two new sponsors: Please welcome Lenovo and Globus Genomics to GCC2016.

And lots of new, new, new, new:

• New Tutorials ... and Interactive Tours!

• 156 new publications, including 8 highlighted pubs

• New jobs

• New releases

• New Galaxy servers

• New ToolShed Contributions

And other cool bits too:

• Galaxy Goes Mobile

• Galaxy on Windows and OS X using Kitematic

• Ten upcoming events

Happy February!

Dave Clements and the Galaxy Team

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