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: - 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* - 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> -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/