Hello all,

*The May 2021 edition of Galaxy News https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/ is out! *

The big news is that *several deadlines for the 2021 Galaxy Community Conference https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#community-news have been extended, and the deadline for submitting James Taylor videos https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#featured-news has been extended to this Friday.*

And there are other upcoming deadlines too:

- *ISMB/ECCB and BOSC 2021 abstracts https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#event-news are due this Thursday.* - *Apply for the Galaxy Australia Variant Calling Workshops https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#event-news by May 12.*

We also have

- *open positions https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#community-news* - *webinars, CoFests, workshops, community meetups, and other events https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#event-news*, - news about *public Galaxy platforms https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#galaxy-platforms-news* , - recent *blog posts https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#galactic-blog-activity* , - *training and doc updates https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#doc-hub-and-training-updates* , - recent *open-access Galaxy-related publications https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#publications*, and - *new releases https://galaxyproject.org/news/2021-05-galaxy-update/#releases.*

As always, thanks for using Galaxy,

Dave Clements and Beatriz Serrano-Solano, Editors