Hello all, *We've just extended the oral presentation abstract deadline <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/abstracts/index.php>** to April 8* (so get on it!). Scholarship applications are still open as well. Please pass this news along to any groups and individuals who might be interested in participating. A revised announcement is below. Thanks, Dave C --------------------- The *2016 Galaxy Community Conference *(*GCC2016*, *gcc2016.iu.edu <http://gcc2016.iu.edu/>*) features two days of presentations, discussions, poster sessions, lightning talks, computer demos, keynotes, and birds-of-a-feather meetups, *all about data-intensive biology and the tools that support it*. Keynote speaker Yoav Gilad <http://genes.uchicago.edu/directory/yoav-gilad-phd/>;, a professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, will kick-start the main conference with a discussion on the analysis of large gene regulatory data sets. Preconference events include data <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/hacks/hacks-data.php> and coding <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/hacks/hacks-coding.php> hackathons <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/hacks/index.php>;, and *two days of training* <https://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/Training+%E2%80%94+Any> in five concurrent tracks covering 26 topics. *GCC2016 <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/index.php>* will be held at *Indiana University <http://indiana.edu/>* in Bloomington, Indiana, June 25-29, 2016. Since it started seven years ago, GCC has been a well-attended gathering of biologists, genome researchers, bioinformaticians, and others in data-intensive biomedical research around the world. Galaxy <https://galaxyproject.org/> is an open, web-based platform for data-intensive biomedical research and enables easy interactive analysis through the web on arbitrarily large data sets. The Galaxy framework is a major resource in achieving key research goals within the biological field. It provides next-generation sequencing (NGS) tools and workflows for short-read mapping, ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, metagenomics, variant analysis, visualization, and support for Galaxy in the cloud. There are hundreds of local installs, and *over 80 publicly accessible servers <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/PublicGalaxyServers>* around the world. *Abstract submission <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/abstracts/index.php>** for oral presentations closes April 8. *Abstract submission for posters and computer demonstrations closes May 20. *Early registration <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/registration/index.php>* is now open. Registration starts at less than $45/day for post-docs and students. Registering early assures you a place at the conference and also a spot in the training workshops <https://gcc16.sched.org/overview/type/Training+%E2%80%94+Any> you want to attend. You can also *book conference housing <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/location/index.php>* when you register. *Registration and lodging scholarships <https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/News/GCC2016Scholarships>* are available for attendees from underrepresented groups and developing countries. Thanks, and we hope to see you in Bloomington! The *GCC2016 Exec <https://gcc2016.iu.edu/organizers/index.php>* On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Dave Clements <clements(a)galaxyproject.org&gt; wrote: > Hello all, > > Here's the official email announcement for the 2016 Galaxy Community > Conference. Please redistribute to any of your communities that would > benefit from attending. > > > Also please note: > > * 1. Oral presentation abstracts are due March 25.* > > 2. The June 2016 GMOD Meeting > <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gmod-2016-community-meeting-tickets-22224544... will > be held immediately after GCC2016. > > > Thanks, > > > Dave C > -- http://galaxyproject.org/ http://getgalaxy.org/ http://usegalaxy.org/ https://wiki.galaxyproject.org/