Dear Track Leads, We are excited to welcome you to the Galaxy Training Academy 2025! It's a pleasure to have you join us as a track lead. As part of this role, you've been added to our dedicated track leads mailing list, an initiative to enhance our communication this year. We are gearing up to open our call for contributions soon. To streamline the process, we would appreciate it if you could outline a clear vision for your track. Please consider the program you envision, the tasks that need completion, and areas where you might need additional contributions. We will then try to find people according to your task to help you set up your track. To assist with your planning, please use the linked spreadsheet to start organizing your track in the 2025 sheet <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PP1w5W4K3octpG-rsYQLr6ZrsnkM7kS9KgOPBu6qLIM/edit?usp=sharing>. Create a new sheet with the name of your track using the template <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PP1w5W4K3octpG-rsYQLr6ZrsnkM7kS9KgOPBu6qLIM/edit?gid=1505449675#gid=1505449675>. If you want to use the same track as 2024 please feel free to copy it from this sheet. <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19yNebTTMhrMDl6863QT1puOgtNasQKIvSXWVFd-8n1s/edit?usp=sharing> Should you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions for how we can improve our approach this year, do not hesitate to reach out by replying to the mailing list or contacting the organization team at academy@galaxyproject.org . Your feedback is invaluable. We are happy to announce that, based on your feedback, the GTA2025 will take place from May 12th to May 16th, 2025. We will soon provide further details on the expectations for tutorials at GTA2025. Best wishes for a productive start to your planning! Warm regards, The GTA2025 Organization Team P.S. If you have been added by mistake and need help unsubscribing to this mailing list, please contact us at academy@galaxyproject.org. --- Delphine Larivière, Ph.D. Nekrutenko Lab, Galaxy Team The Pennsylvania State University