on my way to Freiburg to discuss and catch up with all the @galaxyproject.bsky.social news

Excited to present at the 2nd edition of the Spatial Omics conference at @viblifesciences.bsky.social. I will talk about the challenges in benchmarking spatial clustering tools, major hurdles and way forward. Register here: vibbio.tech/SpatialOmics26 (early bird deadline of 11 May).

Galaxy is really smashing it -with their training material. Here for helixer gene finding.

The CASP experiment is about to start - and is still short on challenging prediction targets. Ligand complexes, RNA, …

Galaxy collections do more than keep things organized. They can save your analysis. This new Hub post shows how collections helped recover an RNA-seq workflow after a manual file-order mistake. A useful read for anyone working with paired-end data or lots of FASTQs. galaxyproject.org/news/2026-04...

🌱 Join Scott Cain for a Plants Methods Exchange (PMEX) webinar on April 23, 1PM EDT introducing Bioinformatics in Galaxy and delving into how to get the most from it. Lots of good resources! Register here: https://tinyurl.com/PMEXApril2026 ##UseGalaxy

💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Genome annotation with Helixer - @galaxyproject.bsky.social tutorial 🔗 training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat... Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu #genome #annotation #helixer

Our next GTA 2026 guest speaker is Stephanie Hicks of Johns Hopkins University! Stephanie is known for her leadership in the Bioconductor community and her advocacy for best practices in data analysis, mentoring, and inclusive scientific training. Join us May 18–22: gxy.io/GTA2026-info

What am I looking at here opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04...

New preprint from the lab. This has been a looong project -- checking how well do genome features (conservation, transcription, epigen, population var, repeats, sequence stats, etc) discriminate coding & noncoding genes from the genomic background.

Genomic indicators of gene function: A systematic assessment of the human genome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.08.717348v1

10 years ago today, @elisabethbik.bsky.social published a preprint heard around the world.

We are excited to share our latest preprint on spatialFDA, a method for the statistical analysis of spatial omics data. bioconductor.org/packages/3.2...

Blog post on "The AI Rewrite Dilemma": lh3.github.io/2026/04/17/t...

💥Over 1,300 registrants and counting for the Galaxy Training Academy 2026! GTA is one of our biggest events of the year, bringing together learners, trainers, and researchers from around the world for a free week of virtual training. Don’t miss it! training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...

Latvia 🇱🇻 and Poland 🇵🇱 have joined ELIXIR as Observers! Observer status enables the Latvian and Polish bioinformatics communities to 🤝 strengthen collaboration with other ELIXIR Nodes and supports their transition to full membership. Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/silnn-s

From Galaxy Live! and keynote science to community updates, panel discussions, and research talks, GCC2026 will highlight many of the ideas, tools, and conversations shaping the Galaxy ecosystem. We hope you will join us this June in Clermont-Ferrand! galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...

The UK rejoining Erasmus is the best science news for a while! #AcademicSky www.gov.uk/government/n...

Join GTA2026 and hear from guest speaker Aaron Quinlan, a leader in computational genomics and open-source bioinformatics tools like BEDTools and Mosdepth. Join us May 18–22 for a free, virtual week of learning, and stay tuned for more guest speaker reveals. Learn more: gxy.io/GTA2026-info

From @aidybarnett.bsky.social & Adrian Barnett on osf.io | Who Chooses Open Peer Review And Is It An Indicator Of Article Quality? An Observational Study Of PLOS Journals | #OpenScience #OpenPeerReview #Publications | 🧪 🔓 CC/ @plos.org ⬇️ osf.io/preprints/me...

In this interview, @juliabatki.bsky.social, FMI’s newest group leader, reflects on the early curiosity that drew her to science, why FMI is the right home for her lab, how studying cell clearance could help us understand disease, and her love of improv. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

For nearly a century, we believed the therapeutic effect of ECT is the seizure. Our latest research suggests we may have been looking at the wrong event. A thread on why cortical spreading depression (CSD) might be the driver of therapeutic benefit. Work led by @therehugolad.bsky.social

Explore image data analysis the FAIR way with @galaxyproject.bsky.social ! Join us April 16 🕒️ 15:00–17:00 CEST for a hands‑on introduction to web‑based, HPC‑ready workflows. #Galaxy #ImageAnalysis #FAIRdata #BioImaging #Workshop 🌌 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

More Galaxy training, in more languages 📚 Thanks to the BioNT project, human-curated GTN tutorials and FAQs are now available in German, Spanish, and Italian, making it easier for more people to learn Galaxy with clear, high-quality materials. training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...

🌟Galaxy 26.0 is here! New in this release: ChatGXY, AI-assisted JupyterLite notebooks, Vintent visualizations, workflow completion actions, improved workflow error navigation, and a redesigned ToolShed landing page. docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/re...

🔎 Browse extensive libraries of protein structures in Jalview using the 3D Beacons Network. Once imported, these can be colored, superimposed and viewed in 3D in conjunction with alignments. 👓 Synced views provide precision and clarity, allowing you to hone in on regions of importance.

Curious about machine learning in Galaxy? 🤖 Join the Machine Learning track at the Galaxy Training Academy 2026 for a free, virtual, asynchronous week of hands-on learning and support from the Galaxy community. Register now and join us May 18–22! training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...

From OUP's @gigascience.bsky.social | Community-curated Galaxy interfaces with the Galaxy Labs Engine | #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #UseGalaxy #FAIR CC/ @galaxyproject.bsky.social @annasyme.bsky.social @bebatut.bsky.social @gprice.bsky.social | 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 🇦🇺 ⬇️ academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

🙌 Over 100 people at the #EuroBioImgaing Image Data Community Days! Join us this week for lectures, hands-on workshops & networking sessions. Now, Aastha Mathur tells about our Image Data Services - Analysis & Beyond. #ImagingCommunity More info⤵️ www.eurobioimaging.eu/events/image...

Explore image data analysis the FAIR way with @galaxyproject.bsky.social ! Join us April 16 🕒️ 15:00–17:00 CEST for a hands‑on introduction to web‑based, HPC‑ready workflows. #Galaxy #ImageAnalysis #FAIRdata #BioImaging #Workshop 🌌 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This week, the small scale @galaxyproject.bsky.social admins will meet on Thursday (April 16th): galaxyproject.org/events/2026-...

each year, it is a real joy to review the abstracts for @galaxyproject.bsky.social community conference (galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...)

For PhD students or postdocs who start out wanting to analyse their own high-throughput data:

How can we see where genes are active in tissues? The Spatial Transcriptomics Portal combines imaging and molecular data to map gene activity in spatial context. Explore how cells interact and develop. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u... @bioimagearchive.bsky.social @expressionatlas.bsky.social

Thinking of launching OMERO at your institute? Join us April 13 (🕒️ 15:00–16:30 CEST) to explore effective strategies for institutional deployment & coordinated implementation - ideal for research support & IT staff! @gerbi-gmb.de #OMERO #RDM #FAIRdata forms.gle/rJHThLV2J7oH...

BioNT Brings Galaxy Training to German, Spanish, and Italian Learners Read more at https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/news/2026/04/01/biont.html @galaxyproject.bsky.social

🚨 Bioconductor and R-universe are joining forces to modernize infrastructure for bioinformatics tools while preserving the strong governance and review processes that have made Bioconductor a trusted resource for over 20 years. 🔗 Learn more: blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2026-0...

🧬 Interested in genome assembly? Take a deeper dive at GTA 2026. Join us May 18–22 for a free, virtual, asynchronous week of hands-on Galaxy training and support from the community. Learn more and register: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...

Bioconductor Africa is excited to kick off its Advanced Training Series with an introductory session on Bioconductor! 📅 Apr 15 2026 ⏰ 4 PM EAT | 3 PM CAT | 2 PM WAT 👤 Speaker: Kevin Rue-Albrecht 🔗 Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Coming up next in May: Microbiome data analysis

Want to learn more about Single Cell analysis? You can explore it at the 2026 Galaxy Training Academy. Join us May 18–22 for a free, virtual, asynchronous week of training and support from the Galaxy community! Learn more and register: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...

💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Tutorial: Reference-based RNA-Seq data analysis in @galaxyproject.bsky.social 💫 training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat... Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu #RNAseq #DataAnalysis #Galaxy #bioinformatics

Introducing RustQC: 60x faster RNA-Seq quality control! We used AI to reimplement 15 RNA-Seq QC tools (dupRadar, Qualimap, RSeQC, Preseq, samtools, featureCounts) into a single tool, written in @rust-lang.org: ✅ 15 h analyses → 15 min ✅ Identical outputs ✅ Drastically reduced I/O

🔍 Discover principles for rewriting tools with AI: seqera.io/blog/rewrite...

New heatmap display mode for bigBed tracks in the UCSC Genome Browser! Visualize multi-sample quantitative data as color-coded grids directly in genomic context, great for variant effects, expression & methylation. See our docs & try it out: bit.ly/ucscGBheatmap

From @robert.bio @helenechiapello.bsky.social @mthomaschollier.bsky.social & col. in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Training biologists in #Unix command-line skills: From curriculum to interactive online tutorials|#Education #OpenEducationalResources | 🖥️ 🧪 ⬇️ journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Super excited to be launching two things today: #RustQC 🦀🧬 and rewrites.bio 🚀 I used AI to rewrite 15 RNA-seq QC tools into a single Rust binary (I've never written any Rust). It ended up being over 60x faster. Here's the story 🧵 seqeralabs.github.io/RustQC/

We have just released the latest Fractal update: Bringing workflow template support to Fractal with Fractal server 2.20 This allows users to create workflow templates & share it with others. Learn more about it here: fractal-analytics-platform.github.io/news/2026-03...

Very excited to share new work by Leonardo Lupori. In mice, a single dose of the antipsychotic clozapine results in changes to behavior and cortical activity patterns that remain detectable a week later. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Have something to share at #GCC2026? Talk abstract submissions are due April 6th! Join us in Clermont-Ferrand, France, June 22–24, and share your work with the Galaxy community.✨ Submit yours now: galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...

On 14 June, Switzerland will vote on the "No 10 Million Switzerland" initiative. The SNSF is concerned that a yes vote could jeopardise access to #HorizonEurope and the recruitment of talented researchers. 👉 Find out more here: sohub.io/yj48