📣 Good #PhD supervision is not only about more meetings, but about better ones. Members of the EU-LIFE Recruitment & Training WG respond to a recent Nature Editorial, arguing that supervision quality must be institutionally ensured, not left to individual PIs alone. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social: neuroscientists in the lab of @felsenberg.bsky.social found that in fruit flies, re-tasting a sugar reward can weaken past memories, pointing to new ways to safely update harmful ones. www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

Ten simple rules for teaching data science arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874 1: Teach data science by doing data analysis 2: Use participatory live coding 3: Give tons of practice and timely feedback 4: Use tractable or toy data examples 5: Use real and rich, but accessible data sets

#Opensource software and workflows are doing a lot of heavy lifting 🏋️ in the life sciences! Let's revisit ✨ ELIXIR's report on "Open source software and workflows: a driving force for innovation in life sciences" to find out the importance of #OSSWs 👉 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17570133

We are pleased to announce a new release of https://BRC-Analytics.org (v0.20.0). This release updates the number of included organisms to 1900+ with 5000+ assemblies, and over 400 assemblies getting gene track data mirrored from VEuPathDB.org. (1/3)

@mikelove.bsky.social : There was PyDESeq2, and now there is rust_deseq2! crates.io/crates/rust_...

🗞️ Check out the Galactic Weekly! A quick roundup of recent Galaxy updates, community news, and upcoming events. galaxyproject.org/news/2026-02...

We are excited to announce that the Genome Browser now includes a dynamic track group that automatically displays all currently visible tracks in one convenient location. The group has more than 32 tracks available for a genome assembly. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4qj1jt7

We are excited to introduce Hub Space, a new hosting service that enables users to upload and visualize track hub files directly on the UCSC Genome Browser without relying on third-party hosting services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, or AWS. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3NTZBkq

Did you miss the last @denbi.bsky.social & @ghga.bsky.social Knowledge Series session on "Galaxy for analysis of human health data"? No worries—it's now available on our YouTube channel! 📺 Catch up here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hm1... #Bioinformatics #Galaxy #HumanHealth #deNBI #GHGA

Galaxy had another great year at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference! Galaxy returned to PAG33 with a hands-on workshop and our first-ever exhibition booth, connecting with the community around reproducible genomics, microbiome research, ML, and training. galaxyproject.org/news/2026-01...

📣 LOVE DATA week with intro to Galaxy & GTN Celebrate international LOVE DATA week with a series of free online and in person events focused on RDM, including a session on Galaxy and the GTN. 📍 Online 📅 9 February 2026 🔗 More info & registration: (1/2)

I am excited to present @galaxyfreiburg in a panel of #LoveDataWeek with my colleagues from the Central Data Facility and the DH Lab next week: What counts as “research data” in the humanities? How can we get and responsibly manage that data? Join us for an interactive talk that answers these […]

Registration now open for CSAMA! 📜 csama2026.bioconductor.eu Highly recommend for learning data science with a scenery, plus a fantastic crowd of students and faculty alike! 📸 from the traditional mid-week hike during last year’s edition.

🇸🇩Galaxy NUBRI is now live; Sudan’s first cloud-based bioinformatics platform, developed by the National University Biomedical Research Institute at National University–Sudan, with support from Galaxy Europe. nu.edu.sd/official-ann...

From Monique Zahn-Zabala & colleagues in #F1000Research | Strengthening bioinformatics education: e-learning initiatives across ELIXIR Nodes and Communities | 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 #Bioinformatics #Education #OpenEducationalResources #OpenScience CC/ @elixir-europe.org ⬇️ f1000research.com/articles/14-...

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Interesting in the CSHL Biology of Genomes conference, but need support attending? The @jxtxfoundation.bsky.social will provide support to 3 students in genomics and data sciences to attend. The deadline is Jan 31, 2026 and just takes a short bio and abstract: jxtxfoundation.org/news/2025-12...

We’re excited to announce Rayan Chikhi (Institut Pasteur, France) as the Keynote Speaker at GCC2026! His talk explores how assembling and indexing the world’s sequencing data enables biological discovery at scale. Explore all Highlighted Talks: galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...

As a reminder to future #Computational #Biology Quick Tips or Ten Simple Rules (or any #PLOSCB #Education paper #PLOSCBTSR #PLOSCBQT): There are no publication charges for those papers. The attached text is from the last paragraph of our TSR on Quick Tips paper. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

The JXTX Foundation will provide support to 3 outstanding graduate students in genomics and data sciences to attend the Biology of Genomes meeting at CSHL (meetings.cshl.edu). The deadline is Jan 31 and just takes a short bio and abstract: https://gxy.io/jxtxbog26 @jxtxfoundation.bsky.social

🧬 Learn how to go from genomic regions to gene annotations in Galaxy! The From Peaks to Genes tutorial introduces core Galaxy concepts using a ChIP-seq example, covering data import, interval operations, workflows, and reproducible analysis. galaxyproject.github.io/training-mat...

Galaxy 25.1 introduces a powerful new credentials system that lets tools securely access external APIs and services with encrypted secret storage and a streamlined user experience. https://galaxyproject.org/news/2026-01-12-tool-credentials-system/ ##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC

🎓 GCC2026 Fellowships are now open! We’re offering multiple fellowship opportunities to support early-career researchers and new Galaxy users attending GCC2026 in France. 🗓️ Apply by March 15, 2026 galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...

🔬 Excited to announce the Galaxy #Metagenome Training Course 2026! 💻 Online | 📅 March 5–6, 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–14:00 CET ✨ Covers Galaxy, amplicon & metagenome workflows, assembly, binning, functional annotation & more. 🚀 Beginner-friendly, no participation fee! 🔗 www.denbi.de/training-cou... #UseGalaxy

looking forward to attending

Galaxy + Dataverse = better data sharing Galaxy now integrates with Dataverse, making it easier to publish, access, and reuse research data directly within your workflows, supporting FAIR and reproducible science. Learn more: galaxyproject.org/news/2026-01...

New on Galaxy! Explore ZIP archives without downloading them using the new ZIP Explorer. Preview files, inspect contents, and streamline your workflows—all directly in Galaxy. Learn more: galaxyproject.org/news/2026-01...

What sad news! He was so young! One of the great minds in computational biology. In remembrance of Peer Bork . www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

We’re training the next generation of bioscience leaders with BioSCaPe 🚀 This new PhD programme brings together @babrahaminst.bsky.social, @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, @mrclmb.bsky.social and @cam.ac.uk to combine cutting-edge research with leadership training. 👉 https://bit.ly/4sydq7Q

Apply for the Ascona workshop "Statistical and AI methods for multi-modal multi-scale modeling of biological systems", 28 Jun-3 Jul 2026 on Monte Verità, Lago Maggiore at the foot of the Swiss Alps. ascona2026.sciencesconf.org

We are proud to announce a new ENCODE Registry of cCREs (candidate Cis-Regulatory Elements) track for hg38 as described in Moore et al., Nature 2026. See our news for more: bit.ly/ucscENCODE4cCREs

Exciting opportunity at Ensembl! We’re hiring a Bioinformatician to help drive large-scale genomics and generate gene annotation for GENCODE or PARADIGM. More info: www.ensembl.info/2026/01/05/...

RNA-binding proteins function through network effects, coordinately binding and weakly regulating many transcripts – or don’t they? Read our new preprint on how LIN28 controls developmental timing through only two targets, one mRNA, one miRNA. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Are you analysing texts or data? Are you using #huggingface a lot? Are you into #opensource ? Then check out our new HuggingFace integration in Galaxy: Browse the vast amounts of models and use them directly as an input for tools, etc. We demonstrate this by explaining how to auto-crop text […]

📣 Galaxy for analysis of human health data A webinar in the de.NBI & ELIXIR-DE and GHGA knowledge series 📍 Online, Global 📅 14 January 2026, 13:00 CET 🔗 More info & registration: (1/2)

Stop by the Galaxy booth at ##PAG33 to get snacks and talk with us about how we can help you get FREE, reproduceable, publishable high performance computing workflows. Currently serving hazelnut and maple cookies, plus PB cups!

This week, the small scale @galaxyproject.bsky.social admins will meet on Thursday (January 15th): galaxyproject.org/events/2026-...

NVIDIA Parabricks GPU-accelerated FQ2BAM is now available in Galaxy, bringing FASTQ-to-BAM alignment runtime to just a few minutes for 2.5 GB paired-end human whole-genome datasets. Its runtime is benchmarked against BWA-MEM2 and BWA across five runs and shows that mapping and QC metrics (1/2)

Get ready, PAG33! 🌱🧬 Galaxy will be at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference this week & next — hosting a workshop (Tuesday, Jan 13, 4:00 PM) and hanging out at Booth 531. Stop by and talk genomics with us!

rv. like uv, but for #Rstats a2-ai.github.io/rv-docs/

Get ready for GCC2026! Join the Galaxy community June 22–24, 2026, in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to learn new tools, share your work, and connect with researchers and developers from around the world. Followed by CoFest on June 25–26. galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...

Now published in gigascience: academic.oup.com/gigascience/.... Key messages: SVs are highly enriched in low-complexity/tandem-repeat regions and are harder to call. They behave differently from transposon insertions. Always stratify if you study SVs.

Now published in Algorithms for Molecular Biology: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Key message: a tiny CNN model with 7k parameters can capture main splice signals across vertebrates+insect and halves the minimap2 & miniprot junction error rate. I always use this new feature now.

In 2025, early-career researchers at the FMI secured highly competitive fellowships and grants, including postdoctoral fellowships from @embo.org and @hfspo.bsky.social, which support outstanding research. Read more about the winning projects here 👇 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

Sequencing Instrumrnt Outlook 2026 My observations & predictions on sequencing instrument companies 🧬🖥️ omicsomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/sequ...

I’m very grateful to the FMI, the tenure committee, inspiring colleagues, and all the hidden supporters who made this possible. Huge thanks to past and present group members for their curiosity and creativity. Excited for the next chapter.

From the @geneontology.bsky.social team in the @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | The Gene Ontology knowledgebase in 2026 | #Bioinformatics #Database #OpenScience #GO #Ontology #GeneOnlology #OpenData 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓 ⬇️ academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

From @danielrigden.bsky.social & @xosegb.bsky.social in an #Editorial in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | The 2026 Nucleic Acids Research database issue and the online molecular biology database collection | #Bioinformatics #Database #OpenScience 🧬🖥️🧪🔓 ⬇️ academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...