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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · Apr 2

We concluded the second day with two exciting workshops:
•Science illustration with Michal Rössler (freelancer), and
•Introduction to bioinformatic tools related to the evolution of land plants with @dvarshney.bsky.social and @shiltemann.bsky.social (from @watertoland.bsky.social).

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Bérénice Batut @bebatut.bsky.social · Mar 28

🚀 New paper alert! 🚀

Excited to share latest #Galaxy #Ecology work in GigaScience:

"Guidance framework to apply best practices in ecological data analysis: lessons learned from building Galaxy-Ecology" 🌿🔬

🔗 Read it here: academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

#OpenScience @galaxyproject.bsky.social

Guidance framework to apply best practices in ecological data analysis: lessons learned from building Galaxy-Ecology

Abstract. Numerous conceptual frameworks exist for best practices in research data and analysis (e.g., Open Science and FAIR principles). In practice, ther

academic.oup.com

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · Mar 31

This week we will have our 3rd internal DOMPS Symposium. We are really looking forward to it, so here is the schedule as teaser. Find out more about the keynote speakers and workshops on the website.
dompssymposium.wixsite.com/domps

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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it. 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.bsky.social · Mar 9

Another useful website to find out which products and brands NOT to buy:
isitamerican.eu
#BuyEuropean 🇪🇺💪👍

isitamerican.eu

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Saskia Hiltemann 🍍 @shiltemann.bsky.social · Feb 14

Great GTN & Galaxy Hackathon by the SPOC community and ELIXIR-UK! Thanks to @nomadscientist.bsky.social for leading the effort!

@elixiruknode.org @galaxyproject.bsky.social #galaxyproject

Statistics about the event. 3 new contributors, 19 Pull requests made, 8 tutorials updated, 9 issues raised, and more!

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GTN @galaxytraining.bsky.social · Feb 14

SPOC HDR UK ELIXIR-UK CoFest 2025: How did it go?

Read more at https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/news/2025/02/14/spoc_hdr_cofest.html

@galaxyproject.bsky.social

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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · Feb 12

The 2025 #scicomm award of the @molplantsci.bsky.social section of @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social goes to @somssich.bsky.social - congratulations! You might know Marc by his plant science starter kit and his plant science classics post. #MBP2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · Feb 11

Short reminder 🌱

The International Plant EVO-DEVO symposium "Evolution of Plant Reproduction" organized by
@icips.bsky.social

will take place near the botanical garden of Berlin (Germany) from March 25-28, 2025.

To register, go to: dfg-icips.org/berlin2025/

Deadline registration: 14.02.2025

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · Feb 10

The Freiburg Galaxy Team is happy to announce this year's European Galaxy Days https://galaxyproject.org/events/2025-10-01-egd2025/ . Please mark you calendar: October 1st to 3rd

We are looking forward seeing you in Freiburg !

##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##UniFreiburg ##EOSC

European Galaxy Days (EGD)

European Galaxy Days meeting in Autumn 2025

galaxyproject.org

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · Feb 11

@shiltemann.bsky.social and Deepti Varshney from @uni-freiburg.de giving insights into DataPLANT, MAdLand, and Galaxy: Tools and Resources for Plant Research @ #MBP2025 in Hennef 🌱

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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · Feb 11

@shiltemann.bsky.social and Deepti Varshney on computational plant science tools developed in the framework of @nfdi4plants.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social @galaxyproject.bsky.social usegalaxy.eu @uni-freiburg.de
#MBP2025

Galaxy

Galaxy is a community-driven web-based analysis platform for life science research.

usegalaxy.eu

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Saskia Hiltemann 🍍 @shiltemann.bsky.social · Jan 23

Great list of European alternatives to popular US tech services (e.g. cloud computing, file hosting, maps, translation, messaging, and much more)

european-alternatives.eu/categories

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Bérénice Batut @bebatut.bsky.social · Jan 8

Our new preprint "microGalaxy: A gateway to tools, workflows, and training for accessible, reproducible, and FAIR microbial data analysis" is live! 🎉

📝 Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Microbiome #FAIRdata #usegalaxy @galaxyproject.bsky.social

microGalaxy: A gateway to tools, workflows, and training for reproducible and FAIR analysis of microbial data

Microbial research generates vast and complex data from diverse omics technologies, necessitating innovative analytical solutions. microGalaxy (Galaxy for Microbiology) addresses these needs with a us...

www.biorxiv.org

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Saskia Hiltemann 🍍 @shiltemann.bsky.social · Dec 20

Have a look at your GTN community wrapped for 2024!

Happy Holidays!

GTN @galaxytraining.bsky.social · Dec 20

To thank our amazing communities who make the GTN what it is, a holiday gift from the GTN: all your achievements on a single new "Community Home" page!

A joyful reflection of all the hard work, dedication, and collaboration in our communities! Thank you!

training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...

GTN's Gift for 2024

Community Pages

training.galaxyproject.org

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GTN @galaxytraining.bsky.social · Dec 19

Attention Dutch Researchers! Join the half-day workshop at SURF on January 28, 2025 to learn how to deploy your own Galaxy on the SURF Research Cloud.

Followed by drinks and networking with the Galaxy-NL community!

More info: training.galaxyproject.org/events/2025-...

@galaxyproject.bsky.social

Galaxy at SURF Research Cloud workshop

Half-day workshop demonstrating the local Galaxy instance built for users of SURF Research Cloud.

training.galaxyproject.org

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Joanna Kacprzyk @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social · Dec 3

A survey on why people want to study and work with plants: please participate and share <3

forms.gle/btg9GP1L3CTh...

Plant Biologists and How to Find Them?

We are Dr Joanna Kacprzyk and Dr Rainer Melzer from School of Biology and Environmental Science at University College Dublin, Ireland. Our project Plant Biologists and How to Find Them? aims to invest...

forms.gle

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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · Dec 13

Proud to share TAPscan v4, automated annotation of 138 TF families; code, webtool and database available online.
@watertoland.bsky.social @nfdi4plants.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @shiltemann.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

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GTN @galaxytraining.bsky.social · Dec 3

Credit where it’s due: GTN Reviewers in the spotlight

We would like to recognise and thank all of the reviewers who have contributed. Today, we are highlighting your efforts across every learning material in the GTN
https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/news/2024/12/02/reviewing.html

Credit where it's due: GTN Reviewers in the spotlight

We would like to recognise and thank all of the reviewers who have contributed to the GTN tutorials; your efforts are greatly appreciated, and we are grateful for your contributions to the GTN communi...

training.galaxyproject.org

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Saskia Hiltemann 🍍 @shiltemann.bsky.social · Dec 1

Awesome picture :)

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Nov 20

Yes! Alt text is useful and quickly becomes second nature to do. But when one forgets (as I sometimes do), the prompting is a big help.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Nov 19

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

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Saskia Hiltemann 🍍 @shiltemann.bsky.social · Nov 19

Teamwork makes the Dream work

Anthony Mathelier @amathelier.bsky.social · Nov 18

🧵 Bioinformatics faces a critical challenge: despite its importance, software quality often falls short due to the lack of proper development practices.

In our latest paper, we advocate for improving software quality in bioinformatics through teamwork.

academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

Illustration comparing the improvement process in software writing to rock climbing.

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · Nov 18

The MGnify Amplicon Pipeline v5.0 is now live on Galaxy!
With 5 modular sub-workflows, this pipeline gives you the flexibility to analyze microbiome data your way—covering QC, rRNA-prediction, ITS analysis, and more.

galaxyproject.org/news/2024-11...

MGnify amplicon pipeline v5.0 on Galaxy

Porting the MGnify Amplicon Pipeline v5.0 to Galaxy: A Collaborative Effort with EBI

galaxyproject.org

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Nov 18

I made a blocklist for some of the new showing up to troll anti trans folks. No oxygen for these schmoes! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · Jan 17

Early bird registration for GCC2024 is now open!
Join us in the beautiful city of Brno, Czech Republic, from June 24th to 29th, 2024, for an unforgettable experience of learning, collaboration, and networking.

Register and learn more: galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...

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