they are pretty everyday, aren't-they?

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...

PMEX webinar infographic

🌱 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

Genome Annotation / Genome annotation with Helixer / Hands-on: Genome annotation with Helixer Genome annotation is a multi-level process that includes prediction of protein-coding genes, as well as other functional genome units such as structural RNAs, tRNAs, small RNAs, pseudogenes, control…

💡 #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

Promotional graphic for GTA2026 featuring guest speaker Stephanie Hicks. The design has a dark-to-bright blue background with yellow accents, large white text reading “Meet the Experts at GTA2026” and “Stephanie Hicks,” and a circular portrait of Hicks on the right. Smaller text identifies her as an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University and highlights her work on statistical and computational methods for high-dimensional genomics data, including single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, with an emphasis on rigor, reproducibility, and open science. A link appears at the bottom: gxy.io/GTA2026-info.

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

ggsql: A grammar of graphics for SQL Introducing ggsql, a grammar of graphics for SQL that lets you describe visualizations directly inside SQL queries.

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 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04...

10 years ago, Elisabeth Bik published a preprint heard around the world Elisabeth Bik If you are at all familiar with scientific sleuthing, you’re familiar with Elisabeth Bik. She is quoted so often in the mainstream media it is probably difficult to imagine a time bef…

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...

Galaxy Training Academy 2026 The Galaxy Training Academy is a self-paced online training event for beginners and advanced learners who want to improve their data analysis skills in Galaxy and/or in popular fields in bioinformatic...

💥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...

UK and EU finalise agreement to bring UK into Erasmus+ in 2027 Thousands across the UK set to benefit from re-opening of the historic Erasmus+ programme

The UK rejoining Erasmus is the best science news for a while! #AcademicSky

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Promotional graphic for GTA2026 featuring guest speaker Aaron Quinlan. The design has a dark-to-bright blue background with yellow accents, large white text reading “Meet the Experts at GTA2026” and “Aaron Quinlan,” and a circular photo of Quinlan standing indoors by a staircase. Smaller text identifies him as Professor and Chair of Human Genetics at the University of Utah and highlights his work in computational genomics and open-source bioinformatics, including BEDTools and Mosdepth. A registration link appears at the bottom: gxy.io/GTA2026-info.

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
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osf.io/preprints/me...

Curiosity, cell clearance, and improv: A chat with Julia Batki In this interview, Julia Batki, 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 un...

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...

Community-curated Galaxy interfaces with the Galaxy Labs Engine Abstract. The Galaxy platform is a globally distributed environment for data-intensive research, providing thousands of analysis tools across major public

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 | 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 🇦🇺
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🙌 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...