BRC Analytics

🚀 Galaxy is workflows! Check out the Intergalactic Workflow Commission (IWC) - a curated library of Galaxy workflows that makes data analysis accessible to everyone. Community curated, ready to use!

Learn more: https://iwc.galaxyproject.org
Watch: https://youtu.be/cBHSYrpMV8s

#Galaxy (1/2)

Of course, if you have organisms/assemblies you'd like to see added, or have suggestions about funtionality, let us know!

@galaxyproject.bsky.social
#UseGalaxy (3/3)

There is also now a "Learn" section, with an inaugural white paper, "From data to publication in a browser with BRC-Analytics: Evolutionary dynamics of coding overlaps in measles virus" (https://brc-analytics.org/learn/featured-analyses/evolutionary-dynamics-of-coding-overlaps-in-measles). (2/3)

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We are pleased to announce a new release of https://BRC-Analytics.org (v0.17.0). This release updates the number of included organisms to 1900+ and over 5000 assemblies from all across the taxonomic spectrum, and more improvements to searching ENA and the workflow config UI. (1/3)

If you're at Genome Informatics #GI2025 this week, be sure to stop by the 3 Galaxy posters to chat with Delphine, Mike and Anton about great new things in Galaxy. (1/5)

JXTX Foundation Awards Scholarships for CSHL Genome Informatics 2025 JXTX: The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the 2025 CSHL Genome Informatics scholarship recipients.

Congrats to all three recipients! To learn more about the James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science and this scholarship, go to jxtxfoundation.org/news/2025-01.... Enjoy the conference! [8/8]

The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 JXTX+CSHL Genome Informatics Scholarships. JXTX provides support for students to attend conferences in CompBio and data science, where they can present their work [1/8]

🧠 Your Galaxy history too complex?
Name tags make it easy to track dataset origins and relationships across analyses—no endless renaming needed https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-4-tags/

#GalaxyProject #Bioinformatics #Reproducibility

GCC2026: The Galaxy Community is Heading to Clermont-Ferrand, France Join us in June 2026 in the volcanic heart of Clermont-Ferrand for a week of collaboration, discovery, and open science.

Workflows by day, French wine and cheese by night 🍷🧀
Get ready to join us in Clermont-Ferrand, France for #GCC2026, June 22–26 2026! Learn, collaborate, and celebrate open science in the heart of Auvergne.

galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10...

🐛 Galaxy not working? Don't suffer in silence — report it! Use the built-in reporting feature when something goes wrong. Read more here: https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-30-squish-the-bug/ Let's make Galaxy better together!

Galaxy Community at PAG33 Let us know you’ll be at PAG33! The Galaxy Project will be at the International Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG33) in San Diego, California, from January 9–14, 2026, and we’d love to know who ...

🌿 Will you be at #PAG33?
Galaxy will be in San Diego for the International Plant & Animal Genome Conference (Jan 9–14, 2026), and we’d love to know who from the Galaxy Community will be there!

Let us know 👉 forms.gle/26PRwMH46aho...

Use parallel-download to get data from NCBI SRA. See how here -> https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-23-sra-download/

“Why wasn’t I using collections all along?” (2/2)

Discover one of Galaxy’s true superpowers — dataset collections! 🌟
Check out the blog (https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-21-whycollections/) and video (https://youtu.be/yehY9tR_NX8?si=YH9CZ5KGWm2yVyPA) to see how they can simplify your workflows.
You might just find yourself wondering, (1/2)

BRC webinar infographic

If you missed the inaugural all-BRC webinar last week, a video is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DtuD2YTCT30

Presenters introduced the three BRCs (BV-BRC, PDN and BRC-Analytics) in a tight 30 minutes.

@bvbrc.bsky.social

Of course, if you have organisms/assemblies you'd like to see added, or have suggestions about funtionality, let us know!

@galaxyproject.bsky.social (2/2)

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We are pleased to announce a new release of https://BRC-Analytics.org (v0.16.0). This release updates the number of included organisms to 1400+ and a nearly 2000 assemblies (adding many bacteria and helminths), and some significant improvements to searching ENA and the workflow config UI. (1/2)

BRC webinar infographic

Reminder: on Friday we are hosting a webinar for the NIAID-funded BRCs at 14:00 UTC. To join, you must register here first:
https://gxy.io/brc-webinar-reg

@bvbrc.bsky.social

BRC webinar infographic

Join us for a new webinar series run by the NIAID-funded BRCs. Monthly webinars will be held on the second Friday of the month @ 14:00 UTC starting on October 10. Focus will be resources and tools for the infectious disease research community.
https://gxy.io/brc-webinar-reg

@bvbrc.bsky.social

BRC AI codeathon infographic

Join us for a three-day hands-on AI Codeathon uniting experts to tackle critical challenges in infectious disease research using artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs), sponsored by the NIAID BRCs.

Register: https://www.bv-brc.org/brc-niaid-ai-codeathon-2025

#UseGalaxy

BRC Measles infographic

Register now for our upcoming Measles Bioinformatic Analysis Webinar. We hope to see you there!

Register here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/26e362e7-0d72-4c6a-9e86-0fd306368dfd@24d967f1-3ed8-4448-baa6-560ec572acb3

#UseGalaxy #BVBRC

Discover the Pathogen Data Network Join us as we kick off the Pathogen Data Network, discovering the PDN's initiatives and software demos!

🚀 Launching the Pathogen Data Network on Tuesday 29 April, 3pm CET with a webinar! Join us for a quick intro + live demo of tools supporting pathogen data sharing. #PDN #PathogenData #PublicHealth

March BRC Analytics infographic

Video is now available for the BRC Analytics webinar that took place on Mar 26 where we demoed workflows for transcriptomics and variant calling. See the video here:
https://youtu.be/lYzb0j_UtWk

Please follow for more updates and to give feedback on https://BRC-Analytics.org

#UseGalaxy

https://galaxyproject.org/events/2025-03-26-brc-galaxy-webinar/ for more info.

#UseGalaxy (2/2)

March BRC Analytics infographic

Reminder: tomorrow (March 26, 1:00 EDT) is a BRC-Analytics/Galaxy webinar where we will update you on what's new in Galaxy and BRC-Analytics, including demonstrations of running transcriptomics and surveillance analysis workflows. Zoom link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/93960440173

See (1/2)

Zoom link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/93960440173

#UseGalaxy (2/2)

March BRC Analytics infographic

Join us on Wednesday, March 26 for a BRC-Analytics/Galaxy webinar where we will update you on what's new in Galaxy and BRC-Analytics, including demonstrations of running transcriptomics workflows on C. auris and surveillance analysis on P. vivax data. The webinar is at 1:00 EDT/19:00 CEST. (1/2)

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🗓️ Join us for a webinar on March 26, 1PM EDT where we will discuss functionality of https://BRC-Analytics as well as improvements to Galaxy as a whole, workflows as a primary topic. See

https://galaxyproject.org/events/2025-03-26-brc-galaxy-webinar/

for more information.

#UseGalaxy #NIAID #BRC

Register your interest in participating in the Global Culicidae Reference Genomes Project We are seeking mosquito biologists around the world who would be interested in collecting and contributing specimens of any vector species that currently lacks a reference genome. Aim: We are aiming to complete a pilot project to build highly complete and contiguous long-read assemblies for 100 described mosquito species that currently lack reference genomes to remedy fundamental gaps in vector control. Our ultimate aim will be to complete reference genomes for all 3500+ described Culicidae species but that will require large-scale funding. We are completing this pilot project to demonstrate feasibility and value before seeking such funding. Data Generation: This pilot project will aim to construct a high quality reference genome for each species using 30x coverage PacBio HiFi data and 50x coverage Hi-C data from a single specimen. However, two specimens may be required to obtain sufficient data for some species, e.g. those with small bodies and/or large genomes. As the project progresses, we may also generate long-read data using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT). Once data are generated and an assembly is completed, the assembly will go through genome curation. Upon curation completion, the raw data, the resulting assembly, and all associated collection metadata will be released to ENA for immediate use for any purpose. Each assembly will also be published as a "genome note" with the primary collector(s) listed as the first author (e.g. see https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/treeoflife ). Number and sex of mosquito specimens requested: We ask for at least 5–10 mosquitoes per species because challenges may arise with species identification and obtaining sufficient material. Either or both sexes is fine. We cannot accept DNA. How to preserve specimens: Mosquitoes need to be collected alive, and ideally snap frozen, or put into a suitable preservation solution immediately upon live collection. Desiccated or long-term stored specimens are unlikely to result in the quality and quantity of DNA needed. For species that lack RNA-sequencing data, providing additional male and female specimens in an RNA preservative (such as RNALater) is requested so that RNA-seq data can be generated and used for annotations. It is possible to ship specimens without cold-chain, and further details on how to do this will be shared with you if your species is selected for the pilot, however it is best practice to keep specimens at -80°C from collection until shipment. Target species:. Please note that as part of other projects, we have already produced high quality genomes for multiple Anopheles species (see https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB51690), Culex pipiens, and Sabethes cyaneus. We are seeking species that currently lack reference genomes and where there is a research and/or vector control community that will benefit from filling this gap. Our top priority is known vector species that are implicated in disease transmission to humans or livestock. We will also accept species closely related to known vectors if there is good scientific motivation. If there is a compelling case to generate a reference genome for a species that already has one available, please explain why this is needed. Due to regulatory burden (as explained below) we will likely prioritize contributions from participants who are able to contribute 5+ species. Next steps: If you are interested in contributing one or more Culicidae species to this pilot, please register your interest by filling in this survey as completely as you can. Please be aware that multiple steps must be completed before we will be able to receive any specimens. The process typically involves an MTA (or a donation form), the completion of ABS or Nagoya compliance (this can be a lengthy process), and training on the metadata entry required for reference genomes as well as the preservation and shipment approaches. If the species you propose are accepted into the pilot, you will need to complete these steps, and only once they are complete will we be able to accept your specimens. Once specimens have been received, it may take up to 12 months for the genome to be completed and released if everything goes smoothly. Please be aware that due to the burden of these required steps, we will likely prioritise proposals from participants who are able to contribute 5+ species and where the material is likely to be successful. Other important information: All sequencing costs will be covered by the pilot project, but unfortunately we do not have funds to support mosquito collections. We ask that you cover the cost of shipment to the UK (at room temperature) but if you are unable to do so, we may be able to cover these costs. This form asks for your email address, which we will need to get in touch with you. So please enter the email address where we can reliably reach you. We will not share it with anyone else. We will monitor responses to this survey on a weekly basis and we will be in touch with you within a couple weeks either to invite you for a brief call if your proposal meets the criteria above, or to inform you that at this stage, we are not prepared to move your proposal forward. Thank you for your interest. Mara Lawniczak - Wellcome Sanger Institute Miguel Antonio Garcia Knight - National Autonomous University of Mexico & Wellcome Sanger Institute Bernard Kim - Princeton University Lindy McBride - Princeton University

The Genomic Center for Infectious Diseases (GCID) is looking for samples from mosquitoes that don't yet have a reference genome. They're planning an initial high quality 100 or so. If you're interested, please fill in the google form at https://tinyurl.com/MosquitoReferenceGenomes.

#GCID

Webinar: NCBI support for scientists researching eukaryotic pathogens and disease vectors - NCBI Insights NCBI is a valuable source for genomic data for an extensive breadth of organisms. The NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) was established to help facilitate reliable comparative genomics research ...

Passing this along to our Galaxy and BRC communities: NCBI is holding a webinar for researchers in the eukaryotic pathogen and desease vector spaces on Feb 12. Use this link to get more information ow.ly/GAlW50UAuR9

#NCBICGR
#ComparativeGenomics