The latest Galaxy update in Nucleic Acids Research highlights major advances in the platform’s interface, workflows, data management, visualizations, infrastructure, and global community.

From GCC2026 and GTA2026 highlights to a major new Galaxy publication, Galaxy 26.0, and community-curated research environments, explore what the Galaxy community accomplished in the second quarter of 2026.

A summary of the outcomes and highlights from the CoFest held after the 2026 Galaxy Community Conference in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Microbiological Data Analysis at Galaxy Community Conference 2026, Clermont-Ferrand, France

At GCC2026, the Galaxy community came together to ask how AI can support scientific discovery while preserving the trust, transparency, reproducibility, and human-centered values that define Galaxy.