Galaxy is a user-friendly open-source web platform designed to facilitate accessible, reproducible, and transparent computational research. It provides access to a vast collection of free-to-use, well-documented and maintained tools.

Galaxy Italy provides Elixir Italy users and beyond compute and storage resources for running several tools in different research domains. For more information, issues and suggestions please contact us by mail.

The Italian Galaxy server

The Italian Galaxy server UseGalaxy.it is maintained primarily by ELIXIR-ITALY, in collaboration with many academic groups across Italy. Please check our Terms of Use before using the server.

The following Institutions are actively providing resource to usegalaxy.it: CNR, INFN, University of Bari, Consortium GARR, CINECA and University of Milan.

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Our Data Policy

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User data on UseGalaxy.it (i.e. datasets, histories) will be available as long as they are not deleted by the user. Once marked as deleted the datasets will be permanently removed within 14 days. If the user "purges" the dataset in the Galaxy, it will be removed immediately, permanently. In special cases, an extended quota can be requested for a limited time period.. Processed data will only be accessible during one browser session, using a cookie to identify your data. This cookie is not used for any other purposes (e.g. tracking or analytics). If UseGalaxy.it service is not accessed for 90 days, those datasets will be permanently deleted. The Galaxy service complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can read more about this on our Terms and Conditions.

Laniakea@ReCaS

The Laniakea@ReCaS service, based on Laniakea software stack, provides the possibility to automate the creation of Galaxy-based virtualized environments through an easy setup procedure, providing an on-demand workspace ready to be used by life scientists and bioinformaticians. At the end of the configuration process, the user gains access to a private, production-grade, fully customizable, Galaxy virtual instance. Laniakea features the deployment of a stand-alone or cluster-backed Galaxy instances, shared reference data volumes, encrypted data volumes and rapid development of novel Galaxy flavours for specific tasks.

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Vinyl

VINYL (Variant prIoritizatioN bY survivaL analysis) integrates an innovative method for variant prioritization, along with a highly curated collection of databases and resources for the annotation of human genetic variants.

CorGAT

CorGAT, the Coronavirus Genome Analysis Tool, is a novel, highly effective and user-friendly approach for the functional annotation of SARS-CoV-2 genomes based on Galaxy.

ITSoneWB

ITSoneWB (ITSone WorkBench) collects and integrates the high-quality ITS1 reference collection in ITSoneDB with DNA metabarcoding well-established analysis pipelines and new tools in an easy-to-use service addressing the eukaryotic domain of life.

PIPE-T

PIPE-T is the first Galaxy tool for parsing, filtering, normalising, imputing, and analysing RT-qPCR data. PIPE-T integrates the functionalities implemented in various R packages, such as HTqPCR, impute, and RankProd, in a simple, transparent, accessible, reproducible, and user-friendly environment.

News

One framework, one workflow, many communities: Freiburg Galaxy team at EOSC Symposium 2025

Galaxy showed how 'one framework, one workflow, many communities' can run cross-disciplinary imaging analyses on the emerging EOSC Federation. Here is what we presented, with slides and video.

Galaxy at Genome Informatics 2025

Galaxy was in full force at Genome Informatics 2025, presenting cutting-edge work on scalable analysis, interactive workflows, and high-quality genome curation.

European Galaxy Days 2025 recordings now online

European Galaxy Days 2025 might be over, but the talks aren’t. Explore our new playlist featuring highlights from EGD2025

Use name tags!

Tell apples from oranges using name tags

Squish the bug!

Help us keep the Galaxy running by reporting bugs...

Events

Nov 25 - Nov 27Galaxy Ecology training and collabroation fest

As colleagues from CCAMLR / Antarctica conservation from Belgium are coming to Concarneau marine station to work on Galaxy Ecology use in their projects, we propose to create an open event, where colleagues from CCAMLR / Antarctica conservation from UK, New Zealand and others are interested to participate remotely, so people wanted to learn how to use and contribute to Galaxy Ecology European Platform during these 3 days.

Nov 26How can I analyse my texts, media, and data in the humanities and social sciences?

You want to analyse your media, text or data digitally, but do not know how? You only have a laptop but no programming skills or money for expensive programs? Do you want to consider good research data management, but do not know how? Galaxy is here for you!
This coffee lecture hosted by FDM Thüringen gives you a quick overview of how you can use the open source platform Galaxy (usegalaxy.eu) for your research

Dec 3Introduction to Galaxy, the Open-Source Platform for FAIR Data Analysis (in German)

Are you new to e-science? Do you want to learn ways to analyse your material with digital tools from your browser without any programming skills? Do you want to get an idea of research data management? Register for our introduction at the HeFDI Data School to find out more