Galaxy-ELIXIR Webinar 1: Introduction to Galaxy and the Galaxy workflows for SARS-CoV-2 data analysis
Galaxy-ELIXIR Webinar Series: FAIR data and Open Infrastructures to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic
The Galaxy Community and ELIXIR organise a webinar series to demonstrate how open software and public research infrastructures can be used in analysing and publishing SARS-CoV2 data.
Session 1: Introduction to Galaxy and the Galaxy workflows for SARS-CoV-2 data analysis
30 April 2020, 17.00-18.00 CET CEST** (starts at 16.00 BST, 11.00 EDT, 8.00 PDT)
The first session will introduce the Galaxy platform and other public research infrastructure to be used throughout the webinar series. It will also explain the motivation behind the Galaxy COVID-19 projects and explain the benefits of open reproducible research and transparent and interoperable analytics.
Programme Information and Registration
Speakers
- Anton Nekrutenko, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State University (USA) and co-founder of the Galaxy Project.
- Frederik Coppens, Head of Node of ELIXIR Belgium and Co-Lead of the ELIXIR Galaxy Community
- Sergei Pond, Professor of Biology, Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, US.