Galaxy Community UK (GCUK)

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This page describes the Galaxy UK Community (GCUK)Birds of a Feather meetup being held at GCC2015.

When:: Wednesday, 8th July. 18:00 (6pm)

Where:: Watson Room, JICCC

Contact:: Christian-dot-Schudoma-at-TSL-dot-ac-dot-uk

Description

This is a BoF for the Galaxy Community from the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Audience

Local events/issues of the GCUK.

When and Where

Wednesday, 8th July, 18.00/6pm

Who is Participating

If you are interested, please add your name below and/or send an email to [Christian Schudoma TSL](mailto:christian.schudoma AT tsl DOT ac DOT uk).

• Christian Schudoma
• Nicola Soranzo
• Rémi Marenco
• Peter Cock
• Dan MacLean
• Peter Li
• Dave Clements

(14 people came)

Discussion

• What do people want GCUK to do?

  • Support
    • Get quicker answers, or just get answers.
  • help locate complementary trainers.
  • buying a server would like advice on vendors and what to buy.
  • Galaxy Carpentry?

• Might be scope in Peter's grant for a galaxy workshop with a strong metabolomics bent,

• TGAC's Galaxy server is for all BBSRC funded research/ institutions.

• Map of Galaxy instances is on GCUK web site.

• We aren't united by a distinct language like France or Japan.

• The big Data paper by Dan MacLean on how they changed the environment at TSL.

  • Took goodwill, infrastructure, backing. It increased productivity.

• Raising the profile of GCUK.

  • People think they need a bioinformatician
  • But they don't need to wait.

• Funding

  • BBSRC has funding
  • MRC funding?
  • CRUK
  • BEPSRC
  • NERC

Call for Participation

If you are interested in becoming active in GCUK then please send an email to [Christian Schudoma TSL](mailto:christian.schudoma AT tsl DOT ac DOT uk).