Galaxy is an open-source platform for FAIR data analysis that enables users to:

  • use tools from various domains (that can be plugged into workflows) through its graphical web interface.
  • run code in interactive environments (RStudio, Jupyter...) along with other tools or workflows.
  • manage data by sharing and publishing results, workflows, and visualizations.
  • ensure reproducibility by capturing the necessary information to repeat and understand data analyses.

The Galaxy Community is actively involved in helping the ecosystem improve and sharing scientific discoveries.

News

Galaxy and Bioconductor Community Conference Meeting Report

From groundbreaking research to hands-on workshops and live demos, GBCC2025 showcased the best of the Galaxy and Bioconductor communities.

Freiburg Galaxy Team’s Internal Tool Development Workshop

Know more about the recent Tool Development workshop organized at Freiburg Galaxy Team

Scaling Up Hands-On Bioinformatics Training with TIAAS – An Open University Perspective

Back in September 2024, we ran the Open University Bioinformatics Bootcamp—a free, five-day online course introducing students to the core tools and techniques used in single-cell biology

SURF Research Cloud as infrastructure for Galaxy in The Netherlands

Dutch scientists can now use Galaxy in secure environments.

Enhancing Scientific Training: The Galaxy Training Network’s Role in the ELIXIR Training Life-Cycle

In the rapidly evolving landscape of data science, continuous learning and skill development are crucial

Events

Aug 5BRC Measles Bioinformatic Analysis Webinar

Please join the NCBI and the NIAID-funded BRCs to discuss Measles data analysis!

Aug 19 - Aug 212025 NCI Informatics Technology for Cancer Research Annual Meeting

Join the 2025 NCI ITCR Annual Meeting to explore cutting-edge cancer informatics tools and collaborations.

Aug 26 - Aug 28Galaxy @ CoRDI 2025

Do you want to learn how Galaxy can help you with your research and reproducible research data management? Join us at CoRDI!

Our services

The Freiburg Galaxy Team is offering several services to enable reproducible and accessible research for everyone:

Training

We regularly provide workshops.

But we cannot always meet capacity, so we've put all of our training materials online. This has become a community project with people from all over the world contributing training materials.

Topics include: variant analysis, transcriptomics, metagenomics, epigenetics, and many more!

Visit the Training Material View Publication

Galaxy training materials page

Acknowledgements

We are aiming to maintain high competency and provide high-quality data analysis services to all our Galaxy users.

Therefore, we request that you acknowledge this service by including the members of the Freiburg Galaxy Team as co-authors if they have made a significant intellectual and/or organizational contribution to the work described (conceptualization, design, data analysis, data interpretation and/or input into drafting, revising or writing any portion of the manuscript).

Individuals who have contributed to the project, but whose contributions do not rise to the level justifying authorship, can be recognized in the acknowledgements section of the manuscript as follows:

The authors acknowledge the support of the Freiburg Galaxy Team: Person X and Prof. Rolf Backofen, Bioinformatics, University of Freiburg, Germany funded by Collaborative Research Centre 992 Medical Epigenetics (DFG grant SFB 992/1 2012) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF grant 031 A538A de.NBI-RBC).

Additional funding of projects and/or provision of material expenses are welcome as well, to help support our growing Galaxy community in Freiburg.