Intro to Galaxy for Bioinformatics

Tristan Reynolds (Melbourne Bioinformatics, The University of Melbourne)

This beginner’s tutorial will introduce the Galaxy Australia interface and tools, how to run a simple analysis and how to turn an analysis into a Galaxy Workflow (pipeline). Click on these links to learn about Galaxy Australia and available training material. The material covered in this workshop is based on the freely available at the links below:

• Quality Control
• Mapping
• Creating, Editing and Importing Galaxy Workflows

Once you know how to use Galaxy you can upskill yourself using the Learning Pathways. Galaxy is an open source, web-based platform for accessible, reproducible, and transparent computational biomedical research. It allows users without programming experience to easily specify parameters and run individual tools as well as larger workflows. It also captures run information so that any user can repeat and understand a complete computational analysis. Finally, it allows users to share and publish analyses via the web.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Navigate and use the Galaxy platform
• Upload and interact with data on Galaxy
• Analyse data using Galaxy tools and view results
• Create and manage Galaxy Workflows

This free workshop is available to staff and students at The University of Melbourne and its affiliated institutes.

You must register for this event using an affiliated institutional email address or your registration may be cancelled.

This workshop does not require any previous experience. This is an in person hands-on workshop and attendees must bring their own computers (laptop chargers also recommended). No software needs to be installed for this workshop and no programming experience is necessary. The following is required:

• Access to internet via UniWireless or Eduroam
• Web browser (Firefox or Chrome recommended)
• Participants should register for a Galaxy Australia account using their institutional email address

If you require any further information, or have any access requirements in order to participate in this workshop, please contact us as soon as possible to discuss your requirements:

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