Join 41,000 Australian users of this fully-subsidised and easy to use bioinformatics platform
Galaxy has proven to be such a versatile data analysis platform that Galaxy Australia now supports over 41,000 Australian users. This fully subsidised, open-source system for analysing and visualising data, authoring workflows, training, publishing tools, and managing infrastructure is powered by a world-wide community of 500,000 Galaxy users as well as the institutions who invest in its growth. Now is the perfect time to get on board with Galaxy, with a variety of ways to get involved on offer in the coming months.
If you are curious to see how Galaxy is being used in a wide range of research settings, come along to our upcoming webinar showcasing how Galaxy Australia is supporting genome assembly and annotation, metagenomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, data visualisation and more. Register now for No code, no problem - data analysis for biologists with Galaxy Australia on Tue 29 Apr 2025.
The global community’s annual training event - Galaxy Training Academy - is coming up in May. This week-long, completely free, online training event will help you master the Galaxy platform for data analysis. It is self-paced and you can choose from topics including Proteomics, Assembly, Transcriptomics, Single Cell, Microbiome or Machine Learning data analysis in Galaxy. The Galaxy Australia team will be on hand to answer any questions you have during the event over 12-16 May.
Most people simply make use of the platform to do their research, but there’s an open invitation to contribute to this lively community too. The international Galaxy Community,has put together a Get Started page to help you find out more about terminology, resources, servers, types of communities, and the different ways to contribute to the great things the Galaxy community achieves together. You can also connect with the community in person at the Galaxy and Bioconductor Community Conference 2025 is coming up in June in the USA.
Strategic partnerships formed around the platform are key in making it readily available to Australian researchers. Australian BioCommons is able to offer the service at no cost to researchers because of the commitment of valuable partners QCIF, The University of Melbourne and AARNet who help manage the Galaxy Australia service and provision of computational resources provided by respected national institutions and providers AARNet, ARDC Nectar Research Cloud, the University of Melbourne, QCIF, National Computational Infrastructure, Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre and Microsoft Azure. These efforts are backed by funding from the University of Melbourne, the Queensland state government and Bioplatforms Australia, who bring Federal investment through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
If you’re ready to start using Galaxy Australia, you can jump right in and try it now: usegalaxy.org.au/