In our training we will be using the Galaxy bioinformatics platform.
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We will be using the European Galaxy server here.
Signing up to usegalaxy.eu is free. Select the Login or Register item at the top right to sign up.
The Galaxy Training Network (GTN) provides tutorials on doing bioinformatics analyses and data science using Galaxy and we will be using some of this materials in the course.
What is Galaxy? See the slides here. To find out more about Galaxy, read about Galaxy Resources for Research and see some common Questions and Answers about Galaxy.
Firstly, if you are part of the March 2024 training at SANBI, log into usegalaxy.eu
Then click this link to register as part of the training group. This will ensure that you have priority access to computing resources during our training. Remember that you must first be logged in to usegalaxy.eu before clicking the previous link.
To get used to the interface, start with A Short Introduction To Galaxy. This will get you used to uploading data, running tools, doing some basic work with Galaxy Histories and also give you a first introduction to Galaxy Workflows.
After completing that tutorial, proceed to Galaxy 101 for Everyone, which uses data analysis of the well-known (in the history of statistics) Iris flower dataset as a slightly longer introduction to using Galaxy.
When you are working with Galaxy, trainers might ask you to “share your history” so that they can see what you have been working on. Similar to how one shares documents or folders on Google Docs or Dropbox. This gives the person you are sharing with access to the data in your history, so that they can check on your progress and help you with any errors that you may encounter. Read this FAQ Entry on How to Share a History.