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).