Intergalactic Utilities Commission
Introduction
The Intergalactic Utilities Commission (IUC) was established in 2012 to enable the pervasive use of the main Galaxy Tool Shed by ensuring the repositories available include contents that are functionally correct and optimized for installation into local Galaxies. When appropriate, the group provides guidance to Galaxy tool developers so that they can improve the quality of their repositories.
Activities
- Maintains a set of high quality Galaxy tools in the GitHub repository. This repo serves as an excellent example and inspiration to all Galaxy tool developers.
- Cultivates and shares the Galaxy tool development best practices document.
- Provides support to tool developers on a public Matrix channel.
Members
IUC membership evolves over time and helpful community contributors are asked to join.
| Member | Joined | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Blankenberg, Cleveland Clinic | founding member | @blankenberg |
| Nate Coraor, Galaxy Team, Penn State University | founding member | @natefoo |
| Björn Grüning, University of Freiburg | founding member | @bgruening |
| Nicola Soranzo, Earlham Institute | 2014-08-25 | @nsoranzo |
| Helena Rasche, Erasmus University Medical Center | 2014-08-25 | @hexylena |
| Marius van den Beek, Galaxy Team, Penn State University | 2015-10-12 | @mvdbeek |
| Greg Von Kuster, Penn State University | founding member | @gregvonkuster |
| Anthony Bretaudeau, GenOuest BioInformatics Platform | 2016-05-11 | @abretaud |
| Saskia Hiltemann, Erasmus University Medical Center | 2016-06-14 | @shiltemann |
| Lance Parsons, Princeton University | 2016-10-28 | @lparsons |
| Bérénice Batut, University of Freiburg | 2017-02-14 | @bebatut |
| Maria Doyle, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 2017-11-11 | @mblue9 |
| Matthias Bernt, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) | 2018-07-20 | @bernt-matthias |
| Wolfgang Maier, University of Freiburg | 2019-11-04 | @wm75 |
| Cristóbal Gallardo, University of Freiburg | 2021-11-25 | @gallardoalba |
| Peter van Heusden, South African National Bioinformatics Institute (SANBI) | 2022-05-04 | @pvanheus |
| Saim Momin, University of Freiburg | 2025-02-18 | @SaimMomin12 |
Former members
| Member | Joined | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Brad Chapman, Harvard School of Public Health | founding member | @chapmanb |
| Ira Cooke, James Cooke University | founding member | @iracooke |
| Edward Kirton, U.S. Department of Energy | founding member | |
| Ross Lazarus, Harvard Medical School and University of Sydney | founding member | @fubar2 |
| Youri Hoogstrate, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam | 2015-10-07 | @yhoogstrate |
| Simon Gladman, University of Melbourne | 2017-11-11 | @Slugger70 |
| Dave Bouvier, Galaxy Team, Penn State University | founding member | @davebx |
| James Johnson, University of Minnesota | founding member | @jj-umn |
| Peter Cock, The James Hutton Institute | founding member | @peterjc |