<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_-1258917874669091044gmail-docs-internal-guid-1415fe35-aa59-a92a-cf71-e7c5fe73ea1f" style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>2017 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2017)</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">26-30 June 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Montpellier, France</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.org/" target="_blank">https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.<wbr>org/</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_-1258917874669091044gmail-docs-internal-guid-1415fe35-aa5a-701b-40fb-75f89ba772d5">--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2017 Galaxy Community Conference</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> will </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bring together several hundred researchers </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">working in and supporting data intensive life science research</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. There is no better place to share your work and learn from others that are addressing diverse questions and facing common challenges in data intensive biology. GCC participants work across the tree of life, come from around the world, and represent universities, research organizations, industry, medical schools and research hospitals.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GCC2017 will be in Montpellier, France, 26-30 June and will feature two days of presentations, discussions, poster sessions, lightning talks, computer demos, keynotes, and birds-of-a-feather meetups, all about data-intensive biology and the tools that support it. GCC2017 also includes data and coding </span><a href="https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.org/page/hackathon" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">hackathons</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and </span><a href="https://gcc2017.sched.com/overview/type/Training" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">two days of training</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> covering 16 different topics.  GCC2017 will be held at </span><a href="http://www.montpellier-events.com/en/The-Corum/Presentation" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Le Corum Conference Centre</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in the </span><a href="https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.org/page/location" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">heart of Montpellier</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, just 10km from the Mediterranean.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.org/page/submit" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Abstract submission</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is now open.  </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you work in or support data intensive life science research then GCC2017 is an ideal opportunity to present your work.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The deadline for oral presentations is Apr 15 (23:59 Paris local time), and posters and computer demonstration submission closes on May 27 (23:59 Paris local time). The Lightning talk submission deadline is June 23 (23:59 Paris time). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.org/page/registration" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Early registration</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is also open and starts at less than 55€ / day for post-docs and students. You can also </span><a href="https://gcc2017.sciencesconf.org/page/lodging" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">book low cost conference housing</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> when you register. </span><a href="https://new.galaxyproject.org/news/2017-03-gcc2017-fellowships/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Travel fellowships</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are being offered by the Galaxy Community Fund for early career researchers that are travelling from afar. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About Galaxy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://galaxyproject.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Galaxy</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is an open, web-based platform for data-intensive biomedical analysis used by tens of thousands of researchers around the world.  It supports ad hoc exploration and analysis through scalable and repeatable data analysis pipelines for large research studies. Galaxy is available in over 90 free and publicly accessible web servers, on public and national cloud infrastructures, and is locally installed at hundreds, if not thousands, of research organisations around the world.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope to see you this summer in Montpellier!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Au revoir,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The GCC2017 Organising Committee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PS: Please redistribute this announcement to any interested groups.</span></p><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