Description:
UseGalaxy.ca is Canada’s public instance of the international Galaxy platform, hosted on the Alliance's infrastructure. It is offering an accessible, web‑based environment that empowers researchers to run complex analyses without needing programming or command‑line expertise. Originally built for bioinformatics, Galaxy now supports a wide range of domains, including image analysis, machine learning, chemistry, astronomy, social sciences, and linguistics. Galaxy is designed to make reproducible and transparent research available to all.
This workshop will first briefly describe the UseGalaxy.ca project and infrastructure, then provide a guided, hands‑on introduction to the platform: uploading data, running tools, building workflows, visualizing data and interpreting results directly in the browser. Participants will experience how the platform eases analysis while maintaining scientific rigour and simplify reproducibility.
We will also present advanced features such as interactive tools Jupyter and RStudio as well as data collection enabling large scale analyses, then conclude with an open Q&A to address project‑specific needs, and discuss how UseGalaxy.ca can support diverse research communities.
Teachers: Charles Coulombe (Calcul Quebec) and Dr. Pierre-Etienne Jacques (Univ. of Sherbrooke)
Level: Introductory
Format: Lecture + Hands-on
Certificate: Attendance
Prerequisites: None