# Galaxy training: A powerful framework for teaching!

Helena Rasche, Saskia Hiltemann, Björn Grüning, Bérénice Batut

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# Galaxy Training: A powerful framework for teaching!

Helena Rasche¹, Saskia Hiltemann², Björn Grüning³, Galaxy Training Network, Bérénice Batut⁴,⁵

1 Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands, 2 Central Data Facility, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, 3 Department of Bioinformatics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 4 IFB-core, Institut Français de Bioinformatique (IFB), CNRS, INSERM, INRAE, CEA, 94800 Villejuif, France, 5 Plateforme AuBi, Mésocentre Clermont-Auvergne, Université Clermont Auvergne.

Corresponding authors: berenice.batut@france-bioinformatique.fr,

## Training

There is an ongoing explosion of scientific datasets being generated, brought on by recent technological advances in many areas of the natural sciences. As a result, the life sciences have become increasingly computational in nature, and bioinformatics has taken on a central role in research studies. However, **basic computational skills, data analysis, and stewardship are still rarely taught** in life science educational programs, resulting in a skills gap in many of the researchers tasked with analyzing these big datasets.

## TIaaS

Training Infrastructure as a Service (TIaaS) is a free service providing a dedicated **job queue** for the participants of training events, in order to reduce waiting times on the cluster and ensure courses run smoothly and efficiently.

Since 2018:

860+
Events

38k+
Students

The TIaaS service also provides instructors with a **dashboard**, enabling them to monitor the progress of the participants.

## A collection of FAIR training materials

The Galaxy Training Network (GTN) has developed the Galaxy Training Platform (https://training.galaxyproject.org), an **open access, community-driven** framework for the collection of **FAIR training materials** for data analysis utilizing the user-friendly Galaxy framework as its primary data analysis platform.

35+
Topics

470+
FAQs

25
Learning
Paths

450+ Tutorials

Rich metadata

Structured content

Theory and analysis explanation

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Hands-on to apply the concepts

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Formative assessment question

Strong technical support

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Galaxy servers with needed tools

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Available data

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Workflow

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Recordings

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Frequently Asked Questions

Community oriented

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Translation

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Highlighted contributors and funding

Embedded free feedback form

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Community support chat

490+
Contributors

3,970+
Feedback

**& many other features:**

Notebooks, Video slides, Automatic assessibility, Choose Your Own Adventures, Contributor pages, Funding report, Contributions via Forms, etc

While initially aimed at supporting researchers directly, the GTN framework has proven to be an **invaluable resource for educators** as well. We have focused our efforts in recent years on adding increased **support** for this growing community of instructors.

## Massive, online & worldwide training events with Galaxy Training Academy

Since 2021, GTN organizes Galaxy Training Academy: a **free, online, self-paced**, and **choose-your-own-adventure** style training events.

220+
Videos

140+
Hours
of recordings

130+
Instructors

10k+
Registrations

This year we have partnered with BioConductor and the RO-crates team to deliver bioinformatics training that goes beyond the Galaxy!

### Acknowledgments

universität freiburg

Erasmus MC
University Medical Center Rotterdam

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### Gallantries

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With the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

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Galaxy
PROJECT

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The Institut Français de Bioinformatique (IFB) is funded by France 2030, via the Agence Nationale de la Recherche grants ANR-11-INBS-0013 (PIA1 RENABI-IFB), and ANR-21-ESRE-0048 (PIA3 ESR/Equipex+ MUDIS4LS).

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