# Exploring the Richness of the French Galaxy Ecosystem

Bérénice Batut, Gildas Le Corguillé, Anthony Bretaqueau

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# Exploring the Richness of the French Galaxy Ecosystem

Bérénice Batut¹,², GT Galaxy, Gildas Le Corguillé¹,³, Anthony BretTaudeau¹,⁴

¹IFB-core, Institut Français de Bioinformatique (IFB), CNRS, INSERM, INRAE, CEA, 94800 Villejuif, France, ²Plateforme AuBi, Mésocentre Clermont-Auvergne, Université Clermont Auvergne, ³Sorbonne Université, CNRS, FR2424, ABiMS-IFB, Station Biologique, Roscoff, ⁴GenOuest, University of Rennes, INRIA, CNRS, IRISA

Corresponding authors: berenice.batut@france-bioinformatique.fr, gildas.le-corguille@france-bioinformatique.fr, anthony.bretaudeau@irisa.fr

The French Bioinformatics Community has embraced Galaxy since its inception, with a pivotal moment being the Galaxy Tour de France led by Nate Coraor, Anton Nekrutenko, and James Taylor in 2012. This adoption has led to the establishment of over 10 Galaxy servers across France, catering to diverse local needs and specialized thematic areas such as ecology, biodiversity, NGS, proteomics, and more.

To foster cohesion and synergy within the community, a Galaxy Working Group led by the French Bioinformatics Institute facilitates regular interactions.

**Objectives:**

1. Meeting every 2 months

2. Connect Galaxy users, developers, admins across France,

3. Share knowledge (ELIXIR, Galaxy Community, etc),

4. Support UseGalaxy.fr, and

5. Combat misconceptions about Galaxy within the French scientific community

**Mailing list:** bit.ly/galaxy-gt

Galaxy
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INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE BIOINFORMATIQUE

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INRAO

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