Galaxy

Introduction

Galaxy is an open source, web-based platform for data-intensive biomedical research. It aims to make computational biology accessible to research scientists who do not have computer programming or systems administration experience. Although it was initially developed for genomics research, it is largely domain-agnostic and is now used as a general workflow management system in bioinformatics. The list of tutorials here suggests the range of applications of Galaxy.

Tip

If you are not dealing with large files or jobs that require a large number of CPU or GPU, we highly recommend the UseGalaxy platform.

Accessing UseGalaxy Canada

To access UseGalaxy Canada go to https://starthere.usegalaxy.ca, follow the link to log in through CILogon and select your institution to authenticate. The platform will detect if you are a Canadian user and allocate you a default starting allocation of 500 GB of storage.

Characteristics: * Server: Beluga Cloud & Arbutus * Galaxy configuration: None (handled by UseGalaxy Canada admins) * Required Linux knowledge: None * Management / Updates: UseGalaxy Canada team * Server configuration: None * Pre-installed tools: Synchronized with UseGalaxy.eu * Reference genome availability: Yes (through CVMFS) * Quota: 500GB per user

The site https://starthere.usegalaxy.ca provides all the necessary information about UseGalalxy.ca and Galaxy in general, as well as a “Help/Request” form to report issues, get assistance or ask for new tools and data to be installed on the platform.