I am at @cshlmeetings.bsky.social for the 2026 Biological Data Science meeting! #cshldata26 #methodsmatter

Poster: nalzok.github.io/assets/pdf/p...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Six posters from the Galaxy Project team are up this week at CSHL Biological Data Science 2026 (Nov 4–7): AI-agent reanalysis, Galaxy user-defined tools, workflow automation, cannabis genomics, genome assembly, and SRA mining at planetary scale. Follow ##CSHLdata26. (1/8)

Orbit: Reproducible Agentic Workflow Development with Cloud Execution Included (Poster 126, live demo). Nekrutenko, Cain & Baker demo Orbit live: a desktop app that plans, runs and publishes analyses on Galaxy + NCBI Datasets, across TACC/Jetstream2/ACCESS-CI. ##CSHLdata26 (8/8)

What an great start to the week! 🎉The BioDATA ASCENT Code-a-Thon was a huge success, bringing together early career researchers to use cloud computing, AI, and large-scale biological and biomedical data to turn interesting biological questions into working analyses #cshldata26

VGP + Galaxy (Poster 105): dual-haplotype curation across 817 vertebrate genomes raises chromosome assignment from 95% to 97% vs. single curation. https://github.com/nekrut/cshl-meetings/blob/main/2026/biological-data-science/dlariviere/poster.pdf ##CSHLdata26 (5/8)

Galaxy Workflow Foundry (Poster 62): a reviewable knowledge base compiled into agent skills, turning a paper into a tested Galaxy workflow. DengueSeq run: 7/7 steps validated. https://github.com/nekrut/cshl-meetings/blob/main/2026/biological-data-science/chilton/poster.pdf ##CSHLdata26 (4/8)

disassembler (Poster 159): pulling target sequences straight out of Logan's petabase SRA index. SARS-CoV-2 spike: 4.99M runs scanned, contamination cut to 0%. https://github.com/nekrut/cshl-meetings/blob/main/2026/biological-data-science/seacord/poster.pdf ##CSHLdata26 (6/8)

Orbit + Galaxy User-Defined Tools (Poster 54): an AI agent reproducing 5 published genomics studies from raw reads as 67+ versioned, containerized tools with full provenance. https://github.com/nekrut/cshl-meetings/blob/main/2026/biological-data-science/cain/orbit-poster.pdf ##CSHLdata26 (3/8)

HighGen (Poster 52): a 218-assembly cannabis genomics resource (Burhans & Nekrutenko, Penn State) with a UCSC track hub and real MULTIZ/masking-bias fixes. https://github.com/nekrut/cshl-meetings/blob/main/2026/biological-data-science/burhans/cannabis-poster.pdf ##CSHLdata26 (2/8)

Galaxy user-defined tools (Poster 61): interface, environment, data, compute, provenance and sharing in ~40 lines, in your own account, no admin install. https://github.com/nekrut/cshl-meetings/blob/main/2026/biological-data-science/vandenbeek/udt-poster.pdf ##CSHLdata26 (7/8)

We’re excited to share our second preprint, “IsoGraph resolves coordinated transcript choice and gene abundance in the aging human brain”, available on bioRxiv! This preprint was first-authored by Alexis Bennett with Elisa Johnson, and Dr. Kynon Benjamin served as corresponding author. #cshldata26

Calling PhD students & postdocs! Join the BioDATA ASCENT Code-a-Thon, Nov. 3–4 at CSHL right before #cshldata26. Explore NIH datasets, build with AI and cloud tools, and connect with mentors. No project or prior AI/cloud experience needed. Learn more: biodata-ascent.github.io

!!!Reminders!!! Applications due Wed Aug 5 for the @jxtxFoundation scholarships for the @CSHL Biological Data Science conference. Abstracts due Aug 14 for consideration as a talk. #cshldata26

Apply for scholarship: bit.ly/jxtx-biodata26
Conference Info: bit.ly/cshl-biodata26

Application portal is open for travel and registration scholarships from the @jxtxfoundation.bsky.social to the CSHL Biological Data Science conference. Applications are due by Aug 5 #cshldata26 #methodsmatter

Apply here: jxtxfoundation.org/news/2026-06...

Learn more: bit.ly/cshl-biodata26

Reminder❗️tomorrow is the last day to apply for the JXTX Foundation scholarships for the Biological Data Science conference! #cshldata26

Apply for scholarship: bit.ly/4hMeGkO
Register for the meeting: bit.ly/3RwWjG2