<html><body><div id="zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000" class="22"><div><!--StartFragment--><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear,<br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" id="docs-internal-guid-5f2fef45-7fff-3bfb-4e43-4eafde1c5126" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having originally been planned to take place in Ghent, the 2021 <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">Galaxy Community Conference</span> will take place in a virtual format from </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">28 June to 10 July</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and bring together clinicians, researchers and students working in data science.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The event features a <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">training week (28 June - 2 July)</span>, three days of <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">conference (6-8 July)</span> and concludes with a 2-days <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;">CollaborationFest (9-10 July)</span>. All training sessions are pre-recorded and online support will be available. The conference days will include talks with live Q&A, posters, demos, birds-of-a-feather and social gatherings. The multi-day CoFest gives the opportunity to get involved and to improve the Galaxy ecosystem.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As in previous editions, talks and poster presentations will be selected upon abstract submission. We welcome submissions that use, implement or extend the Galaxy platform and ecosystem, including integrating and analyzing datasets in any research area, enhancing reproducibility in computational analyses, and fostering collaboration in scientific workflow development. Both the </span><a href="https://www.vibconferences.be/events/gcc2021-virtual-edition" style="text-decoration: none;" data-mce-href="https://www.vibconferences.be/events/gcc2021-virtual-edition" data-mce-style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">abstract submission</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (deadline 7 May) and </span><a href="https://www.vibconferences.be/events/gcc2021-virtual-edition" style="text-decoration: none;" data-mce-href="https://www.vibconferences.be/events/gcc2021-virtual-edition" data-mce-style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">registration</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are open.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are working in data intensive science (life sciences and beyond), GCC2021 is an ideal conference to share your work, learn from others, and find new collaborators.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We look forward to meeting you there!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best regards,<br data-mce-bogus="1"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: #4d4848; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kim De Ruyck</span><br></p></div><div data-marker="__SIG_POST__">-- <br></div><div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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