Microbiology Lab empowers microbial data analysis with integrated tools, workflows and compute

Galaxy Australia’s Microbiology Lab is now providing researchers with rapid access to popular tools, workflows and compute for analysis and visualisation of microbiomes and omics data from microbial isolates.

Development of this curated view of Galaxy Australia was driven by the international microbial research community who identified the most commonly used tools in the field through meticulous research, surveys and community consultations.

The Lab integrates more than 220 tools and 65 workflows with step-by-step tutorials and structured learning paths for a suite of different analyses. Microbiology Lab pairs perfectly with the computing power of Galaxy Australia, which is underpinned by computational resources provided by AARNet, ARDC Nectar Research Cloud, the University of Melbourne, QCIF, Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, National Computational Infrastructure, and Microsoft Azure. From raw data, to differential analysis, visualisation and assembly, Microbiology Lab makes it easy to get started with reproducible analysis of microbial data.

Galaxy Australia’s Microbiology Lab is the latest release in a series of Labs supporting research domains. It represents an important step forward in Australian BioCommons activities to support Australian microbial research. The Microbiome Analysis Infrastructure Roadmap for Australia identified a need to implement a shared platform that eases access to preferred tools and workflows for analysis of microbial data with sufficient computational power. This fully-subsidised resource is expected to improve efficiency for researchers.

If you are an Australian researcher with an interest in microbial isolates and microbiomes, be sure to take a tour of the Galaxy Australia Microbiology Lab and try it out now!