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+allissadillman:
+    name: Allissa Dillman
+    email: adillman@biodatasage.com
+    joined: 2026-05
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 almahmoud:
     name: Alex Mahmoud
     joined: 2019-06

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+title: "Galaxy for Accessible, Reproducible, and Collaborative Data Analyses: 2026 Update"
+date: "2026-07-24"
+tease: "The latest Galaxy update in Nucleic Acids Research highlights major advances in the platform’s interface, workflows, data management, visualizations, infrastructure, and global community."
+hide_tease: false
+subsites: [global, all]
+contributions:
+  authorship:
+    - natalie-wa
+---
+# Galaxy’s 2026 Update Published in Nucleic Acids Research
+
+The latest update on the Galaxy platform has been published in Nucleic Acids Research.
+
+![Galaxy 2026 NAR update](NAR.png)
+
+*Galaxy for accessible, reproducible, and collaborative data analyses: 2026 update* highlights a major modernization of Galaxy and the continued growth of its global research and training community.
+
+The update introduces a **redesigned and more responsive user interface**, including improved navigation, tool discovery, history management, and a centralized view for working with datasets. **Workflow development and execution have also been enhanced** with features such as workflow search, multi-step editing, undo and redo, Smart Sample Sheets, and a graph-based view for monitoring workflow runs.
+
+Galaxy now offers more **flexible data management** through expanded dataset collections, temporary scratch storage, and connections to external repositories and storage services. A **modern visualization framework** also makes it easier to explore genomic, imaging, molecular, geospatial, and other research data directly within Galaxy.
+
+Now in its third decade, **Galaxy supports more than 650,000 registered users**. Major public Galaxy servers process approximately **two million analysis jobs each month**, while the **Galaxy Training Network provides more than 500 free tutorials** across a growing range of scientific domains.
+
+Read the full article to learn more about the features, infrastructure, and community supporting Galaxy’s continued development.
+
+<div class="text-center">
+
+[**Read the Galaxy 2026 update**](https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkag469)
+
+</div>
+
+*A huge thank you to Scott Cain for his outstanding support in organizing the 2026 Galaxy Update paper.*