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Episode 47 10/5/2024

New Nextflow language server & VS Code extension

Take your developer experience to the next level.

Episode 46 9/17/2024

Nextflow meets WDL: Comparing modern workflow languages

Exploring what Nextflow can learn from WDL

Episode 45 9/3/2024

tinybio: Nextflow x AI

GenAI for bioinformatics

Episode 44 8/20/2024

Regulatory revolution

How open source software can make a difference in pharma and clinical settings.

Episode 43 8/6/2024

Data Studios

Iterative Nextflow development in the cloud & tertiary analysis.

Episode 42 7/23/2024

Nextflow on the Road — ISMB 2024 in Montreal

Conference highlights and team impressions from ISMB 2024.

Episode 41 7/9/2024

New syntax in Nextflow 24.04.

Workflow output definitions, topics, eval and more.

Episode 40 6/25/2024

Origins of nf-core - SciLifeLab NGI

All about Sarek and bytesize talks

Episode 39 6/11/2024

Spatial proteomics at Pixelgen

Meet nf-core/pixelator - the Molecular Pixelation pipeline

Episode 38 5/28/2024

Seqera Pipelines & Seqera Containers

Talking about new community projects from Seqera and how they can help bioinformaticians

Episode 37 5/14/2024

New nf-core / EuroFAANG pre-print

Discussion about this new manuscript and how it came about with some of the key authors.

Episode 36 4/30/2024

The Nextflow Ambassadors Program

A closer look at the Ambassadors program's origins, recent highlights and next steps.

Episode 35 4/16/2024

Nextflow plugins: development walkthrough

A walk through of how to create and publish a plugin from scratch.

Episode 34 4/2/2024

Nextflow in materials science: Jakob Zeitler

We speak to Jakob from Matterhorn Studio about how they use Nextflow and Seqera Platform in materials science research.

Episode 33 3/19/2024

GA4GH interoperability standards and Nextflow

Hear about GA4GH and its efforts to develop interoperability standards for pipelining infrastructure.

Episode 32 3/5/2024

Interview: Josh Chorlton

Infra and backend for Nextflow and MultiQC in clinical practice.

Episode 31 2/20/2024

Learning Nextflow in 2024

A recap of our current training formulas, how we got here and where we’re heading to next.

Episode 30 2/6/2024

Fusion file system

Super-fast data access for Nextflow pipelines

Episode 29 1/23/2024

Nextflow 2023 - 2024

We recap some of the biggest features to be added to Nextflow in 2023 and take a look at some of the things coming in 2024.

Episode 28 1/8/2024

Seqera and Nextflow in public health

Rob Lalonde interviews Kelsey Florek about using Nextflow, nf-core pipelines and Seqera platform for genomic surveillance in public health labs.

Episode 27 12/11/2023

2023: Year in review

What happened this year in the Nextflow world, with particular emphasis on the many exciting developments in nf-core.

Episode 26 11/21/2023

Code & community at the 2023 nf-core hackathon

Hear from participants of the nf-core hackathon discussing their work and the value of community

Episode 25 11/6/2023

Interview: Geraldine Van der Auwera

Meet Geraldine Van der Auwera, the latest addition to the community team at Seqera!

Episode 24 10/9/2023

Nextflow runtime updates: Requesting resources

Today in the Channels podcast, we're talking about computing resources.

Episode 23 9/25/2023

Clever containers: Wave & Wavelit

Paolo Di Tommaso gives us the rundown on Wave containers. We talk about how wave makes pipelines faster and more secure, all with simpler & cleaner code!

Episode 22 9/11/2023

Nextflow language updates: Better error messages

In this episode of the Channels podcast, it’s all about developer experience! We chat about debugging, error messages and language servers.

Episode 21 8/28/2023

Live debugging Nextflow, Ambassadors & Training

Ever wanted to peer inside Nextflow as it runs your pipeline? We play with an interactive debugger to do just that. Also, a first peek at a new Nextflow Ambassador program!

Episode 20 8/14/2023

Tower CLI, infrastructure as code and some Seqera road map previews

Evan Floden and Harshil Patel discuss reproducible compute with the Tower CLI and new data tools on the Seqera road map.

Episode 19 7/31/2023

Nextflow runtime updates: Talking tasks

We discuss task provenance, cloud cache databases and task grouping.

Episode 18 7/17/2023

Learning Nextflow in 2023

Rob Syme tells us about new Nextflow training material and opportunities to learn Nextflow in 2023.

Episode 17 7/3/2023

Nextflow language updates: Power to the processes

Ben Sherman tells us about future improvements to Nextflow syntax for processes.

Episode 16 6/19/2023

Infrastructure team: nf-validation and nf-core components

Join us as we discuss the new nf-validation Nextflow plugin and talk nf-core components: modules and subworkflows.

Episode 15 6/5/2023

Coming soon to Nextflow: From command-line to cleanup

We talk to Nextflow developer Ben Sherman about some exciting new features coming soon to Nextflow: a new CLI v2 interface; submission of job arrays and intermediate file cleanup during runs.

Episode 14 5/22/2023

Summer podcast season, Nextflow release highlights.

Welcome back to the Summer 2023 series of the Channels Podcast! In this episode we kick things off with some of the highlights from the latest Nextflow releases. There were a lot of goodies in there..

Episode 13 3/22/2023

Nextflow turns 10!

Phil Ewels, Paolo Di Tommaso and Evan Floden look back on 10 years of scientific workflows.

Episode 12 2/1/2023

News and Views: S3 file names, Spack package manager support and local hackathon sites.

S3 file names, Spack package manager support and local hackathon sites.

Episode 11 1/25/2023

News and Views: The Sarus container engine, staging outputs and the GITHUB_TOKEN

The Sarus container engine, staging outputs and the GITHUB_TOKEN.

Episode 10 1/18/2023

News and Views: The Flux executor, bytesize transcripts and improved error messaging

The Flux executor, bytesize transcripts and improved error messaging.

Episode 9 1/11/2023

News and Views: End of DSL1 and AI pipelines

Updates to the Nextflow language and putting ML pipelines to good use..

Episode 8 12/21/2022

News and Views: nf-test, mentorships and debugging resume

nf-test, mentorships and debugging resume

Episode 7 12/14/2022

Interview: Robert Petit

Pathogens, Bactopia and awesome shirts

Episode 6 12/8/2022

News and Views: Introducing "Channels" the rebranded podcast

An introduction to the News and Views episode format.

Episode 5 3/2/2022

Interview with Evan Floden, CEO and co-founder from Seqera

In this Podcast, Rob Lalonde of Seqera speaks with Dr. Evan Floden, CEO and co-founder of Seqera. Rob and Evan talk about the history of Nextflow, breaking bad, and the future of bioinformatics. Evan also provides a live demo of Nextflow Tower.

Episode 4 12/20/2021

Interview with Cedric Notredame of Notredame Lab

Seqera speaks with Cedric Notredame of the CRG about cloud, pipelines, and the evolution of Nextflow from its early days.

Episode 3 9/15/2021

Interview with Lorena Pantano of NextRNA

Inside a Bioinformatics Startup – with NextRNA Therapeutics.

Episode 2 4/15/2021

Interview with Nils Homer of Fulcrum Genomics

Seqera speaks to Nils Homer of Fulcrum Genomics about the bioinformatics industry, advances in technology and tools, and coming industry developments.

Episode 1 3/2/2021

Interview with Phil Ewels of SciLifeLab

In this Podcast, Rob Lalonde speaks with Phil Ewels of SciLifeLab Sweden, part of NGI Stockholm. In this fascinating discussion, they cover everything from nf-core to future bioinformatics challenges.