Galaxy Portal: interacting with the galaxy platform through mobile devices

Area of Science:

• Bioinformatics
• Computational Biology
• Scientific Computing

Background:

• The Galaxy system is a widely used platform for data analysis in bioinformatics.
• Accessing and monitoring Galaxy jobs remotely can be challenging, especially on mobile devices.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop an open-source mobile application, Galaxy Portal, for the Galaxy system.
• To provide convenient monitoring of job completion and inspection of results on smartphones and tablets.

Main Methods:

• Development of a cross-platform mobile application using QML.
• Integration with the Galaxy system for real-time job status updates and result retrieval.

Main Results:

• The Galaxy Portal app enables efficient monitoring of job progress and execution history.
• Users can inspect analysis results directly through the mobile interface.

Conclusions:

• The Galaxy Portal app enhances the accessibility and usability of the Galaxy system for researchers.
• Mobile interfaces can be effectively utilized for managing research and high-performance computing resources.