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New Terra team created to tackle feature requests
The new Scientific Usability Engineering team will focus on fulfilling feature requests and addressing pain points reported by Terra users.


Paper Spotlight: A complete reference genome improves analysis of human genetic variation
This spotlight on the paper describing the Telomere-to-Telomere genome reference highlights how the variant calling part of the work was implemented in Terra.


Modeling plyometric response in startled Felis Catus
A totally rigorous analysis of the trajectory of startled cats, featuring fully reproducible catterplots.


Smarter workflow launching reduces latency and improves user experience
Adam Nichols of the Terra Batch Workflows team takes us on a tour of the inner workings of the workflow execution system, highlighting recent improvements.


Ten simple rules — #4 Automate your workflows
Why you should use workflows to automate your data processing, inspired by “Ten simple rules for large-scale data processing” (Fungtammasan 2022).


New in Terra: More flexible data views and workspace locking
Discover recent improvements to Terra workspaces that protect your work from accidental changes and give you more flexibility and control over how your data tables are displayed.
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Get started with free cloud credits
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Why the new and improved WDL docs deserve a second look
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Summary: In the rapidly evolving landscape of scientific research, data sharing has emerged as a key driver of innovation and collaboration. Recognizing this, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled