# nf-core/newsletter, October 2023

7 pipeline releases, 9 upcoming events.

[View on the nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/newsletter/2023/10)

## Pipeline releases

- [nf-core/isoseq](https://nf-co.re/isoseq) v1.1.5 _(4 Sept 2023)_
- [nf-core/mag](https://nf-co.re/mag) v2.4.0 _(26 Sept 2023)_
- [nf-core/nanostring](https://nf-co.re/nanostring) v1.2.0 _(4 Sept 2023)_
- [nf-core/rnafusion](https://nf-co.re/rnafusion) v2.4.0 _(25 Sept 2023)_
- [nf-core/sarek](https://nf-co.re/sarek) v3.3.0, v3.3.1 _(18 Sept 2023)_
- [nf-core/smrnaseq](https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq) v2.2.2, v2.2.3 _(6 Sept 2023)_
- [nf-core/taxprofiler](https://nf-co.re/taxprofiler) v1.1.0 _(19 Sept 2023)_

## Upcoming events

- **Talk** [Bytesize: The new nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_website) — 3 Oct 2023
  Matthias Hörtenhuber, Scilifelab Data Center
- **Talk** [Bytesize: Using nf-core configs in custom pipelines](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_custom_configs) — 10 Oct 2023
  Judith Ballesteros, Max Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology
- **Talk** [Nextflow in Action](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/talk_nextflow_in_action) — 12 Oct 2023
  Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute and Genomics England
- **Hackathon** [Hackathon - October 2023 (Barcelona)](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/hackathon-october-2023) — 16 Oct 2023 – 18 Oct 2023
  A hybrid hackathon held in Barcelona and online
- **Talk** [Bytesize: nf-core/viralintegration](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_viralintegration) — 24 Oct 2023
  Alyssa Briggs, The University of Texas at Dallas
- **Talk** [Bytesize: Converting pytest modules to nf-test](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_converting_pytest_modules_to_nf-test) — 31 Oct 2023
  Adam Talbot (Seqera) and Sateesh Peri (MemVerge)
- **Talk** [Bytesize: nf-core/pangenome](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_pangenome) — 7 Nov 2023
  Simon Heumos, QBiC, University of Tübingen
- **Talk** [Bytesize: The Art of a Minimal Example](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_minimal_example) — 14 Nov 2023
  Phil Ewels (Seqera)
- **Hackathon** [Hackathon - November 2023 (Boston)](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/hackathon-november-2023) — 28 Nov 2023 – 29 Nov 2023
  An in-person hackathon held in Boston

## In case you missed it

### Recent events

- [Bytesize: Setting up a gitpod environment](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_gitpod) — 5 Sept 2023 (Talk)
- [Community Foundational Nextflow Training - September 2023](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/training-basic-2023) — 6 Sept 2023 – 8 Sept 2023 (Training)
- [Bytesize: A beginners guide to nf-core](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_beginners_guide) — 12 Sept 2023 (Talk)
- [Bytesize: Using Wave Containers](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/bytesize_wave_containers) — 19 Sept 2023 (Talk)
- [Hands-on Nextflow Training - September 2023](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/training-hands-on-2023) — 20 Sept 2023 (Training)
- [Community Advanced Nextflow Training - September 2023](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/training-sept-2023) — 27 Sept 2023 – 28 Sept 2023 (Training)

## New pipelines & proposals

### New pipeline repositories

- [nf-core/readsimulator](https://nf-co.re/readsimulator) — A pipeline to simulate sequencing reads, such as Amplicon, Target Capture, Metagenome, and Whole genome data. 

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