# nf-core/newsletter, October 2025 1 blog post, 1 advisory, 8 pipeline releases, 6 upcoming events. [View on the nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/newsletter/2025/10) ## Blog posts - [Running nf-core pipelines on Google Colab](https://nf-co.re/blog/2025/nf-core-colab-guide) — A guide to running and interacting with nf-core pipelines using Colab and VS Code _2 Sept 2025 · by KurayiChawatama_ ## Advisories - **HIGH** [Final family representative sequences are faulty in proteinfamilies pipeline 1.3.0](https://nf-co.re/advisories/proteinfamilies-incorrect-representatives) _(Known Regression)_ — Bug inside the extract_family_reps.py script of v1.3.0 ## Pipeline releases - [nf-core/mag](https://nf-co.re/mag) v5.0.0 _(30 Sept 2025)_ - [nf-core/oncoanalyser](https://nf-co.re/oncoanalyser) v2.2.0 _(2 Sept 2025)_ - [nf-core/pixelator](https://nf-co.re/pixelator) v2.1.0 _(17 Sept 2025)_ - [nf-core/proteinfamilies](https://nf-co.re/proteinfamilies) v1.3.1 _(23 Sept 2025)_ - [nf-core/rnafusion](https://nf-co.re/rnafusion) v4.0.0 _(19 Sept 2025)_ - [nf-core/rnaseq](https://nf-co.re/rnaseq) v3.21.0 _(18 Sept 2025)_ - [nf-core/rnavar](https://nf-co.re/rnavar) v1.2.1 _(23 Sept 2025)_ - [nf-core/scnanoseq](https://nf-co.re/scnanoseq) v1.2.1 _(2 Sept 2025)_ ## Upcoming events - **Talk** [#animal-genomics: October Meeting](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/sig_animalgenomics_oct) — 15 Oct 2025 Daniela Lourenco (University of Georgia, USA) - **Hackathon** [Hackathon - October 2025 (Barcelona)](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/hackathon-barcelona) — 28 Oct 2025 – 29 Oct 2025 An in-person hackathon held in Barcelona - **Talk** [Bytesize: nf-core/mag v5.0](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/bytesize_mag_v5) — 28 Oct 2025 Diego Alvarez Saravia, University of Magallanes - **Talk** [Bytesize: The Nextflow plugin registry](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/bytesize_nf_plugin_registry) — 11 Nov 2025 Phil Ewels, Seqera - **Talk** [#animal-genomics: Meeting](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/sig_animalgenomics_nov) — 19 Nov 2025 Ekaterina Osipova (Harvard University) - **Talk** [Bytesize: nf-core pipeline template walk through V2](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/bytesize_pipeline_walkthrough_v2) — 25 Nov 2025 Júlia Mir Pedrol, CRG ## In case you missed it ### Recent events - [Bytesize: nf-core/createtaxdb](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/bytesize_nfcore_createtaxdb) — 9 Sept 2025 (Talk) - [Bytesize: RFCs](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/bytesize_rfcs) — 16 Sept 2025 (Talk) - [#animal-genomics: September Meeting](https://nf-co.re/events/2025/sig_animalgenomics_sep) — 17 Sept 2025 (Talk) ### Earlier blog posts - [Maintainers Minutes: August 2025](https://nf-co.re/blog/2025/maintainers-minutes-2025-08-29) — 31 Aug 2025 - [Why are my pipeline download tests failing?](https://nf-co.re/blog/2025/refurbushing-the-pipeline-download) — 28 Aug 2025 - [Introducing nf-core Advisories](https://nf-co.re/blog/2025/advisories) — 21 Aug 2025 - [Empowering bioinformatics communities with Nextflow and nf-core](https://nf-co.re/blog/2025/paper-v2) — 6 Aug 2025 - [Maintainers Minutes: July 2025](https://nf-co.re/blog/2025/maintainers-minutes-2025-07-31) — 31 Jul 2025 - [Meet the new meta.yml](https://nf-co.re/blog/2025/modules-meta-yml) — 7 Jul 2025 ## New pipelines & proposals ### New pipeline repositories - [nf-core/pacsomatic](https://nf-co.re/pacsomatic) _(in development)_ — Nextflow pipeline for PacBio HiFi tumor/normal somatic genomics ### Pipeline proposals From [nf-core/proposals](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues). - [nf-core/seqsubmit](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/79) — Accepted (#79) - [nf-core/nf-segmented](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/74) — Accepted (#74) - [nf-core/thetis](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/66) — Accepted (#66) - [nf-core/longraredisease](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/64) — Accepted (#64) - [nf-core/consepopgen](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/57) — Accepted (#57) - [nf-core/hpc-dock-bench](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/84) — New (#84) - [nf-core/cageflow](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/83) — New (#83) - [nf-core/provacseq](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/82) — New (#82) - [nf-core/proteindesign](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/81) — New (#81) - [nf-core/genomicvista](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/80) — New (#80) - [nf-core/mspepid](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/78) — New (#78) ### Other proposals - [Test RFC: Python Approval System](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/87) — Accepted (#87) - [New RFC: add nf-co2footprint plugin to the template](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/72) — Accepted (#72) - [nf-core/pacsomatic: comprehensive somatic analysis using Pacbio HiFi read data](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/63) — Accepted (#63) - [New RFC: Pipeline maturity model (Very Important Pipelines)](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/89) — New (#89) - [New RFC: use process directives to declare prefix, args and when defaults](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/86) — New (#86) - [New RFC: PR master Improvements](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/85) — New (#85) --- This newsletter is brought to you by the [nf-core](https://nf-co.re) community.