# nf-core/newsletter, May 2026 4 blog posts, 9 pipeline releases, 4 upcoming events. [View on the nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/newsletter/2026/05) ## Blog posts - [Welcoming new members to the nf-core core team](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/new-core-members) — A growing community, a stronger core _29 Apr 2026 · by joseespinosa_ - [nf-core/tools - 4.0.0](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/tools-4_0_0) — ~Friends~ Linters don't lie _28 Apr 2026 · by mashehu_ - [Maintainers Minutes: January - April 2026](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/maintainers-minutes-2026-04-27) — Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions _27 Apr 2026 · by LouisLeNezet_ - [Introducing nf-core docs version 2](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/docs-v2) — Announcing the new nf-core docs: rebuilt, restructured, and shipped _10 Apr 2026 · by christopher-hakkaart, jfy133_ ## New pipeline first releases 🎉 These pipelines just had their very first release. - [nf-core/drop](https://nf-co.re/drop) v1.0.0 — Pipeline to find aberrant events in RNA-Seq data, useful for diagnosis of rare disorders - [nf-core/lsmquant](https://nf-co.re/lsmquant) v1.0.0 — A pipeline for processing and analysis of light-sheet microscopy images. - [nf-core/variantprioritization](https://nf-co.re/variantprioritization) v1.0.0 — Bioinformatics analysis pipeline for the functional annotation and translation of somatic SNVs/InDels and copy number abberations for precision cancer medicine using Personal Cancer Genome Reporter (PCGR). The pipeline offers germline SNVs/INDELS intepretation and annotation using Cancer Predisposition Sequencing Reporter (CPSR). ## Pipeline releases - [nf-core/ampliseq](https://nf-co.re/ampliseq) v2.17.0 _(15 Apr 2026)_ - [nf-core/createtaxdb](https://nf-co.re/createtaxdb) v3.0.0 _(30 Apr 2026)_ - [nf-core/demultiplex](https://nf-co.re/demultiplex) v1.7.1 _(17 Apr 2026)_ - [nf-core/rnaseq](https://nf-co.re/rnaseq) v3.24.0, v3.25.0 _(24 Apr 2026)_ - [nf-core/taxprofiler](https://nf-co.re/taxprofiler) v2.0.0 _(15 Apr 2026)_ - [nf-core/variantbenchmarking](https://nf-co.re/variantbenchmarking) v1.5.0 _(22 Apr 2026)_ ## Upcoming events - **Talk** [#animal-genomics: May Meeting](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/sig_animalgenomics_may) — 20 May 2026 Wansheng Liu (Department of Animal Science, Center for Reproductive Biology and Health, The Pennsylvania State University, USA) - **Talk** [#animal-genomics: June Meeting](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/sig_animalgenomics_jun) — 17 Jun 2026 Miguel Pérez-Enciso (Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), UAB campus, Spain) - **Talk** [Bytesize: nf-core newsletter](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/bytesize_newsletter) — 23 Jun 2026 Phil Ewels, Seqera - **Talk** [Bytesize: Parameter typing in Nextflow strict syntax](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/bytesize_parameter_types) — 30 Jun 2026 Nicolas Vannieuwkerke, Center for Medical Genetics Ghent ## In case you missed it ### Recent events - [#animal-genomics: April Meeting](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/sig_animalgenomics_apr) — 15 Apr 2026 (Talk) - [Bytesize: Claude code plugin for nf-core modules](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/bytesize_modules_claude_plugin) — 21 Apr 2026 (Talk) - [Hackathon - April 2026 (Boston)](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/hackathon-boston) — 28 Apr 2026 – 29 Apr 2026 (Hackathon) ### Earlier blog posts - [Making nf-core/configs strict syntax compliant](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/configs-strict-syntax) — 5 Mar 2026 - [From pytest to nf-test: a journey toward native testing](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/modules-pytest-conversion) — 20 Feb 2026 ## New pipelines & proposals ### New pipeline repositories - [nf-core/epigenomesegmentation](https://nf-co.re/epigenomesegmentation) _(in development)_ — An nf-core pipeline for epigenome segmentation using EpiSegMix/Meth — a hidden Markov model with flexible read count distributions and state duration modeling for histone, open chromatin, and methylation signals. ### Pipeline proposals From [nf-core/proposals](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues). - [nf-core/bacmodel](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/132) — Accepted (#132) - [nf-core/epigenomesegmentation](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/131) — Accepted (#131) - [nf-core/dartseq](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/130) — Accepted (#130) - [nf-core/detectseq](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/129) — Accepted (#129) - [nf-core/nanosomatic](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/111) — Accepted (#111) - [nf-core/scalpel](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/96) — Accepted (#96) - [nf-core/PlastizymeFinder](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/138) — New (#138) - [dragen](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/137) — New (#137) - [nf-core/hapmal](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/134) — New (#134) - [nf-core/regulatory_reporting](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/133) — New (#133) ### Other proposals - [New RFC: nf-core/configs specifications](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/135) — Accepted (#135) --- This newsletter is brought to you by the [nf-core](https://nf-co.re) community.