# nf-core/newsletter, June 2026

1 blog post, 10 pipeline releases, 3 upcoming events.

[View on the nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/newsletter/2026/06)

## Blog posts

- [Why parameters are strings all of a sudden](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/parameter-types) — A guide to mitigating typing issues in strict syntax
  _26 May 2026 · by nvnieuwk_

## Pipeline releases

- [nf-core/bacass](https://nf-co.re/bacass) v2.6.0, v2.6.1 _(5 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/bamtofastq](https://nf-co.re/bamtofastq) v2.2.1 _(13 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/mhcquant](https://nf-co.re/mhcquant) v3.2.0 _(21 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/pairgenomealign](https://nf-co.re/pairgenomealign) v2.2.3 _(23 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/pixelator](https://nf-co.re/pixelator) v4.0.0, v4.1.0, v4.1.1 _(29 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/proteinannotator](https://nf-co.re/proteinannotator) v1.1.0 _(7 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/proteinfamilies](https://nf-co.re/proteinfamilies) v2.3.0 _(6 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/raredisease](https://nf-co.re/raredisease) v3.0.0 _(11 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/rnafusion](https://nf-co.re/rnafusion) v4.1.1, v4.1.2 _(20 May 2026)_
- [nf-core/rnaseq](https://nf-co.re/rnaseq) v3.26.0 _(7 May 2026)_

## Upcoming events

- **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: May Meeting](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/sig_animalgenomics_may) — 20 May 2026 (Talk)

### Earlier blog posts

- [Welcoming new members to the nf-core core team](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/new-core-members) — 29 Apr 2026
- [nf-core/tools - 4.0.0](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/tools-4_0_0) — 28 Apr 2026
- [Maintainers Minutes: January - April 2026](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/maintainers-minutes-2026-04-27) — 27 Apr 2026
- [Introducing nf-core docs version 2](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/docs-v2) — 10 Apr 2026
- [Making nf-core/configs strict syntax compliant](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/configs-strict-syntax) — 5 Mar 2026

## New pipelines & proposals

### New pipeline repositories

- [nf-core/bacmodel](https://nf-co.re/bacmodel) _(in development)_ — Systems-based bacterial functional modeling pipeline
- [nf-core/dartseq](https://nf-co.re/dartseq) _(in development)_ — Pipeline for m6A detection in RNAseq data

### Pipeline proposals

From [nf-core/proposals](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues).

- [nf-core/regulatory_reporting](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/133) — Accepted (#133)
- [nf-core/immunodesign](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/124) — Accepted (#124)
- [nf-core/midas](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/142) — New (#142)

### Other proposals

- [New RFC: `AGENTS.md` and AI steering document](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/141) — New (#141)
- [New RFC: Restructure pipeline resource labels into orthogonal CPU / memory / time axes](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/139) — New (#139)

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