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Nextflow enables reproducible computational workflows

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Figure 1: Nextflow enables stable analyses on different platforms.

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We wish to thank T. Ferrar and J. Cotter for manuscript revision and helpful comments, and R. Guigo for suggesting ENCODE applications. This project was supported by the Center for Genomic Regulation and the Spanish Plan Nacional and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, 'Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2013-2017'. M.C. and E.W.F. were supported by the La Caixa Foundation. We acknowledge the support of the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya.

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    Paolo Di Tommaso, Maria Chatzou, Evan W Floden, Pablo Prieto Barja, Emilio Palumbo & Cedric Notredame

  2. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

    Maria Chatzou, Evan W Floden & Pablo Prieto Barja

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Di Tommaso, P., Chatzou, M., Floden, E. et al. Nextflow enables reproducible computational workflows. Nat Biotechnol 35, 316–319 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3820

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