scOrange makes a debut in Genova
Our flagship software for single-cell RNA-seq data analysis has made a debut this week at the Nettab 2018 conference hosted in Genova, Italy.
The contemporary reproducibility crisis in science in general has led to many initiatives to raise standards in data sharing and management. Findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR) is an instance of such an initiative, and scOrange makes a strong case in ensuring these properties. A more detailed report on the trip can be found on scOrange official website. Here are also a poster and short paper.
The birthplace of Christopher Columbus is in any case worth visiting by itself, especially if one likes hiking, focaccias and architecture lessons on an hourly basis.
In other news, we have witnessed the 0-0 draw in a Serie A match between the home side UC Sampdoria and Sassuolo. The result did not flatter the home side, which should have been 2-0 up by half time. Their inefficient 4-3-1-2 formation with the full-backs doing next to nothing certainly did not help. Nevertheless, it was possible to learn many a swearword from the home crowd.
