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+# RNAflow
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+[![Snakemake](https://img.shields.io/badge/snakemake-≥5.2.1-brightgreen.svg)](https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) [![Python 3.6](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.6-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360/)
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+## Authors
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+* Rachel Legendre (@rlegendr)
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+## Releases
+
+20 Nov 2021:
+	- initial pipeline tested on Maestro and NNCR
+
+updates:
+	- Update version of sortmerna from 2.1b to 4.3.4 to take into account paired-end data
+	- Add options for second pass of STAR: junctions could be added by sample or from all samples as described by [Veeneman et al](https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btv642) 
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