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-name: pyimagecourse
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-dependencies:
-  - python=3.10
-  - napari
-  - pip
-  - pip:
-    - matplotlib
-    - jupyter
-    - pyzmq<25 # jupyter problems: https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-zmq-message-arrived-on-closed-channel-error/17869/27
-    - jupyter_client<8 # jupyter problems
-    - ipympl
-    - cellpose
-    - stardist
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