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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2026

anndataR improves interoperability between R and Python in single-cell transcriptomics.

Louise Deconinck, Luke Zappia, Robrecht Cannoodt, Martin Morgan, Isaac Virshup, Chananchida Sang-Aram, Danila Bredikhin, Brian Schilder, Ruth Seurinck, Yvan Saeys and 1 more

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Article in Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. The HuBMAP Framework for Advancing Data FAIRness.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  2. Orchestrating Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis with Bioconductor.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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Louise DeconinckData Mining and Modelling for Biomedicine, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8100-6823
Luke ZappiaData Intuitive, 9280 Lebbeke, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7744-8565
Robrecht CannoodtData Mining and Modelling for Biomedicine, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3641-729X
Martin MorganDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, NY 14263, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5874-8148
Isaac VirshupInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1710-8945
Chananchida Sang-AramData Mining and Modelling for Biomedicine, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0922-0822
Danila BredikhinDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8089-6983
Brian SchilderDepartment of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, W12 0NN London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5949-2191
Ruth SeurinckData Mining and Modelling for Biomedicine, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6636-7572
Yvan SaeysData Mining and Modelling for Biomedicine, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0415-1506
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summaryMany single-cell transcriptomics datasets are stored in the HDF5-backed AnnData (H5AD) file format, as popularized by the Python scverse ecosystem. However, accessing these datasets from R, allowing users to take advantage of the strengths of each language, can be difficult. anndataR facilitates this access by allowing users to natively read and write H5AD files in R, convert them to and from SingleCellExperiment or Seurat objects, or even work with the resulting R AnnData object directly. We perform rigorous testing to ensure compatibility between Python-written and R-written H5AD files, guaranteeing long-term interoperability between languages. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: anndataR's source code is available on GitHub at scverse/anndataR under the MIT license. It is compatible with R version 4.5, has been archived at 10.5281/zenodo.18775712 and included within Bioconductor: 10.18129/B9.bioc.anndataR. Installation instructions and tutorials can be found in the online documentation at anndatar.scverse.org. Issues can be reported at the GitHub repository. Code to reproduce the analyses performed can be found on GitHub at LouiseDck/anndataR-paper, archived at 10.5281/zenodo.18792241.

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