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ArticleiScience2026

SC-framework: A robust and FAIR semi-interactive environment for single-cell resolution datasets.

Hendrik Schultheis, Jan Detleffsen, René Wiegandt, Mette Bentsen, Yousef Alayoubi, Guilherme Valente, Micha Frederick Keßler, Brenton Bruns, Dlnija Mirza, Angeline Usanayo and 6 more

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Modern Mining: The Role of Single-cell RNA Sequencing in Advancing Neuroscience Research.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Hendrik SchultheisBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Jan DetleffsenBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
René WiegandtBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Mette BentsenBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Yousef AlayoubiBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Guilherme ValenteBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Micha Frederick KeßlerBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Brenton BrunsBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Dlnija MirzaBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Angeline UsanayoBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Kristina MuellerBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Jasmin WalterBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Philipp GoymannBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Moritz HobeinBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Carsten KuenneBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.
Mario LoosoBioinformatics Core Unit (BCU), Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim 61231, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-cell (SC) sequencing technologies have advanced our ability to resolve cellular heterogeneity, yet the analysis of the resulting data remains complex, insufficiently standardized, and difficult to reproduce. Here, we present the SC-Framework, an FAIR-compliant, layered, semi-interactive analysis environment that combines a Python package with a structured series of Jupyter Notebooks to provide a complete, guided, reproducible, and flexible SC analysis workflow, across multiple modalities. The framework ensures traceability and findability via self-documenting data objects and configuration-defined directory structures. Containerized releases support long-term reproducibility, on both local machines and high-performance clusters. Exemplary single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-nucleus assay for transposase-accessible chromatin with sequencing (snATAC-seq) analysis retrace published results within a standardized workflow, and benchmarking demonstrates scalability to nearly 1,000,000 cells. The SC-Framework addresses a gap between rigid automated pipelines and flexible but unstructured toolkit-based approaches, by balancing automation with interactivity, making robust SC analysis accessible to a broad range of users.

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FAIRframeworkmultiomicspythonsingle cellworkflow

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PMID42491580
PMCPMC13378351

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