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A new plotting backend for Scanpy: HoloViews
An opt-in HoloViews plotting backend for Scanpy, in preview.
2026
gget joins the scverse ecosystem
scverse adds programmatic access to genomic reference databases through gget.
anndata 0.13: layers meets X, zarr v3, and accessors
anndata 0.13 moves X into layers, makes zarr v3 the default, and introduces accessors for object-independent array references.
rapids-singlecell 0.15.0: Prebuilt CUDA Wheels and Compiled Kernels
Why we moved from CuPy RawKernels to nanobind C++ extensions and other release highlights.
2025
Highlights from the scverse conference 2025
A recap from the second scverse conference at Stanford University
scverse × BioContextAI: Community Infrastructure for Agentic Analysis
scverse partners with BioContextAI to build biomedical MCPs.
Improved i/o in anndata 0.12
With zarr v3 support and xarray integration, anndata takes a big step forward when it comes to i/o tasks.
scverse × Biomni: Agentic Single-Cell Analysis
Biomni, the general-purpose biomedical AI agent now supports scverse tooling.
Four new scverse core packages
scverse expands with new core packages.