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 ## Citation
 
-[L Marconato*, G Palla*, KA Yamauchi*, I Virshup*, E Heidari, T Treis, M Toth, R Shrestha, H Vöhringer, W Huber, M Gerstung, J Moore, FJ Theis, O Stegle, bioRxiv, 2023](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.05.539647v1). \* = equal contribution
+Marconato, L., Palla, G., Yamauchi, K.A. et al. SpatialData: an open and universal data framework for spatial omics. Nat Methods (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-02212-x
 
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