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 ![alt text](https://github.com/GoekeLab/xpore/blob/master/figures/xpore_textlogo.png "xPore")
 
-Python package for detection of differential RNA modifications from direct RNA sequencing.
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 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/xpore.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/xpore)
 [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/xpore/badge/?version=latest)](https://xpore.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
 [![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/xpore)](https://pepy.tech/project/xpore)
 
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-### PyPI installation (recommended)
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+xPore is a Python package for identification and quantification of differential RNA modifications from direct RNA sequencing. 
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+
+### Installation
 
 xPore requires [Python3](https://www.python.org).
-To install the latest release, run
+To install the latest release with PyPI (recommended), run
 
 ```sh
 $ pip install xpore 
 $ pyensembl install --release 91 --species homo_sapiens  # please specify the compatible Ensembl release with your data when you install it.
 ```
+### Documentation
+
+Please refer to the xPore documention ([https://xpore.readthedocs.io](https://xpore.readthedocs.io)) for additional information, a quick start guide, and details on the data processing and output file format.
 
-See our documentation [here](https://xpore.readthedocs.io)!
+xPore is described in detail in a preprint (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.18.160010v1)
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+### Release History
+
+The current release is xPore v0.5.6.
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+Please refer to the github release history for previous releases: https://github.com/GoekeLab/xpore/releases
 
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-### Preprint
+### Citing xPore
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+If you use xPore in your research, please cite
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+[Ploy N. Pratanwanich, Ploy N. et al. "Detection of differential RNA modifications from direct RNA sequencing of human cell lines". *bioRxiv* (2020) doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.18.160010](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.18.160010v1)
 
-Please check out our preprint "Detection of differential RNA modifications from direct RNA sequencing of human cell lines" [here](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.18.160010v1).
 
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-### Contacts
+### Contact
 
 xPore is maintained by [Ploy N. Pratanwanich](https://github.com/ploy-np) and [Jonathan Goeke](https://github.com/jonathangoeke) from the Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR. 
 
-If you want to contribute, please leave an issue in our repo. 
+If you want to contribute, please leave an issue. 
 
 Thank you!