How to cite SquiDBase

If you use SquiDBase or data retrieved from it in your research, please cite our publication:

Wim L Cuypers, Halil Ceylan, Eline Turcksin, Laura Raes, Nicky de Vrij, Johan Michiels, Sandra Coppens, Tessa de Block, Daan Jansen, Kevin K Ariën, Philippe Selhorst, Koen Vercauteren, Julia M Gauglitz, Wout Bittremieux, Kris Laukens. SquiDBase: a community resource of raw nanopore data from microbes. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 2026, 8(1), lqaf213. https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqaf213

To reference a specific dataset, also cite its SquiDBase (SQB) accession, e.g. SQB000004.

BibTeX

@article{Cuypers2026SquiDBase,
  title   = {SquiDBase: a community resource of raw nanopore data from microbes},
  author  = {Cuypers, Wim L and Ceylan, Halil and Turcksin, Eline and Raes, Laura and de Vrij, Nicky and Michiels, Johan and Coppens, Sandra and de Block, Tessa and Jansen, Daan and Ari{\"e}n, Kevin K and Selhorst, Philippe and Vercauteren, Koen and Gauglitz, Julia M and Bittremieux, Wout and Laukens, Kris},
  journal = {NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics},
  year    = {2026},
  month   = {03},
  volume  = {8},
  number  = {1},
  pages   = {lqaf213},
  issn    = {2631-9268},
  doi     = {10.1093/nargab/lqaf213},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqaf213}
}

Plain text

Cuypers, W. L., Ceylan, H., Turcksin, E., Raes, L., de Vrij, N., Michiels, J., Coppens, S., de Block, T., Jansen, D., Ariën, K. K., Selhorst, P., Vercauteren, K., Gauglitz, J. M., Bittremieux, W., & Laukens, K. (2026). SquiDBase: a community resource of raw nanopore data from microbes. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 8(1), lqaf213. https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqaf213

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Acknowledgements

SquiDBase was developed at the University of Antwerp in the Laukens lab. You can find the team members who contributed to its development, curation, and expansion on the landing page of our website: SquiDBase Team.