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title: nf-core/viralrecon dev meetings
tags: [meetings, meeting notes, dev-hours, viralrecon]

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# nf-core/viralrecon dev meetings

## 2024-12-09

### Attendees

- Joon
- Lilli
- Maxime
- Sara
- Sarai

### Agenda

- Catching up
- Where we are now?
- What needs to be done?

### Challenges

- viralrecon not working super well with highly variable viruses
    - Irma could be an interesting addition
        - Works with HMM, and there is possibility to maybe include your own in the future
    - Add to bioconda and so on...
- Pangolin does not use the latest
    - can use a custom config and point to a local version
    - add a module to force download/update of pangolin
- Similar issue with Nextclade
    - There's an option to use latest so it's easier and should work
    - Sara and Sarai made it work with MonkeyPox
- RELECOV Network (~Respiratory Virus Group: https://relecov.isciii.es/) noticed issues with Nanopore workflow and will open issues on GH
- Plans to add a script/module for QA of viral genome
- Let's talk more about connecting taxprofiler and viralrecon
    - Maxime to enquire with James/metagenomics
- MultiQC
    - It is now a need
    - Update MultiQC using modules
    - keep custom solutions
- TEMPLATE update?
- other modules update are almost done