diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 518d733..301e13e 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you'd like to write some code for nf-core/spatialvi, the standard workflow is
 1. Check that there isn't already an issue about your idea in the [nf-core/spatialvi issues](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialvi/issues) to avoid duplicating work. If there isn't one already, please create one so that others know you're working on this
 2. [Fork](https://help.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo) the [nf-core/spatialvi repository](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialvi) to your GitHub account
 3. Make the necessary changes / additions within your forked repository following [Pipeline conventions](#pipeline-contribution-conventions)
-4. Use `nf-core schema build` and add any new parameters to the pipeline JSON schema (requires [nf-core tools](https://github.com/nf-core/tools) >= 1.10).
+4. Use `nf-core pipelines schema build` and add any new parameters to the pipeline JSON schema (requires [nf-core tools](https://github.com/nf-core/tools) >= 1.10).
 5. Submit a Pull Request against the `dev` branch and wait for the code to be reviewed and merged
 
 If you're not used to this workflow with git, you can start with some [docs from GitHub](https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests) or even their [excellent `git` resources](https://try.github.io/).
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ There are typically two types of tests that run:
 ### Lint tests
 
 `nf-core` has a [set of guidelines](https://nf-co.re/developers/guidelines) which all pipelines must adhere to.
-To enforce these and ensure that all pipelines stay in sync, we have developed a helper tool which runs checks on the pipeline code. This is in the [nf-core/tools repository](https://github.com/nf-core/tools) and once installed can be run locally with the `nf-core lint <pipeline-directory>` command.
+To enforce these and ensure that all pipelines stay in sync, we have developed a helper tool which runs checks on the pipeline code. This is in the [nf-core/tools repository](https://github.com/nf-core/tools) and once installed can be run locally with the `nf-core pipelines lint <pipeline-directory>` command.
 
 If any failures or warnings are encountered, please follow the listed URL for more documentation.
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ If you wish to contribute a new step, please use the following coding standards:
 2. Write the process block (see below).
 3. Define the output channel if needed (see below).
 4. Add any new parameters to `nextflow.config` with a default (see below).
-5. Add any new parameters to `nextflow_schema.json` with help text (via the `nf-core schema build` tool).
+5. Add any new parameters to `nextflow_schema.json` with help text (via the `nf-core pipelines schema build` tool).
 6. Add sanity checks and validation for all relevant parameters.
 7. Perform local tests to validate that the new code works as expected.
 8. If applicable, add a new test command in `.github/workflow/ci.yml`.
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ If you wish to contribute a new step, please use the following coding standards:
 
 Parameters should be initialised / defined with default values in `nextflow.config` under the `params` scope.
 
-Once there, use `nf-core schema build` to add to `nextflow_schema.json`.
+Once there, use `nf-core pipelines schema build` to add to `nextflow_schema.json`.
 
 ### Default processes resource requirements
 
-Sensible defaults for process resource requirements (CPUs / memory / time) for a process should be defined in `conf/base.config`. These should generally be specified generic with `withLabel:` selectors so they can be shared across multiple processes/steps of the pipeline. A nf-core standard set of labels that should be followed where possible can be seen in the [nf-core pipeline template](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/blob/master/nf_core/pipeline-template/conf/base.config), which has the default process as a single core-process, and then different levels of multi-core configurations for increasingly large memory requirements defined with standardised labels.
+Sensible defaults for process resource requirements (CPUs / memory / time) for a process should be defined in `conf/base.config`. These should generally be specified generic with `withLabel:` selectors so they can be shared across multiple processes/steps of the pipeline. A nf-core standard set of labels that should be followed where possible can be seen in the [nf-core pipeline template](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/blob/main/nf_core/pipeline-template/conf/base.config), which has the default process as a single core-process, and then different levels of multi-core configurations for increasingly large memory requirements defined with standardised labels.
 
 The process resources can be passed on to the tool dynamically within the process with the `${task.cpus}` and `${task.memory}` variables in the `script:` block.
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Please use the following naming schemes, to make it easy to understand what is g
 
 ### Nextflow version bumping
 
-If you are using a new feature from core Nextflow, you may bump the minimum required version of nextflow in the pipeline with: `nf-core bump-version --nextflow . [min-nf-version]`
+If you are using a new feature from core Nextflow, you may bump the minimum required version of nextflow in the pipeline with: `nf-core pipelines bump-version --nextflow . [min-nf-version]`
 
 ### Images and figures
 
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 111b958..d684424 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Learn more about contributing: [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nf-core/spat
 - [ ] If you've fixed a bug or added code that should be tested, add tests!
 - [ ] If you've added a new tool - have you followed the pipeline conventions in the [contribution docs](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialvi/tree/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 - [ ] If necessary, also make a PR on the nf-core/spatialvi _branch_ on the [nf-core/test-datasets](https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets) repository.
-- [ ] Make sure your code lints (`nf-core lint`).
+- [ ] Make sure your code lints (`nf-core pipelines lint`).
 - [ ] Ensure the test suite passes (`nextflow run . -profile test,docker --outdir <OUTDIR>`).
 - [ ] Check for unexpected warnings in debug mode (`nextflow run . -profile debug,test,docker --outdir <OUTDIR>`).
 - [ ] Usage Documentation in `docs/usage.md` is updated.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
index 652e2f3..5f14fd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
 name: nf-core AWS full size tests
-# This workflow is triggered on published releases.
+# This workflow is triggered on PRs opened against the master branch.
 # It can be additionally triggered manually with GitHub actions workflow dispatch button.
 # It runs the -profile 'test_full' on AWS batch
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
   workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request_review:
+    types: [submitted]
+
 jobs:
   run-platform:
     name: Run AWS full tests
-    if: github.repository == 'nf-core/spatialvi'
+    # run only if the PR is approved by at least 2 reviewers and against the master branch or manually triggered
+    if: github.repository == 'nf-core/spatialvi' && github.event.review.state == 'approved' && github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x
+        id: check_approvals
+        with:
+          route: GET /repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/reviews
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - id: test_variables
+        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+        run: |
+          JSON_RESPONSE='${{ steps.check_approvals.outputs.data }}'
+          CURRENT_APPROVALS_COUNT=$(echo $JSON_RESPONSE | jq -c '[.[] | select(.state | contains("APPROVED")) ] | length')
+          test $CURRENT_APPROVALS_COUNT -ge 2 || exit 1 # At least 2 approvals are required
       - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
         uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
         # TODO nf-core: You can customise AWS full pipeline tests as required
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6972735..22c8a80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ on:
       - master
   release:
     types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   NXF_ANSI_LOG: false
   CAPSULE_LOG: none
-  NFTEST_VER: "0.7.3"
+  NFT_VER: "0.9.0"
+  NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
+  NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/.singularity
 
 concurrency:
   group: "${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}"
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    name: Run pipeline with test data
+    name: "Run pipeline with test data (${{ matrix.nf_test_files }} | ${{ matrix.NXF_VER }} | ${{ matrix.profile }})"
     # Only run on push if this is the nf-core dev branch (merged PRs)
     if: "${{ github.event_name != 'push' || (github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository == 'nf-core/spatialvi') }}"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -30,35 +33,53 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         NXF_VER:
-          - "23.04.0"
+          - "24.04.2"
           - "latest-everything"
-        test:
+        profile:
+          - "docker"
+          - "singularity"
+        nf_test_files:
           - tests/pipeline/test_spaceranger_ffpe_v1.nf.test
           - tests/pipeline/test_spaceranger_ffpe_v2_cytassist.nf.test
           - tests/pipeline/test_downstream.nf.test
+        isMaster:
+          - ${{ github.base_ref == 'master' }}
+        # Exclude singularity on dev
+        exclude:
+          - isMaster: false
+            profile: "singularity"
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
         uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4
 
-      # Install Nextflow
-      - name: Install Nextflow
+      - name: Set up Nextflow
         uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
         with:
           version: "${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}"
 
-      # Install nf-test
-      - name: Install nf-test
+      - name: Set up Apptainer
+        if: matrix.profile == 'singularity'
+        uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@main
+
+      - name: Set up Singularity
+        if: matrix.profile == 'singularity'
         run: |
-          wget -qO- https://code.askimed.com/install/nf-test | bash -s $NFTEST_VER
-          sudo mv nf-test /usr/local/bin/
+          mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR
+          mkdir -p $NXF_SINGULARITY_LIBRARYDIR
+
+      - name: Install nf-test
+        uses: nf-core/setup-nf-test@v1
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.NFT_VER }}
+
+      - name: Clean up Disk space
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
 
-      # Run nf-test
       - name: Run nf-test
-        run: nf-test test --profile=test,docker --tap=test.tap ${{ matrix.test }}
+        run: nf-test test --verbose --profile "+${{ matrix.profile }}" --tap=test.tap ${{ matrix.nf_test_files }}
 
-      # If the test fails, output the software_versions.yml using the 'batcat' utility
       - name: Output log on failure
         if: failure()
         run: |
           sudo apt install bat > /dev/null
-          batcat --decorations=always --color=always .nf-test/tests/*/output/pipeline_info/software_versions.yml
+          batcat --decorations=always --color=always ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-test/tests/*/meta/nextflow.log
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index 2d20d64..713dc3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Test successful pipeline download with 'nf-core download'
+name: Test successful pipeline download with 'nf-core pipelines download'
 
 # Run the workflow when:
 #  - dispatched manually
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       testbranch:
-        description: "The specific branch you wish to utilize for the test execution of nf-core download."
+        description: "The specific branch you wish to utilize for the test execution of nf-core pipelines download."
         required: true
         default: "dev"
   pull_request:
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
           architecture: "x64"
-      - uses: eWaterCycle/setup-singularity@931d4e31109e875b13309ae1d07c70ca8fbc8537 # v7
+
+      - name: Setup Apptainer
+        uses: eWaterCycle/setup-apptainer@4bb22c52d4f63406c49e94c804632975787312b3 # v2.0.0
         with:
-          singularity-version: 3.8.3
+          apptainer-version: 1.3.4
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -54,33 +56,64 @@ jobs:
           echo "REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE=$(basename ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,})" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "REPO_BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.testbranch || 'dev' }}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
+      - name: Make a cache directory for the container images
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./singularity_container_images
+
       - name: Download the pipeline
         env:
-          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./
+          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./singularity_container_images
         run: |
-          nf-core download ${{ env.REPO_LOWERCASE }} \
+          nf-core pipelines download ${{ env.REPO_LOWERCASE }} \
           --revision ${{ env.REPO_BRANCH }} \
           --outdir ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }} \
           --compress "none" \
           --container-system 'singularity' \
-          --container-library "quay.io" -l "docker.io" -l "ghcr.io" \
+          --container-library "quay.io" -l "docker.io" -l "community.wave.seqera.io" \
           --container-cache-utilisation 'amend' \
-          --download-configuration
+          --download-configuration 'yes'
 
       - name: Inspect download
         run: tree ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}
 
+      - name: Count the downloaded number of container images
+        id: count_initial
+        run: |
+          image_count=$(ls -1 ./singularity_container_images | wc -l | xargs)
+          echo "Initial container image count: $image_count"
+          echo "IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL=$image_count" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
       - name: Run the downloaded pipeline (stub)
         id: stub_run_pipeline
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
-          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./
+          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./singularity_container_images
           NXF_SINGULARITY_HOME_MOUNT: true
         run: nextflow run ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}/$( sed 's/\W/_/g' <<< ${{ env.REPO_BRANCH }}) -stub -profile test,singularity --outdir ./results
       - name: Run the downloaded pipeline (stub run not supported)
         id: run_pipeline
         if: ${{ job.steps.stub_run_pipeline.status == failure() }}
         env:
-          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./
+          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./singularity_container_images
           NXF_SINGULARITY_HOME_MOUNT: true
         run: nextflow run ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}/$( sed 's/\W/_/g' <<< ${{ env.REPO_BRANCH }}) -profile test,singularity --outdir ./results
+
+      - name: Count the downloaded number of container images
+        id: count_afterwards
+        run: |
+          image_count=$(ls -1 ./singularity_container_images | wc -l | xargs)
+          echo "Post-pipeline run container image count: $image_count"
+          echo "IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER=$image_count" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
+      - name: Compare container image counts
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ env.IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL }}" -ne "${{ env.IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER }}" ]; then
+            initial_count=${{ env.IMAGE_COUNT_INITIAL }}
+            final_count=${{ env.IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER }}
+            difference=$((final_count - initial_count))
+            echo "$difference additional container images were \n downloaded at runtime . The pipeline has no support for offline runs!"
+            tree ./singularity_container_images
+            exit 1
+          else
+            echo "The pipeline can be downloaded successfully!"
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index 1fcafe8..a502573 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: nf-core linting
 # This workflow is triggered on pushes and PRs to the repository.
-# It runs the `nf-core lint` and markdown lint tests to ensure
+# It runs the `nf-core pipelines lint` and markdown lint tests to ensure
 # that the code meets the nf-core guidelines.
 on:
   push:
@@ -41,17 +41,32 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.12"
           architecture: "x64"
 
+      - name: read .nf-core.yml
+        uses: pietrobolcato/action-read-yaml@1.1.0
+        id: read_yml
+        with:
+          config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install nf-core
+          pip install nf-core==${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}
+
+      - name: Run nf-core pipelines lint
+        if: ${{ github.base_ref != 'master' }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_COMMENTS_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.comments_url }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_PR_COMMIT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+        run: nf-core -l lint_log.txt pipelines lint --dir ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} --markdown lint_results.md
 
-      - name: Run nf-core lint
+      - name: Run nf-core pipelines lint --release
+        if: ${{ github.base_ref == 'master' }}
         env:
           GITHUB_COMMENTS_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.comments_url }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_PR_COMMIT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
-        run: nf-core -l lint_log.txt lint --dir ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} --markdown lint_results.md
+        run: nf-core -l lint_log.txt pipelines lint --release --dir ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} --markdown lint_results.md
 
       - name: Save PR number
         if: ${{ always() }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
index 40acc23..42e519b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting_comment.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download lint results
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@09f2f74827fd3a8607589e5ad7f9398816f540fe # v3
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@bf251b5aa9c2f7eeb574a96ee720e24f801b7c11 # v6
         with:
           workflow: linting.yml
           workflow_conclusion: completed
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
index 03ecfcf..c6ba35d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: get topics and convert to hashtags
         id: get_topics
         run: |
-          echo "topics=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ')"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "topics=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ')" | sed 's/-//g' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - uses: rzr/fediverse-action@master
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8aafe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/template_version_comment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: nf-core template version comment
+# This workflow is triggered on PRs to check if the pipeline template version matches the latest nf-core version.
+# It posts a comment to the PR, even if it comes from a fork.
+
+on: pull_request_target
+
+jobs:
+  template_version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out pipeline code
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+      - name: Read template version from .nf-core.yml
+        uses: nichmor/minimal-read-yaml@v0.0.2
+        id: read_yml
+        with:
+          config: ${{ github.workspace }}/.nf-core.yml
+
+      - name: Install nf-core
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install nf-core==${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}
+
+      - name: Check nf-core outdated
+        id: nf_core_outdated
+        run: echo "OUTPUT=$(pip list --outdated | grep nf-core)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+
+      - name: Post nf-core template version comment
+        uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@b8f338c590a895d50bcbfa6c5859251edc8952fc # v2
+        if: |
+          contains(env.OUTPUT, 'nf-core')
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.NF_CORE_BOT_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          allow-repeats: false
+          message: |
+            > [!WARNING]
+            > Newer version of the nf-core template is available.
+            >
+            > Your pipeline is using an old version of the nf-core template: ${{ steps.read_yml.outputs['nf_core_version'] }}.
+            > Please update your pipeline to the latest version.
+            >
+            > For more documentation on how to update your pipeline, please see the [nf-core documentation](https://github.com/nf-core/tools?tab=readme-ov-file#sync-a-pipeline-with-the-template) and [Synchronisation documentation](https://nf-co.re/docs/contributing/sync).
+          #
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0699257..23b0c7d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,9 +6,5 @@ results/
 testing/
 testing*
 *.pyc
-log
-reports
-.nf-test/
-nf-test
+null/
 .nf-test*
-test-datasets
diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index 105a182..4611863 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@ tasks:
     command: |
       pre-commit install --install-hooks
       nextflow self-update
-  - name: unset JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
-    command: |
-      unset JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS
 
 vscode:
   extensions: # based on nf-core.nf-core-extensionpack
-    - esbenp.prettier-vscode # Markdown/CommonMark linting and style checking for Visual Studio Code
+    #- esbenp.prettier-vscode # Markdown/CommonMark linting and style checking for Visual Studio Code
     - EditorConfig.EditorConfig # override user/workspace settings with settings found in .editorconfig files
     - Gruntfuggly.todo-tree # Display TODO and FIXME in a tree view in the activity bar
     - mechatroner.rainbow-csv # Highlight columns in csv files in different colors
-    # - nextflow.nextflow                    # Nextflow syntax highlighting
+    - nextflow.nextflow # Nextflow syntax highlighting
     - oderwat.indent-rainbow # Highlight indentation level
     - streetsidesoftware.code-spell-checker # Spelling checker for source code
     - charliermarsh.ruff # Code linter Ruff
diff --git a/.nf-core.yml b/.nf-core.yml
index d8c63cb..264c943 100644
--- a/.nf-core.yml
+++ b/.nf-core.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
-repository_type: pipeline
-nf_core_version: "2.14.1"
+bump_version: null
 lint:
-  actions_ci: False
+  actions_ci: false
   files_exist:
     - conf/igenomes.config
+    - conf/igenomes_ignored.config
   files_unchanged:
     - .gitattributes
+    - .gitignore
     - assets/nf-core-spatialvi_logo_light.png
     - docs/images/nf-core-spatialvi_logo_light.png
     - docs/images/nf-core-spatialvi_logo_dark.png
+nf_core_version: 3.0.2
+org_path: null
+repository_type: pipeline
+template:
+  author: Erik Fasterius, Christophe Avenel, Sergii Domanskyi, Jeffrey Chuang, Anuj
+    Srivastava
+  description: 10X Visium Spatial Transcriptomics
+  force: false
+  is_nfcore: true
+  name: spatialvi
+  org: nf-core
+  outdir: .
+  skip_features:
+    - igenomes
+  version: 1.0dev
+update: null
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4dc0f1d..9e9f0e1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repos:
           - prettier@3.2.5
 
   - repo: https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker.python
-    rev: "2.7.3"
+    rev: "3.0.3"
     hooks:
       - id: editorconfig-checker
         alias: ec
diff --git a/CITATIONS.md b/CITATIONS.md
index 5f048a5..fe4b531 100644
--- a/CITATIONS.md
+++ b/CITATIONS.md
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 - [FastQC](https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/)
 
-  > Andrews, S. (2010). FastQC: A Quality Control Tool for High Throughput Sequence Data [Online].
+> Andrews, S. (2010). FastQC: A Quality Control Tool for High Throughput Sequence Data [Online].
 
 - [MultiQC](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27312411/)
 
-  > Ewels P, Magnusson M, Lundin S, Käller M. MultiQC: summarize analysis results for multiple tools and samples in a single report. Bioinformatics. 2016 Oct 1;32(19):3047-8. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw354. Epub 2016 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 27312411; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5039924.
+> Ewels P, Magnusson M, Lundin S, Käller M. MultiQC: summarize analysis results for multiple tools and samples in a single report. Bioinformatics. 2016 Oct 1;32(19):3047-8. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw354. Epub 2016 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 27312411; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5039924.
 
 - [Quarto](https://quarto.org/)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 637d261..aa6773e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [![GitHub Actions Linting Status](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialvi/actions/workflows/linting.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/nf-core/spatialvi/actions/workflows/linting.yml)[![AWS CI](https://img.shields.io/badge/CI%20tests-full%20size-FF9900?labelColor=000000&logo=Amazon%20AWS)](https://nf-co.re/spatialvi/results)[![Cite with Zenodo](http://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX-1073c8?labelColor=000000)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX)
 [![nf-test](https://img.shields.io/badge/unit_tests-nf--test-337ab7.svg)](https://www.nf-test.com)
 
-[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow%20DSL2-%E2%89%A523.04.0-23aa62.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
+[![Nextflow](https://img.shields.io/badge/nextflow%20DSL2-%E2%89%A524.04.2-23aa62.svg)](https://www.nextflow.io/)
 [![run with conda](http://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-conda-3EB049?labelColor=000000&logo=anaconda)](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/)
 [![run with docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-docker-0db7ed?labelColor=000000&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)
 [![run with singularity](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-singularity-1d355c.svg?labelColor=000000)](https://sylabs.io/docs/)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ nextflow run nf-core/spatialvi \
 ```
 
 > [!WARNING]
-> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_; see [docs](https://nf-co.re/usage/configuration#custom-configuration-files).
+> Please provide pipeline parameters via the CLI or Nextflow `-params-file` option. Custom config files including those provided by the `-c` Nextflow option can be used to provide any configuration _**except for parameters**_; see [docs](https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/getting_started/configuration#custom-configuration-files).
 
 For more details and further functionality, please refer to the [usage documentation](https://nf-co.re/spatialvi/usage) and the [parameter documentation](https://nf-co.re/spatialvi/parameters).
 
diff --git a/assets/schema_input.json b/assets/schema_input.json
index cdefe2d..835608f 100644
--- a/assets/schema_input.json
+++ b/assets/schema_input.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/spatialvi/master/assets/schema_input.json",
     "title": "nf-core/spatialvi pipeline - params.input schema",
     "description": "Schema for the file provided with params.input",
diff --git a/conf/base.config b/conf/base.config
index 804d57a..1f07601 100644
--- a/conf/base.config
+++ b/conf/base.config
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@
 
 process {
 
-    // Default process resource requirements
-    cpus   = { check_max( 1    * task.attempt, 'cpus'   ) }
-    memory = { check_max( 6.GB * task.attempt, 'memory' ) }
-    time   = { check_max( 4.h  * task.attempt, 'time'   ) }
+    cpus   = { 1      * task.attempt }
+    memory = { 6.GB   * task.attempt }
+    time   = { 4.h    * task.attempt }
 
     errorStrategy = { task.exitStatus in ((130..145) + 104) ? 'retry' : 'finish' }
     maxRetries    = 1
@@ -21,35 +20,35 @@ process {
 
     // Process-specific resource requirements
     withLabel:process_single {
-        cpus   = { check_max( 1                  , 'cpus'    ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 6.GB * task.attempt, 'memory'  ) }
-        time   = { check_max( 4.h  * task.attempt, 'time'    ) }
+        cpus   = { 1                   }
+        memory = { 6.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = { 4.h  * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_low {
-        cpus   = { check_max( 2     * task.attempt, 'cpus'    ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 12.GB * task.attempt, 'memory'  ) }
-        time   = { check_max( 4.h   * task.attempt, 'time'    ) }
+        cpus   = { 2     * task.attempt }
+        memory = { 12.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = { 4.h   * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_medium {
-        cpus   = { check_max( 6     * task.attempt, 'cpus'    ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 36.GB * task.attempt, 'memory'  ) }
-        time   = { check_max( 8.h   * task.attempt, 'time'    ) }
+        cpus   = { 6     * task.attempt }
+        memory = { 36.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = { 8.h   * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_high {
-        cpus   = { check_max( 12    * task.attempt, 'cpus'    ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 72.GB * task.attempt, 'memory'  ) }
-        time   = { check_max( 16.h  * task.attempt, 'time'    ) }
+        cpus   = { 12    * task.attempt }
+        memory = { 72.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = { 16.h  * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_long {
-        time   = { check_max( 20.h  * task.attempt, 'time'    ) }
+        time   = { 20.h  * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_high_memory {
-        memory = { check_max( 200.GB * task.attempt, 'memory' ) }
+        memory = { 200.GB * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:process_spaceranger {
-        cpus   = { check_max( 8    * task.attempt, 'cpus'    ) }
-        memory = { check_max( 64.GB * task.attempt, 'memory'  ) }
-        time   = { check_max( 20.h  * task.attempt, 'time'    ) }
+        cpus   = {  8     * task.attempt }
+        memory = {  64.GB * task.attempt }
+        time   = {  20.h  * task.attempt }
     }
     withLabel:error_ignore {
         errorStrategy = 'ignore'
diff --git a/conf/modules.config b/conf/modules.config
index 2d1265d..9cb5c54 100644
--- a/conf/modules.config
+++ b/conf/modules.config
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ process {
     }
 
     withName: SPACERANGER_COUNT {
-        ext.args = '--create-bam false'
+        ext.args = '--create-bam="false"'
         publishDir = [
             path: { "${params.outdir}/${meta.id}/spaceranger" },
             mode: params.publish_dir_mode,
diff --git a/conf/test.config b/conf/test.config
index ffebede..eed0d19 100644
--- a/conf/test.config
+++ b/conf/test.config
@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
+process {
+    resourceLimits = [
+        cpus: 4,
+        memory: '12.GB',
+        time: '1.h'
+    ]
+}
+
 params {
     config_profile_name        = 'Test profile'
     config_profile_description = 'Test pipeline functionality, including Space Ranger v2'
 
-    // Limit resources so that this can run on GitHub Actions
-    max_cpus   = 2
-    max_memory = '3.GB'
-    max_time   = '2.h'
-
     // Input and output
     input = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/spatialvi/testdata/human-brain-cancer-11-mm-capture-area-ffpe-2-standard_v2_ffpe_cytassist/samplesheet_spaceranger.csv"
     spaceranger_probeset = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/spatialvi/testdata/human-brain-cancer-11-mm-capture-area-ffpe-2-standard_v2_ffpe_cytassist/outs/probe_set.csv"
diff --git a/docs/images/nf-core-spatialvi_logo_dark.png b/docs/images/nf-core-spatialvi_logo_dark.png
index 095b5eb..7bdd03d 100644
Binary files a/docs/images/nf-core-spatialvi_logo_dark.png and b/docs/images/nf-core-spatialvi_logo_dark.png differ
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index af86b41..0270478 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ The above pipeline run specified with a params file in yaml format:
 nextflow run nf-core/spatialvi -profile docker -params-file params.yaml
 ```
 
-with `params.yaml` containing:
+with:
 
-```yaml
-input: '<SAMPLESHEET>'
-outdir: '<OUTDIR>'
+```yaml title="params.yaml"
+input: './samplesheet.csv'
+outdir: './results/'
 <...>
 ```
 
@@ -283,14 +283,6 @@ See the main [Nextflow documentation](https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/config
 
 If you have any questions or issues please send us a message on [Slack](https://nf-co.re/join/slack) on the [`#configs` channel](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/configs).
 
-## Azure Resource Requests
-
-To be used with the `azurebatch` profile by specifying the `-profile azurebatch`.
-We recommend providing a compute `params.vm_type` of `Standard_D16_v3` VMs by default but these options can be changed if required.
-
-Note that the choice of VM size depends on your quota and the overall workload during the analysis.
-For a thorough list, please refer the [Azure Sizes for virtual machines in Azure](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes).
-
 ## Running in the background
 
 Nextflow handles job submissions and supervises the running jobs. The Nextflow process must run until the pipeline is finished.
diff --git a/env/environment.yml b/env/environment.yml
index c376fb2..ef9221c 100644
--- a/env/environment.yml
+++ b/env/environment.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies:
   - imagecodecs=2024.1.1
   - pip:
       - scanpy==1.10.0
+      - scipy==1.12.0
       - squidpy==1.4.1
       - spatialdata==0.1.2
       - spatialdata-io==0.1.2
diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index d750244..ed59ac9 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
-nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
-
 /*
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     IMPORT FUNCTIONS / MODULES / SUBWORKFLOWS / WORKFLOWS
@@ -43,10 +41,8 @@ workflow NFCORE_SPATIALVI {
     SPATIALVI (
         samplesheet
     )
-
     emit:
     multiqc_report = SPATIALVI.out.multiqc_report // channel: /path/to/multiqc_report.html
-
 }
 /*
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -57,18 +53,15 @@ workflow NFCORE_SPATIALVI {
 workflow {
 
     main:
-
     //
     // SUBWORKFLOW: Run initialisation tasks
     //
     PIPELINE_INITIALISATION (
         params.version,
-        params.help,
         params.validate_params,
         params.monochrome_logs,
         args,
         params.outdir,
-        params.input
     )
 
     //
@@ -77,7 +70,6 @@ workflow {
     NFCORE_SPATIALVI (
         params.input
     )
-
     //
     // SUBWORKFLOW: Run completion tasks
     //
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index 5dd17e8..4031514 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -7,29 +7,30 @@
                 "nf-core": {
                     "fastqc": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "b49b8992e5271ce427f3a7cdb29628fc58400eb5",
+                        "git_sha": "666652151335353eef2fcd58880bcef5bc2928e1",
                         "installed_by": ["modules"]
                     },
                     "multiqc": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "19ca321db5d8bd48923262c2eca6422359633491",
+                        "git_sha": "cf17ca47590cc578dfb47db1c2a44ef86f89976d",
                         "installed_by": ["modules"],
                         "patch": "modules/nf-core/multiqc/multiqc.diff"
                     },
                     "quartonotebook": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "04e1b2340f6cf9cd7b9b06fb7d86da4531714519",
+                        "git_sha": "666652151335353eef2fcd58880bcef5bc2928e1",
                         "installed_by": ["modules"],
                         "patch": "modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/quartonotebook.diff"
                     },
                     "spaceranger/count": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "238b3efbbd113529d19ec866eba545911bc27682",
-                        "installed_by": ["modules"]
+                        "git_sha": "666652151335353eef2fcd58880bcef5bc2928e1",
+                        "installed_by": ["modules"],
+                        "patch": "modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/spaceranger-count.diff"
                     },
                     "untar": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "4e5f4687318f24ba944a13609d3ea6ebd890737d",
+                        "git_sha": "666652151335353eef2fcd58880bcef5bc2928e1",
                         "installed_by": ["modules"]
                     }
                 }
@@ -38,17 +39,17 @@
                 "nf-core": {
                     "utils_nextflow_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "d20fb2a9cc3e2835e9d067d1046a63252eb17352",
+                        "git_sha": "3aa0aec1d52d492fe241919f0c6100ebf0074082",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
                     "utils_nfcore_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "2fdce49d30c0254f76bc0f13c55c17455c1251ab",
+                        "git_sha": "1b6b9a3338d011367137808b49b923515080e3ba",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
-                    "utils_nfvalidation_plugin": {
+                    "utils_nfschema_plugin": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "5caf7640a9ef1d18d765d55339be751bb0969dfa",
+                        "git_sha": "bbd5a41f4535a8defafe6080e00ea74c45f4f96c",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/environment.yml
index 1787b38..691d4c7 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/environment.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/environment.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-name: fastqc
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - bioconda
-  - defaults
 dependencies:
   - bioconda::fastqc=0.12.1
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/meta.yml
index ee5507e..4827da7 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/meta.yml
@@ -16,35 +16,44 @@ tools:
       homepage: https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/
       documentation: https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/
       licence: ["GPL-2.0-only"]
+      identifier: biotools:fastqc
 input:
-  - meta:
-      type: map
-      description: |
-        Groovy Map containing sample information
-        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
-  - reads:
-      type: file
-      description: |
-        List of input FastQ files of size 1 and 2 for single-end and paired-end data,
-        respectively.
+  - - meta:
+        type: map
+        description: |
+          Groovy Map containing sample information
+          e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+    - reads:
+        type: file
+        description: |
+          List of input FastQ files of size 1 and 2 for single-end and paired-end data,
+          respectively.
 output:
-  - meta:
-      type: map
-      description: |
-        Groovy Map containing sample information
-        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
   - html:
-      type: file
-      description: FastQC report
-      pattern: "*_{fastqc.html}"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+      - "*.html":
+          type: file
+          description: FastQC report
+          pattern: "*_{fastqc.html}"
   - zip:
-      type: file
-      description: FastQC report archive
-      pattern: "*_{fastqc.zip}"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+      - "*.zip":
+          type: file
+          description: FastQC report archive
+          pattern: "*_{fastqc.zip}"
   - versions:
-      type: file
-      description: File containing software versions
-      pattern: "versions.yml"
+      - versions.yml:
+          type: file
+          description: File containing software versions
+          pattern: "versions.yml"
 authors:
   - "@drpatelh"
   - "@grst"
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
index a31464c..6f5b867 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-name: multiqc
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - bioconda
-  - defaults
 dependencies:
-  - bioconda::multiqc=1.24.1
+  - bioconda::multiqc=1.25.1
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
index a9253b6..161ccbc 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 process MULTIQC {
-    label 'process_medium'
+    label 'process_single'
 
     conda "${moduleDir}/environment.yml"
     container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
-        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/multiqc:1.24.1--pyhdfd78af_0' :
+        'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/multiqc:1.25.1--pyhdfd78af_0' :
         'docker.io/multiqc/multiqc:v1.24.1' }"
 
     input:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ process MULTIQC {
     stub:
     """
     mkdir multiqc_data
-    touch multiqc_plots
+    mkdir multiqc_plots
     touch multiqc_report.html
 
     cat <<-END_VERSIONS > versions.yml
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml
index 382c08c..b16c187 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: multiqc
-description: Aggregate results from bioinformatics analyses across many samples into a single report
+description: Aggregate results from bioinformatics analyses across many samples into
+  a single report
 keywords:
   - QC
   - bioinformatics tools
@@ -12,53 +13,59 @@ tools:
       homepage: https://multiqc.info/
       documentation: https://multiqc.info/docs/
       licence: ["GPL-3.0-or-later"]
+      identifier: biotools:multiqc
 input:
-  - multiqc_files:
-      type: file
-      description: |
-        List of reports / files recognised by MultiQC, for example the html and zip output of FastQC
-  - multiqc_config:
-      type: file
-      description: Optional config yml for MultiQC
-      pattern: "*.{yml,yaml}"
-  - extra_multiqc_config:
-      type: file
-      description: Second optional config yml for MultiQC. Will override common sections in multiqc_config.
-      pattern: "*.{yml,yaml}"
-  - multiqc_logo:
-      type: file
-      description: Optional logo file for MultiQC
-      pattern: "*.{png}"
-  - replace_names:
-      type: file
-      description: |
-        Optional two-column sample renaming file. First column a set of
-        patterns, second column a set of corresponding replacements. Passed via
-        MultiQC's `--replace-names` option.
-      pattern: "*.{tsv}"
-  - sample_names:
-      type: file
-      description: |
-        Optional TSV file with headers, passed to the MultiQC --sample_names
-        argument.
-      pattern: "*.{tsv}"
+  - - multiqc_files:
+        type: file
+        description: |
+          List of reports / files recognised by MultiQC, for example the html and zip output of FastQC
+  - - multiqc_config:
+        type: file
+        description: Optional config yml for MultiQC
+        pattern: "*.{yml,yaml}"
+  - - extra_multiqc_config:
+        type: file
+        description: Second optional config yml for MultiQC. Will override common sections
+          in multiqc_config.
+        pattern: "*.{yml,yaml}"
+  - - multiqc_logo:
+        type: file
+        description: Optional logo file for MultiQC
+        pattern: "*.{png}"
+  - - replace_names:
+        type: file
+        description: |
+          Optional two-column sample renaming file. First column a set of
+          patterns, second column a set of corresponding replacements. Passed via
+          MultiQC's `--replace-names` option.
+        pattern: "*.{tsv}"
+  - - sample_names:
+        type: file
+        description: |
+          Optional TSV file with headers, passed to the MultiQC --sample_names
+          argument.
+        pattern: "*.{tsv}"
 output:
   - report:
-      type: file
-      description: MultiQC report file
-      pattern: "multiqc_report.html"
+      - "*multiqc_report.html":
+          type: file
+          description: MultiQC report file
+          pattern: "multiqc_report.html"
   - data:
-      type: directory
-      description: MultiQC data dir
-      pattern: "multiqc_data"
+      - "*_data":
+          type: directory
+          description: MultiQC data dir
+          pattern: "multiqc_data"
   - plots:
-      type: file
-      description: Plots created by MultiQC
-      pattern: "*_data"
+      - "*_plots":
+          type: file
+          description: Plots created by MultiQC
+          pattern: "*_data"
   - versions:
-      type: file
-      description: File containing software versions
-      pattern: "versions.yml"
+      - versions.yml:
+          type: file
+          description: File containing software versions
+          pattern: "versions.yml"
 authors:
   - "@abhi18av"
   - "@bunop"
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/multiqc.diff b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/multiqc.diff
index a698258..f41f4aa 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/multiqc.diff
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/multiqc.diff
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 Changes in module 'nf-core/multiqc'
+'modules/nf-core/multiqc/environment.yml' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/multiqc/meta.yml' is unchanged
+Changes in 'multiqc/main.nf':
 --- modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
 +++ modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
-@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
- process MULTIQC {
--    label 'process_single'
-+    label 'process_medium'
- 
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      conda "${moduleDir}/environment.yml"
      container "${ workflow.containerEngine == 'singularity' && !task.ext.singularity_pull_docker_container ?
-         'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/multiqc:1.24.1--pyhdfd78af_0' :
--        'biocontainers/multiqc:1.24.1--pyhdfd78af_0' }"
+         'https://depot.galaxyproject.org/singularity/multiqc:1.25.1--pyhdfd78af_0' :
+-        'biocontainers/multiqc:1.25.1--pyhdfd78af_0' }"
 +        'docker.io/multiqc/multiqc:v1.24.1' }"
  
      input:
      path  multiqc_files, stageAs: "?/*"
 
+'modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/tags.yml' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/nextflow.config' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test' is unchanged
 ************************************************************
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
index 83fa080..2fcbb5f 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/tests/main.nf.test.snap
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
     "multiqc_versions_single": {
         "content": [
             [
-                "versions.yml:md5,6eb13f3b11bbcbfc98ad3166420ff760"
+                "versions.yml:md5,41f391dcedce7f93ca188f3a3ffa0916"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
-            "nf-test": "0.8.4",
-            "nextflow": "24.04.2"
+            "nf-test": "0.9.0",
+            "nextflow": "24.04.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2024-07-10T12:41:34.562023"
+        "timestamp": "2024-10-02T17:51:46.317523"
     },
     "multiqc_stub": {
         "content": [
@@ -17,25 +17,25 @@
                 "multiqc_report.html",
                 "multiqc_data",
                 "multiqc_plots",
-                "versions.yml:md5,6eb13f3b11bbcbfc98ad3166420ff760"
+                "versions.yml:md5,41f391dcedce7f93ca188f3a3ffa0916"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
-            "nf-test": "0.8.4",
-            "nextflow": "24.04.2"
+            "nf-test": "0.9.0",
+            "nextflow": "24.04.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2024-07-10T11:27:11.933869532"
+        "timestamp": "2024-10-02T17:52:20.680978"
     },
     "multiqc_versions_config": {
         "content": [
             [
-                "versions.yml:md5,6eb13f3b11bbcbfc98ad3166420ff760"
+                "versions.yml:md5,41f391dcedce7f93ca188f3a3ffa0916"
             ]
         ],
         "meta": {
-            "nf-test": "0.8.4",
-            "nextflow": "24.04.2"
+            "nf-test": "0.9.0",
+            "nextflow": "24.04.4"
         },
-        "timestamp": "2024-07-10T11:26:56.709849369"
+        "timestamp": "2024-10-02T17:52:09.185842"
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/environment.yml
index 1084ec0..3a48c78 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/environment.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/environment.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-name: quartonotebook
-
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - bioconda
-  - defaults
 
 dependencies:
   - conda-forge::jupyter=1.0.0
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/meta.yml
index 5d95e8b..e3c3c1c 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/meta.yml
@@ -13,70 +13,96 @@ tools:
       documentation: https://quarto.org/docs/reference/
       tool_dev_url: https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli
       licence: ["MIT"]
+      identifier: ""
   - papermill:
       description: Parameterize, execute, and analyze notebooks
       homepage: https://github.com/nteract/papermill
       documentation: http://papermill.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
       tool_dev_url: https://github.com/nteract/papermill
       licence: ["BSD 3-clause"]
+      identifier: ""
 
 input:
-  - meta:
-      type: map
-      description: |
-        Groovy Map containing sample information
-        e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`.
-  - notebook:
-      type: file
-      description: The Quarto notebook to be rendered.
-      pattern: "*.{qmd}"
-  - parameters:
-      type: map
-      description: |
-        Groovy map with notebook parameters which will be passed to Quarto to
-        generate parametrized reports.
-  - input_files:
-      type: file
-      description: One or multiple files serving as input data for the notebook.
-      pattern: "*"
-  - extensions:
-      type: file
-      description: |
-        A quarto `_extensions` directory with custom template(s) to be
-        available for rendering.
-      pattern: "*"
-
+  - - meta:
+        type: map
+        description: |
+          Groovy Map containing sample information
+          e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`.
+    - notebook:
+        type: file
+        description: The Quarto notebook to be rendered.
+        pattern: "*.{qmd}"
+  - - parameters:
+        type: map
+        description: |
+          Groovy map with notebook parameters which will be passed to Quarto to
+          generate parametrized reports.
+  - - input_files:
+        type: file
+        description: One or multiple files serving as input data for the notebook.
+        pattern: "*"
+  - - extensions:
+        type: file
+        description: |
+          A quarto `_extensions` directory with custom template(s) to be
+          available for rendering.
+        pattern: "*"
 output:
-  - meta:
-      type: map
-      description: |
-        Groovy Map containing sample information
-        e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`.
   - html:
-      type: file
-      description: HTML report generated by Quarto.
-      pattern: "*.html"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`.
+      - "*.html":
+          type: file
+          description: HTML report generated by Quarto.
+          pattern: "*.html"
   - notebook:
-      type: file
-      description: The original, un-rendered notebook.
-      pattern: "*.[qmd,ipynb,rmd]"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`.
+      - ${notebook}:
+          type: file
+          description: The original, un-rendered notebook.
+          pattern: "*.[qmd,ipynb,rmd]"
   - artifacts:
-      type: file
-      description: Artifacts generated during report rendering.
-      pattern: "*"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`.
+      - artifacts/*:
+          type: file
+          description: Artifacts generated during report rendering.
+          pattern: "*"
   - params_yaml:
-      type: file
-      description: Parameters used during report rendering.
-      pattern: "*"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`.
+      - params.yml:
+          type: file
+          description: Parameters used during report rendering.
+          pattern: "*"
   - extensions:
-      type: file
-      description: Quarto extensions used during report rendering.
-      pattern: "*"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. `[ id:'sample1', single_end:false ]`.
+      - _extensions:
+          type: file
+          description: Quarto extensions used during report rendering.
+          pattern: "*"
   - versions:
-      type: file
-      description: File containing software versions.
-      pattern: "versions.yml"
-
+      - versions.yml:
+          type: file
+          description: File containing software versions.
+          pattern: "versions.yml"
 authors:
   - "@fasterius"
 maintainers:
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/quartonotebook.diff b/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/quartonotebook.diff
index 61538bd..74d3e08 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/quartonotebook.diff
+++ b/modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/quartonotebook.diff
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 Changes in module 'nf-core/quartonotebook'
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/parametrize.nf' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/environment.yml' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/Dockerfile' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/meta.yml' is unchanged
+Changes in 'quartonotebook/main.nf':
 --- modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/main.nf
 +++ modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/main.nf
 @@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
@@ -15,4 +20,9 @@ Changes in module 'nf-core/quartonotebook'
      input:
      tuple val(meta), path(notebook)
 
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/tests/main.nf.test.snap' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/tests/no-parametrization.config' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/tests/tags.yml' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/tests/main.nf.test' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/quartonotebook/tests/with-parametrization.config' is unchanged
 ************************************************************
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/meta.yml
index 167ac8c..17626e1 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/meta.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
----
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/modules/yaml-schema.json
 name: "spaceranger_count"
-description: Module to use the 10x Space Ranger pipeline to process 10x spatial transcriptomics data
+description: Module to use the 10x Space Ranger pipeline to process 10x spatial transcriptomics
+  data
 keywords:
   - align
   - count
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ tools:
       tool_dev_url: "https://support.10xgenomics.com/spatial-gene-expression/software/pipelines/latest/what-is-space-ranger"
       licence:
         - "10x Genomics EULA"
+      identifier: ""
 input:
   - meta:
       type: map
       description: |
         Groovy Map containing sample information
         e.g. [ id:'test', slide:'10L13-020', area: 'B1']
-
         `id`, `slide` and `area` are mandatory information!
   - reads:
       type: file
@@ -76,19 +76,22 @@ input:
       description: OPTIONAL - Probe set specification.
       pattern: "*.csv"
 output:
-  - meta:
-      type: map
-      description: |
-        Groovy Map containing sample information
-        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
   - outs:
-      type: file
-      description: Files containing the outputs of Space Ranger, see official 10X Genomics documentation for a complete list
-      pattern: "outs/*"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+      - outs/**:
+          type: file
+          description: Files containing the outputs of Space Ranger, see official 10X
+            Genomics documentation for a complete list
+          pattern: "outs/*"
   - versions:
-      type: file
-      description: File containing software versions
-      pattern: "versions.yml"
+      - versions.yml:
+          type: file
+          description: File containing software versions
+          pattern: "versions.yml"
 authors:
   - "@grst"
 maintainers:
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/modules.json b/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/modules.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02a6334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/modules.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "name": "",
+    "homePage": "",
+    "repos": {}
+}
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/spaceranger-count.diff b/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/spaceranger-count.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..141c0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/spaceranger-count.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+Changes in module 'nf-core/spaceranger/count'
+Changes in 'spaceranger/count/meta.yml':
+--- modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/meta.yml
++++ modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/meta.yml
+@@ -24,58 +24,57 @@
+         - "10x Genomics EULA"
+       identifier: ""
+ input:
+-  - - meta:
+-        type: map
+-        description: |
+-          Groovy Map containing sample information
+-          e.g. [ id:'test', slide:'10L13-020', area: 'B1']
+-
+-          `id`, `slide` and `area` are mandatory information!
+-    - reads:
+-        type: file
+-        description: |
+-          List of input FastQ files of size 1 and 2 for single-end and paired-end data,
+-          respectively.
+-        pattern: "${Sample_Name}_S1_L00${Lane_Number}_${I1,I2,R1,R2}_001.fastq.gz"
+-    - image:
+-        type: file
+-        description: Brightfield tissue H&E image in JPEG or TIFF format.
+-        pattern: "*.{tif,tiff,jpg,jpeg}"
+-    - cytaimage:
+-        type: file
+-        description: |
+-          CytAssist instrument captured eosin stained Brightfield tissue image with fiducial
+-          frame in TIFF format. The size of this image is set at 3k in both dimensions and this image should
+-          not be modified any way before passing it as input to either Space Ranger or Loupe Browser.
+-        pattern: "*.{tif,tiff}"
+-    - darkimage:
+-        type: file
+-        description: |
+-          Optional for dark background fluorescence microscope image input. Multi-channel, dark-background fluorescence
+-          image as either a single, multi-layer TIFF file or as multiple TIFF or JPEG files.
+-        pattern: "*.{tif,tiff,jpg,jpeg}"
+-    - colorizedimage:
+-        type: file
+-        description: |
+-          Required for color composite fluorescence microscope image input.
+-          A color composite of one or more fluorescence image channels saved as a single-page,
+-          single-file color TIFF or JPEG.
+-        pattern: "*.{tif,tiff,jpg,jpeg}"
+-    - alignment:
+-        type: file
+-        description: OPTIONAL - Path to manual image alignment.
+-        pattern: "*.json"
+-    - slidefile:
+-        type: file
+-        description: OPTIONAL - Path to slide specifications.
+-        pattern: "*.json"
+-  - - reference:
+-        type: directory
+-        description: Folder containing all the reference indices needed by Space Ranger
+-  - - probeset:
+-        type: file
+-        description: OPTIONAL - Probe set specification.
+-        pattern: "*.csv"
++  - meta:
++      type: map
++      description: |
++        Groovy Map containing sample information
++        e.g. [ id:'test', slide:'10L13-020', area: 'B1']
++        `id`, `slide` and `area` are mandatory information!
++  - reads:
++      type: file
++      description: |
++        List of input FastQ files of size 1 and 2 for single-end and paired-end data,
++        respectively.
++      pattern: "${Sample_Name}_S1_L00${Lane_Number}_${I1,I2,R1,R2}_001.fastq.gz"
++  - image:
++      type: file
++      description: Brightfield tissue H&E image in JPEG or TIFF format.
++      pattern: "*.{tif,tiff,jpg,jpeg}"
++  - cytaimage:
++      type: file
++      description: |
++        CytAssist instrument captured eosin stained Brightfield tissue image with fiducial
++        frame in TIFF format. The size of this image is set at 3k in both dimensions and this image should
++        not be modified any way before passing it as input to either Space Ranger or Loupe Browser.
++      pattern: "*.{tif,tiff}"
++  - darkimage:
++      type: file
++      description: |
++        Optional for dark background fluorescence microscope image input. Multi-channel, dark-background fluorescence
++        image as either a single, multi-layer TIFF file or as multiple TIFF or JPEG files.
++      pattern: "*.{tif,tiff,jpg,jpeg}"
++  - colorizedimage:
++      type: file
++      description: |
++        Required for color composite fluorescence microscope image input.
++        A color composite of one or more fluorescence image channels saved as a single-page,
++        single-file color TIFF or JPEG.
++      pattern: "*.{tif,tiff,jpg,jpeg}"
++  - alignment:
++      type: file
++      description: OPTIONAL - Path to manual image alignment.
++      pattern: "*.json"
++  - slidefile:
++      type: file
++      description: OPTIONAL - Path to slide specifications.
++      pattern: "*.json"
++  - reference:
++      type: directory
++      description: Folder containing all the reference indices needed by Space Ranger
++  - probeset:
++      type: file
++      description: OPTIONAL - Probe set specification.
++      pattern: "*.csv"
+ output:
+   - outs:
+       - meta:
+
+'modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/modules.json' was created
+'modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/main.nf' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/main.nf.test.snap' is unchanged
+'modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/tags.yml' is unchanged
+Changes in 'spaceranger/count/tests/nextflow.config':
+--- modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/nextflow.config
++++ modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/nextflow.config
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ process {
+     withName: SPACERANGER_COUNT {
+-        ext.args = '--create-bam false'
++        ext.args = '--create-bam="false"'
+     }
+ }
+
+'modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/main.nf.test' is unchanged
+************************************************************
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/nextflow.config b/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/nextflow.config
index fe9d61a..e4b3571 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/nextflow.config
+++ b/modules/nf-core/spaceranger/count/tests/nextflow.config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 process {
     withName: SPACERANGER_COUNT {
-        ext.args = '--create-bam false'
+        ext.args = '--create-bam="false"'
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/untar/environment.yml b/modules/nf-core/untar/environment.yml
index 4f49824..c779485 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/untar/environment.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/untar/environment.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-name: untar
 channels:
   - conda-forge
   - bioconda
-  - defaults
 dependencies:
   - conda-forge::grep=3.11
   - conda-forge::sed=4.8
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/untar/meta.yml b/modules/nf-core/untar/meta.yml
index a9a2110..290346b 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/untar/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/nf-core/untar/meta.yml
@@ -10,30 +10,33 @@ tools:
         Extract tar.gz files.
       documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/
       licence: ["GPL-3.0-or-later"]
+      identifier: ""
 input:
-  - meta:
-      type: map
-      description: |
-        Groovy Map containing sample information
-        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
-  - archive:
-      type: file
-      description: File to be untar
-      pattern: "*.{tar}.{gz}"
+  - - meta:
+        type: map
+        description: |
+          Groovy Map containing sample information
+          e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+    - archive:
+        type: file
+        description: File to be untar
+        pattern: "*.{tar}.{gz}"
 output:
-  - meta:
-      type: map
-      description: |
-        Groovy Map containing sample information
-        e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
   - untar:
-      type: directory
-      description: Directory containing contents of archive
-      pattern: "*/"
+      - meta:
+          type: map
+          description: |
+            Groovy Map containing sample information
+            e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
+      - $prefix:
+          type: directory
+          description: Directory containing contents of archive
+          pattern: "*/"
   - versions:
-      type: file
-      description: File containing software versions
-      pattern: "versions.yml"
+      - versions.yml:
+          type: file
+          description: File containing software versions
+          pattern: "versions.yml"
 authors:
   - "@joseespinosa"
   - "@drpatelh"
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index d18fe47..076e3bb 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -52,48 +52,27 @@ params {
     monochrome_logs              = false
     hook_url                     = null
     help                         = false
+    help_full                    = false
+    show_hidden                  = false
     version                      = false
     pipelines_testdata_base_path = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/'
 
     // Config options
     config_profile_name        = null
     config_profile_description = null
+
     custom_config_version      = 'master'
     custom_config_base         = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/configs/${params.custom_config_version}"
     config_profile_contact     = null
     config_profile_url         = null
 
-    // Max resource options
-    // Defaults only, expecting to be overwritten
-    max_memory                   = '128.GB'
-    max_cpus                     = 64
-    max_time                     = '240.h'
-
     // Schema validation default options
-    validationFailUnrecognisedParams = false
-    validationLenientMode            = false
-    validationSchemaIgnoreParams     = 'genomes,igenomes_base'
-    validationShowHiddenParams       = false
-    validate_params                  = true
-
+    validate_params            = true
 }
 
 // Load base.config by default for all pipelines
 includeConfig 'conf/base.config'
 
-// Load nf-core custom profiles from different Institutions
-try {
-    includeConfig "${params.custom_config_base}/nfcore_custom.config"
-} catch (Exception e) {
-    System.err.println("WARNING: Could not load nf-core/config profiles: ${params.custom_config_base}/nfcore_custom.config")
-}
-
-// Load nf-core/spatialvi custom profiles from different institutions.
-try {
-    includeConfig "${params.custom_config_base}/pipeline/spatialvi.config"
-} catch (Exception e) {
-    System.err.println("WARNING: Could not load nf-core/config/spatialvi profiles: ${params.custom_config_base}/pipeline/spatialvi.config")
-}
 profiles {
     debug {
         dumpHashes              = true
@@ -108,7 +87,7 @@ profiles {
         podman.enabled          = false
         shifter.enabled         = false
         charliecloud.enabled    = false
-        conda.channels          = ['conda-forge', 'bioconda', 'defaults']
+        conda.channels          = ['conda-forge', 'bioconda']
         apptainer.enabled       = false
     }
     mamba {
@@ -199,18 +178,21 @@ profiles {
     test_full           { includeConfig 'conf/test_full.config' }
 }
 
-// Set default registry for Apptainer, Docker, Podman and Singularity independent of -profile
-// Will not be used unless Apptainer / Docker / Podman / Singularity are enabled
-// Set to your registry if you have a mirror of containers
-apptainer.registry   = 'quay.io'
-docker.registry      = 'quay.io'
-podman.registry      = 'quay.io'
-singularity.registry = 'quay.io'
+// Load nf-core custom profiles from different Institutions
+includeConfig !System.getenv('NXF_OFFLINE') && params.custom_config_base ? "${params.custom_config_base}/nfcore_custom.config" : "/dev/null"
 
-// Nextflow plugins
-plugins {
-    id 'nf-validation@1.1.3' // Validation of pipeline parameters and creation of an input channel from a sample sheet
-}
+// Load nf-core/spatialvi custom profiles from different institutions.
+// TODO nf-core: Optionally, you can add a pipeline-specific nf-core config at https://github.com/nf-core/configs
+// includeConfig !System.getenv('NXF_OFFLINE') && params.custom_config_base ? "${params.custom_config_base}/pipeline/spatialvi.config" : "/dev/null"
+
+// Set default registry for Apptainer, Docker, Podman, Charliecloud and Singularity independent of -profile
+// Will not be used unless Apptainer / Docker / Podman / Charliecloud / Singularity are enabled
+// Set to your registry if you have a mirror of containers
+apptainer.registry    = 'quay.io'
+docker.registry       = 'quay.io'
+podman.registry       = 'quay.io'
+singularity.registry  = 'quay.io'
+charliecloud.registry = 'quay.io'
 
 // Export these variables to prevent local Python/R libraries from conflicting with those in the container
 // The JULIA depot path has been adjusted to a fixed path `/usr/local/share/julia` that needs to be used for packages in the container.
@@ -222,8 +204,15 @@ env {
     JULIA_DEPOT_PATH = "/usr/local/share/julia"
 }
 
-// Capture exit codes from upstream processes when piping
-process.shell = ['/bin/bash', '-euo', 'pipefail']
+// Set bash options
+process.shell = """\
+bash
+
+set -e # Exit if a tool returns a non-zero status/exit code
+set -u # Treat unset variables and parameters as an error
+set -o pipefail # Returns the status of the last command to exit with a non-zero status or zero if all successfully execute
+set -C # No clobber - prevent output redirection from overwriting files.
+"""
 
 // Disable process selector warnings by default. Use debug profile to enable warnings.
 nextflow.enable.configProcessNamesValidation = false
@@ -252,43 +241,46 @@ manifest {
     homePage        = 'https://github.com/nf-core/spatialvi'
     description     = """10X Visium Spatial Transcriptomics"""
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
-    nextflowVersion = '!>=23.04.0'
+    nextflowVersion = '!>=24.04.2'
     version         = '1.0dev'
     doi             = ''
 }
 
-// Load modules.config for DSL2 module specific options
-includeConfig 'conf/modules.config'
+// Nextflow plugins
+plugins {
+    id 'nf-schema@2.1.1' // Validation of pipeline parameters and creation of an input channel from a sample sheet
+}
+
+validation {
+    defaultIgnoreParams = ["genomes"]
+    help {
+        enabled = true
+        command = "nextflow run $manifest.name -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute> --input samplesheet.csv --outdir <OUTDIR>"
+        fullParameter = "help_full"
+        showHiddenParameter = "show_hidden"
+        beforeText = """
+-\033[2m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m-
+                                        \033[0;32m,--.\033[0;30m/\033[0;32m,-.\033[0m
+\033[0;34m        ___     __   __   __   ___     \033[0;32m/,-._.--~\'\033[0m
+\033[0;34m  |\\ | |__  __ /  ` /  \\ |__) |__         \033[0;33m}  {\033[0m
+\033[0;34m  | \\| |       \\__, \\__/ |  \\ |___     \033[0;32m\\`-._,-`-,\033[0m
+                                        \033[0;32m`._,._,\'\033[0m
+\033[0;35m  ${manifest.name} ${manifest.version}\033[0m
+-\033[2m----------------------------------------------------\033[0m-
+"""
+        afterText = """${manifest.doi ? "* The pipeline\n" : ""}${manifest.doi.tokenize(",").collect { "  https://doi.org/${it.trim().replace('https://doi.org/','')}"}.join("\n")}${manifest.doi ? "\n" : ""}
+* The nf-core framework
+    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x
 
-// Function to ensure that resource requirements don't go beyond
-// a maximum limit
-def check_max(obj, type) {
-    if (type == 'memory') {
-        try {
-            if (obj.compareTo(params.max_memory as nextflow.util.MemoryUnit) == 1)
-                return params.max_memory as nextflow.util.MemoryUnit
-            else
-                return obj
-        } catch (all) {
-            println "   ### ERROR ###   Max memory '${params.max_memory}' is not valid! Using default value: $obj"
-            return obj
-        }
-    } else if (type == 'time') {
-        try {
-            if (obj.compareTo(params.max_time as nextflow.util.Duration) == 1)
-                return params.max_time as nextflow.util.Duration
-            else
-                return obj
-        } catch (all) {
-            println "   ### ERROR ###   Max time '${params.max_time}' is not valid! Using default value: $obj"
-            return obj
-        }
-    } else if (type == 'cpus') {
-        try {
-            return Math.min( obj, params.max_cpus as int )
-        } catch (all) {
-            println "   ### ERROR ###   Max cpus '${params.max_cpus}' is not valid! Using default value: $obj"
-            return obj
-        }
+* Software dependencies
+    https://github.com/${manifest.name}/blob/master/CITATIONS.md
+"""
+    }
+    summary {
+        beforeText = validation.help.beforeText
+        afterText = validation.help.afterText
     }
 }
+
+// Load modules.config for DSL2 module specific options
+includeConfig 'conf/modules.config'
diff --git a/nextflow_schema.json b/nextflow_schema.json
index 84ce88c..9f34778 100644
--- a/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/spatialvi/master/nextflow_schema.json",
     "title": "nf-core/spatialvi pipeline parameters",
     "description": "10X Visium Spatial Transcriptomics",
     "type": "object",
-    "definitions": {
+    "$defs": {
         "input_output_options": {
             "title": "Input/output options",
             "type": "object",
@@ -212,43 +212,6 @@
                 }
             }
         },
-
-        "max_job_request_options": {
-            "title": "Max job request options",
-            "type": "object",
-            "fa_icon": "fab fa-acquisitions-incorporated",
-            "description": "Set the top limit for requested resources for any single job.",
-            "help_text": "If you are running on a smaller system, a pipeline step requesting more resources than are available may cause the Nextflow to stop the run with an error. These options allow you to cap the maximum resources requested by any single job so that the pipeline will run on your system.\n\nNote that you can not _increase_ the resources requested by any job using these options. For that you will need your own configuration file. See [the nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/usage/configuration) for details.",
-            "properties": {
-                "max_cpus": {
-                    "type": "integer",
-                    "description": "Maximum number of CPUs that can be requested for any single job.",
-                    "default": 64,
-                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-microchip",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the CPU requirement for each process. Should be an integer e.g. `--max_cpus 1`"
-                },
-                "max_memory": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "description": "Maximum amount of memory that can be requested for any single job.",
-                    "default": "128.GB",
-                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-memory",
-                    "pattern": "^\\d+(\\.\\d+)?\\.?\\s*(K|M|G|T)?B$",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the memory requirement for each process. Should be a string in the format integer-unit e.g. `--max_memory '8.GB'`"
-                },
-                "max_time": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "description": "Maximum amount of time that can be requested for any single job.",
-                    "default": "240.h",
-                    "fa_icon": "far fa-clock",
-                    "pattern": "^(\\d+\\.?\\s*(s|m|h|d|day)\\s*)+$",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "Use to set an upper-limit for the time requirement for each process. Should be a string in the format integer-unit e.g. `--max_time '2.h'`"
-                }
-            }
-        },
-
         "generic_options": {
             "title": "Generic options",
             "type": "object",
@@ -256,12 +219,6 @@
             "description": "Less common options for the pipeline, typically set in a config file.",
             "help_text": "These options are common to all nf-core pipelines and allow you to customise some of the core preferences for how the pipeline runs.\n\nTypically these options would be set in a Nextflow config file loaded for all pipeline runs, such as `~/.nextflow/config`.",
             "properties": {
-                "help": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "description": "Display help text.",
-                    "fa_icon": "fas fa-question-circle",
-                    "hidden": true
-                },
                 "version": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "description": "Display version and exit.",
@@ -337,27 +294,6 @@
                     "fa_icon": "fas fa-check-square",
                     "hidden": true
                 },
-                "validationShowHiddenParams": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "fa_icon": "far fa-eye-slash",
-                    "description": "Show all params when using `--help`",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "By default, parameters set as _hidden_ in the schema are not shown on the command line when a user runs with `--help`. Specifying this option will tell the pipeline to show all parameters."
-                },
-                "validationFailUnrecognisedParams": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
-                    "description": "Validation of parameters fails when an unrecognised parameter is found.",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "By default, when an unrecognised parameter is found, it returns a warinig."
-                },
-                "validationLenientMode": {
-                    "type": "boolean",
-                    "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
-                    "description": "Validation of parameters in lenient more.",
-                    "hidden": true,
-                    "help_text": "Allows string values that are parseable as numbers or booleans. For further information see [JSONSchema docs](https://github.com/everit-org/json-schema#lenient-mode)."
-                },
                 "pipelines_testdata_base_path": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
@@ -370,25 +306,22 @@
     },
     "allOf": [
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/input_output_options"
-        },
-        {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/spaceranger_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/input_output_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/optional_outputs"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/spaceranger_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/analysis_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/optional_outputs"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/institutional_config_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/analysis_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/max_job_request_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/institutional_config_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/generic_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/generic_options"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/nf-test.config b/nf-test.config
index b57ac7d..c381fb7 100644
--- a/nf-test.config
+++ b/nf-test.config
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ config {
     configFile "nextflow.config"
 
     // test profile is overriden via nf-test CLI
-    profile ""
+    profile "test"
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialvi_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialvi_pipeline/main.nf
index 03bf27f..c72036a 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialvi_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialvi_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -8,34 +8,29 @@
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
-include { UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin'
-include { paramsSummaryMap          } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-include { fromSamplesheet           } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-include { UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE   } from '../../nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline'
+include { UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN     } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin'
+include { paramsSummaryMap          } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+include { samplesheetToList         } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 include { completionEmail           } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { completionSummary         } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-include { dashedLine                } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-include { nfCoreLogo                } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { imNotification            } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE     } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
-include { workflowCitation          } from '../../nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
+include { UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE   } from '../../nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline'
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW TO INITIALISE PIPELINE
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
 
     take:
     version           // boolean: Display version and exit
-    help              // boolean: Display help text
     validate_params   // boolean: Boolean whether to validate parameters against the schema at runtime
     monochrome_logs   // boolean: Do not use coloured log outputs
     nextflow_cli_args //   array: List of positional nextflow CLI args
     outdir            //  string: The output directory where the results will be saved
-    input             //  string: Path to input samplesheet
 
     main:
 
@@ -54,16 +49,10 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
     //
     // Validate parameters and generate parameter summary to stdout
     //
-    pre_help_text = nfCoreLogo(monochrome_logs)
-    post_help_text = '\n' + workflowCitation() + '\n' + dashedLine(monochrome_logs)
-    def String workflow_command = "nextflow run ${workflow.manifest.name} -profile <docker/singularity/.../institute> --input samplesheet.csv --outdir <OUTDIR>"
-    UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN (
-        help,
-        workflow_command,
-        pre_help_text,
-        post_help_text,
+    UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN (
+        workflow,
         validate_params,
-        "nextflow_schema.json"
+        null
     )
 
     //
@@ -78,9 +67,9 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
 }
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW FOR PIPELINE COMPLETION
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
@@ -95,7 +84,6 @@ workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
     multiqc_report  //  string: Path to MultiQC report
 
     main:
-
     summary_params = paramsSummaryMap(workflow, parameters_schema: "nextflow_schema.json")
 
     //
@@ -103,11 +91,18 @@ workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
     //
     workflow.onComplete {
         if (email || email_on_fail) {
-            completionEmail(summary_params, email, email_on_fail, plaintext_email, outdir, monochrome_logs, multiqc_report.toList())
+            completionEmail(
+                summary_params,
+                email,
+                email_on_fail,
+                plaintext_email,
+                outdir,
+                monochrome_logs,
+                multiqc_report.toList()
+            )
         }
 
         completionSummary(monochrome_logs)
-
         if (hook_url) {
             imNotification(summary_params, hook_url)
         }
@@ -119,9 +114,9 @@ workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
 }
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     FUNCTIONS
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 //
@@ -176,8 +171,10 @@ def methodsDescriptionText(mqc_methods_yaml) {
         // Removing `https://doi.org/` to handle pipelines using DOIs vs DOI resolvers
         // Removing ` ` since the manifest.doi is a string and not a proper list
         def temp_doi_ref = ""
-        String[] manifest_doi = meta.manifest_map.doi.tokenize(",")
-        for (String doi_ref: manifest_doi) temp_doi_ref += "(doi: <a href=\'https://doi.org/${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}\'>${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}</a>), "
+        def manifest_doi = meta.manifest_map.doi.tokenize(",")
+        manifest_doi.each { doi_ref ->
+            temp_doi_ref += "(doi: <a href=\'https://doi.org/${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}\'>${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}</a>), "
+        }
         meta["doi_text"] = temp_doi_ref.substring(0, temp_doi_ref.length() - 2)
     } else meta["doi_text"] = ""
     meta["nodoi_text"] = meta.manifest_map.doi ? "" : "<li>If available, make sure to update the text to include the Zenodo DOI of version of the pipeline used. </li>"
@@ -194,3 +191,4 @@ def methodsDescriptionText(mqc_methods_yaml) {
 
     return description_html.toString()
 }
+
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
index 28e32b2..0fcbf7b 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 //
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW DEFINITION
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE {
-
     take:
     print_version        // boolean: print version
     dump_parameters      // boolean: dump parameters
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ workflow UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE {
     // Print workflow version and exit on --version
     //
     if (print_version) {
-        log.info "${workflow.manifest.name} ${getWorkflowVersion()}"
+        log.info("${workflow.manifest.name} ${getWorkflowVersion()}")
         System.exit(0)
     }
 
@@ -45,9 +44,9 @@ workflow UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE {
 }
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     FUNCTIONS
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 //
@@ -72,11 +71,11 @@ def getWorkflowVersion() {
 // Dump pipeline parameters to a JSON file
 //
 def dumpParametersToJSON(outdir) {
-    def timestamp  = new java.util.Date().format( 'yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss')
-    def filename   = "params_${timestamp}.json"
-    def temp_pf    = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".${filename}")
-    def jsonStr    = groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(params)
-    temp_pf.text   = groovy.json.JsonOutput.prettyPrint(jsonStr)
+    def timestamp = new java.util.Date().format('yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss')
+    def filename  = "params_${timestamp}.json"
+    def temp_pf   = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".${filename}")
+    def jsonStr   = groovy.json.JsonOutput.toJson(params)
+    temp_pf.text  = groovy.json.JsonOutput.prettyPrint(jsonStr)
 
     nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(temp_pf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/params_${timestamp}.json")
     temp_pf.delete()
@@ -91,9 +90,14 @@ def checkCondaChannels() {
     try {
         def config = parser.load("conda config --show channels".execute().text)
         channels = config.channels
-    } catch(NullPointerException | IOException e) {
-        log.warn "Could not verify conda channel configuration."
-        return
+    }
+    catch (NullPointerException e) {
+        log.warn("Could not verify conda channel configuration.")
+        return null
+    }
+    catch (IOException e) {
+        log.warn("Could not verify conda channel configuration.")
+        return null
     }
 
     // Check that all channels are present
@@ -102,23 +106,19 @@ def checkCondaChannels() {
     def channels_missing = ((required_channels_in_order as Set) - (channels as Set)) as Boolean
 
     // Check that they are in the right order
-    def channel_priority_violation = false
-
-    required_channels_in_order.eachWithIndex { channel, index ->
-        if (index < required_channels_in_order.size() - 1) {
-            channel_priority_violation |= !(channels.indexOf(channel) < channels.indexOf(required_channels_in_order[index+1]))
-        }
-    }
+    def channel_priority_violation = required_channels_in_order != channels.findAll { ch -> ch in required_channels_in_order }
 
     if (channels_missing | channel_priority_violation) {
-        log.warn "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n" +
-            "  There is a problem with your Conda configuration!\n\n" +
-            "  You will need to set-up the conda-forge and bioconda channels correctly.\n" +
-            "  Please refer to https://bioconda.github.io/\n" +
-            "  The observed channel order is \n" +
-            "  ${channels}\n" +
-            "  but the following channel order is required:\n" +
-            "  ${required_channels_in_order}\n" +
-            "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+        log.warn """\
+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+            There is a problem with your Conda configuration!
+            You will need to set-up the conda-forge and bioconda channels correctly.
+            Please refer to https://bioconda.github.io/
+            The observed channel order is
+            ${channels}
+            but the following channel order is required:
+            ${required_channels_in_order}
+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+        """.stripIndent(true)
     }
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
index cbd8495..5cb7baf 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 //
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW DEFINITION
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE {
-
     take:
     nextflow_cli_args
 
@@ -22,9 +21,9 @@ workflow UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE {
 }
 
 /*
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     FUNCTIONS
-========================================================================================
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 //
@@ -33,12 +32,9 @@ workflow UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE {
 def checkConfigProvided() {
     def valid_config = true as Boolean
     if (workflow.profile == 'standard' && workflow.configFiles.size() <= 1) {
-        log.warn "[$workflow.manifest.name] You are attempting to run the pipeline without any custom configuration!\n\n" +
-            "This will be dependent on your local compute environment but can be achieved via one or more of the following:\n" +
-            "   (1) Using an existing pipeline profile e.g. `-profile docker` or `-profile singularity`\n" +
-            "   (2) Using an existing nf-core/configs for your Institution e.g. `-profile crick` or `-profile uppmax`\n" +
-            "   (3) Using your own local custom config e.g. `-c /path/to/your/custom.config`\n\n" +
-            "Please refer to the quick start section and usage docs for the pipeline.\n "
+        log.warn(
+            "[${workflow.manifest.name}] You are attempting to run the pipeline without any custom configuration!\n\n" + "This will be dependent on your local compute environment but can be achieved via one or more of the following:\n" + "   (1) Using an existing pipeline profile e.g. `-profile docker` or `-profile singularity`\n" + "   (2) Using an existing nf-core/configs for your Institution e.g. `-profile crick` or `-profile uppmax`\n" + "   (3) Using your own local custom config e.g. `-c /path/to/your/custom.config`\n\n" + "Please refer to the quick start section and usage docs for the pipeline.\n "
+        )
         valid_config = false
     }
     return valid_config
@@ -49,12 +45,14 @@ def checkConfigProvided() {
 //
 def checkProfileProvided(nextflow_cli_args) {
     if (workflow.profile.endsWith(',')) {
-        error "The `-profile` option cannot end with a trailing comma, please remove it and re-run the pipeline!\n" +
-            "HINT: A common mistake is to provide multiple values separated by spaces e.g. `-profile test, docker`.\n"
+        error(
+            "The `-profile` option cannot end with a trailing comma, please remove it and re-run the pipeline!\n" + "HINT: A common mistake is to provide multiple values separated by spaces e.g. `-profile test, docker`.\n"
+        )
     }
     if (nextflow_cli_args[0]) {
-        log.warn "nf-core pipelines do not accept positional arguments. The positional argument `${nextflow_cli_args[0]}` has been detected.\n" +
-            "HINT: A common mistake is to provide multiple values separated by spaces e.g. `-profile test, docker`.\n"
+        log.warn(
+            "nf-core pipelines do not accept positional arguments. The positional argument `${nextflow_cli_args[0]}` has been detected.\n" + "HINT: A common mistake is to provide multiple values separated by spaces e.g. `-profile test, docker`.\n"
+        )
     }
 }
 
@@ -64,19 +62,13 @@ def checkProfileProvided(nextflow_cli_args) {
 def workflowCitation() {
     def temp_doi_ref = ""
     def manifest_doi = workflow.manifest.doi.tokenize(",")
-    // Using a loop to handle multiple DOIs
+    // Handling multiple DOIs
     // Removing `https://doi.org/` to handle pipelines using DOIs vs DOI resolvers
     // Removing ` ` since the manifest.doi is a string and not a proper list
     manifest_doi.each { doi_ref ->
         temp_doi_ref += "  https://doi.org/${doi_ref.replace('https://doi.org/', '').replace(' ', '')}\n"
     }
-    return "If you use ${workflow.manifest.name} for your analysis please cite:\n\n" +
-        "* The pipeline\n" +
-        temp_doi_ref + "\n" +
-        "* The nf-core framework\n" +
-        "  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x\n\n" +
-        "* Software dependencies\n" +
-        "  https://github.com/${workflow.manifest.name}/blob/master/CITATIONS.md"
+    return "If you use ${workflow.manifest.name} for your analysis please cite:\n\n" + "* The pipeline\n" + temp_doi_ref + "\n" + "* The nf-core framework\n" + "  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x\n\n" + "* Software dependencies\n" + "  https://github.com/${workflow.manifest.name}/blob/master/CITATIONS.md"
 }
 
 //
@@ -102,7 +94,7 @@ def getWorkflowVersion() {
 //
 def processVersionsFromYAML(yaml_file) {
     def yaml = new org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml()
-    def versions = yaml.load(yaml_file).collectEntries { k, v -> [ k.tokenize(':')[-1], v ] }
+    def versions = yaml.load(yaml_file).collectEntries { k, v -> [k.tokenize(':')[-1], v] }
     return yaml.dumpAsMap(versions).trim()
 }
 
@@ -112,8 +104,8 @@ def processVersionsFromYAML(yaml_file) {
 def workflowVersionToYAML() {
     return """
     Workflow:
-        $workflow.manifest.name: ${getWorkflowVersion()}
-        Nextflow: $workflow.nextflow.version
+        ${workflow.manifest.name}: ${getWorkflowVersion()}
+        Nextflow: ${workflow.nextflow.version}
     """.stripIndent().trim()
 }
 
@@ -121,11 +113,7 @@ def workflowVersionToYAML() {
 // Get channel of software versions used in pipeline in YAML format
 //
 def softwareVersionsToYAML(ch_versions) {
-    return ch_versions
-                .unique()
-                .map { version -> processVersionsFromYAML(version) }
-                .unique()
-                .mix(Channel.of(workflowVersionToYAML()))
+    return ch_versions.unique().map { version -> processVersionsFromYAML(version) }.unique().mix(Channel.of(workflowVersionToYAML()))
 }
 
 //
@@ -133,25 +121,31 @@ def softwareVersionsToYAML(ch_versions) {
 //
 def paramsSummaryMultiqc(summary_params) {
     def summary_section = ''
-    summary_params.keySet().each { group ->
-        def group_params = summary_params.get(group)  // This gets the parameters of that particular group
-        if (group_params) {
-            summary_section += "    <p style=\"font-size:110%\"><b>$group</b></p>\n"
-            summary_section += "    <dl class=\"dl-horizontal\">\n"
-            group_params.keySet().sort().each { param ->
-                summary_section += "        <dt>$param</dt><dd><samp>${group_params.get(param) ?: '<span style=\"color:#999999;\">N/A</a>'}</samp></dd>\n"
+    summary_params
+        .keySet()
+        .each { group ->
+            def group_params = summary_params.get(group)
+            // This gets the parameters of that particular group
+            if (group_params) {
+                summary_section += "    <p style=\"font-size:110%\"><b>${group}</b></p>\n"
+                summary_section += "    <dl class=\"dl-horizontal\">\n"
+                group_params
+                    .keySet()
+                    .sort()
+                    .each { param ->
+                        summary_section += "        <dt>${param}</dt><dd><samp>${group_params.get(param) ?: '<span style=\"color:#999999;\">N/A</a>'}</samp></dd>\n"
+                    }
+                summary_section += "    </dl>\n"
             }
-            summary_section += "    </dl>\n"
         }
-    }
 
-    def yaml_file_text  = "id: '${workflow.manifest.name.replace('/','-')}-summary'\n" as String
-    yaml_file_text        += "description: ' - this information is collected when the pipeline is started.'\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "section_name: '${workflow.manifest.name} Workflow Summary'\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "section_href: 'https://github.com/${workflow.manifest.name}'\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "plot_type: 'html'\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "data: |\n"
-    yaml_file_text        += "${summary_section}"
+    def yaml_file_text = "id: '${workflow.manifest.name.replace('/', '-')}-summary'\n" as String
+    yaml_file_text     += "description: ' - this information is collected when the pipeline is started.'\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "section_name: '${workflow.manifest.name} Workflow Summary'\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "section_href: 'https://github.com/${workflow.manifest.name}'\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "plot_type: 'html'\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "data: |\n"
+    yaml_file_text     += "${summary_section}"
 
     return yaml_file_text
 }
@@ -199,54 +193,54 @@ def logColours(monochrome_logs=true) {
     colorcodes['hidden']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[8m"
 
     // Regular Colors
-    colorcodes['black']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;30m"
-    colorcodes['red']        = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;31m"
-    colorcodes['green']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;32m"
-    colorcodes['yellow']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;33m"
-    colorcodes['blue']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;34m"
-    colorcodes['purple']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;35m"
-    colorcodes['cyan']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;36m"
-    colorcodes['white']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;37m"
+    colorcodes['black']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;30m"
+    colorcodes['red']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;31m"
+    colorcodes['green']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;32m"
+    colorcodes['yellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;33m"
+    colorcodes['blue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;34m"
+    colorcodes['purple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;35m"
+    colorcodes['cyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;36m"
+    colorcodes['white']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;37m"
 
     // Bold
-    colorcodes['bblack']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;30m"
-    colorcodes['bred']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;31m"
-    colorcodes['bgreen']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;32m"
-    colorcodes['byellow']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;33m"
-    colorcodes['bblue']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;34m"
-    colorcodes['bpurple']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;35m"
-    colorcodes['bcyan']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;36m"
-    colorcodes['bwhite']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;37m"
+    colorcodes['bblack']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;30m"
+    colorcodes['bred']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;31m"
+    colorcodes['bgreen']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;32m"
+    colorcodes['byellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;33m"
+    colorcodes['bblue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;34m"
+    colorcodes['bpurple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;35m"
+    colorcodes['bcyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;36m"
+    colorcodes['bwhite']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;37m"
 
     // Underline
-    colorcodes['ublack']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;30m"
-    colorcodes['ured']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;31m"
-    colorcodes['ugreen']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;32m"
-    colorcodes['uyellow']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;33m"
-    colorcodes['ublue']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;34m"
-    colorcodes['upurple']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;35m"
-    colorcodes['ucyan']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;36m"
-    colorcodes['uwhite']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;37m"
+    colorcodes['ublack']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;30m"
+    colorcodes['ured']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;31m"
+    colorcodes['ugreen']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;32m"
+    colorcodes['uyellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;33m"
+    colorcodes['ublue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;34m"
+    colorcodes['upurple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;35m"
+    colorcodes['ucyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;36m"
+    colorcodes['uwhite']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[4;37m"
 
     // High Intensity
-    colorcodes['iblack']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;90m"
-    colorcodes['ired']       = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;91m"
-    colorcodes['igreen']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;92m"
-    colorcodes['iyellow']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;93m"
-    colorcodes['iblue']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;94m"
-    colorcodes['ipurple']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;95m"
-    colorcodes['icyan']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;96m"
-    colorcodes['iwhite']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;97m"
+    colorcodes['iblack']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;90m"
+    colorcodes['ired']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;91m"
+    colorcodes['igreen']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;92m"
+    colorcodes['iyellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;93m"
+    colorcodes['iblue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;94m"
+    colorcodes['ipurple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;95m"
+    colorcodes['icyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;96m"
+    colorcodes['iwhite']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[0;97m"
 
     // Bold High Intensity
-    colorcodes['biblack']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;90m"
-    colorcodes['bired']      = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;91m"
-    colorcodes['bigreen']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;92m"
-    colorcodes['biyellow']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;93m"
-    colorcodes['biblue']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;94m"
-    colorcodes['bipurple']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;95m"
-    colorcodes['bicyan']     = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;96m"
-    colorcodes['biwhite']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;97m"
+    colorcodes['biblack']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;90m"
+    colorcodes['bired']    = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;91m"
+    colorcodes['bigreen']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;92m"
+    colorcodes['biyellow'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;93m"
+    colorcodes['biblue']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;94m"
+    colorcodes['bipurple'] = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;95m"
+    colorcodes['bicyan']   = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;96m"
+    colorcodes['biwhite']  = monochrome_logs ? '' : "\033[1;97m"
 
     return colorcodes
 }
@@ -261,14 +255,15 @@ def attachMultiqcReport(multiqc_report) {
             mqc_report = multiqc_report.getVal()
             if (mqc_report.getClass() == ArrayList && mqc_report.size() >= 1) {
                 if (mqc_report.size() > 1) {
-                    log.warn "[$workflow.manifest.name] Found multiple reports from process 'MULTIQC', will use only one"
+                    log.warn("[${workflow.manifest.name}] Found multiple reports from process 'MULTIQC', will use only one")
                 }
                 mqc_report = mqc_report[0]
             }
         }
-    } catch (all) {
+    }
+    catch (Exception all) {
         if (multiqc_report) {
-            log.warn "[$workflow.manifest.name] Could not attach MultiQC report to summary email"
+            log.warn("[${workflow.manifest.name}] Could not attach MultiQC report to summary email")
         }
     }
     return mqc_report
@@ -280,26 +275,35 @@ def attachMultiqcReport(multiqc_report) {
 def completionEmail(summary_params, email, email_on_fail, plaintext_email, outdir, monochrome_logs=true, multiqc_report=null) {
 
     // Set up the e-mail variables
-    def subject = "[$workflow.manifest.name] Successful: $workflow.runName"
+    def subject = "[${workflow.manifest.name}] Successful: ${workflow.runName}"
     if (!workflow.success) {
-        subject = "[$workflow.manifest.name] FAILED: $workflow.runName"
+        subject = "[${workflow.manifest.name}] FAILED: ${workflow.runName}"
     }
 
     def summary = [:]
-    summary_params.keySet().sort().each { group ->
-        summary << summary_params[group]
-    }
+    summary_params
+        .keySet()
+        .sort()
+        .each { group ->
+            summary << summary_params[group]
+        }
 
     def misc_fields = [:]
     misc_fields['Date Started']              = workflow.start
     misc_fields['Date Completed']            = workflow.complete
     misc_fields['Pipeline script file path'] = workflow.scriptFile
     misc_fields['Pipeline script hash ID']   = workflow.scriptId
-    if (workflow.repository) misc_fields['Pipeline repository Git URL']    = workflow.repository
-    if (workflow.commitId)   misc_fields['Pipeline repository Git Commit'] = workflow.commitId
-    if (workflow.revision)   misc_fields['Pipeline Git branch/tag']        = workflow.revision
-    misc_fields['Nextflow Version']           = workflow.nextflow.version
-    misc_fields['Nextflow Build']             = workflow.nextflow.build
+    if (workflow.repository) {
+        misc_fields['Pipeline repository Git URL']    = workflow.repository
+    }
+    if (workflow.commitId) {
+        misc_fields['Pipeline repository Git Commit'] = workflow.commitId
+    }
+    if (workflow.revision) {
+        misc_fields['Pipeline Git branch/tag']        = workflow.revision
+    }
+    misc_fields['Nextflow Version']          = workflow.nextflow.version
+    misc_fields['Nextflow Build']            = workflow.nextflow.build
     misc_fields['Nextflow Compile Timestamp'] = workflow.nextflow.timestamp
 
     def email_fields = [:]
@@ -337,7 +341,7 @@ def completionEmail(summary_params, email, email_on_fail, plaintext_email, outdi
 
     // Render the sendmail template
     def max_multiqc_email_size = (params.containsKey('max_multiqc_email_size') ? params.max_multiqc_email_size : 0) as nextflow.util.MemoryUnit
-    def smail_fields           = [ email: email_address, subject: subject, email_txt: email_txt, email_html: email_html, projectDir: "${workflow.projectDir}", mqcFile: mqc_report, mqcMaxSize: max_multiqc_email_size.toBytes() ]
+    def smail_fields           = [email: email_address, subject: subject, email_txt: email_txt, email_html: email_html, projectDir: "${workflow.projectDir}", mqcFile: mqc_report, mqcMaxSize: max_multiqc_email_size.toBytes()]
     def sf                     = new File("${workflow.projectDir}/assets/sendmail_template.txt")
     def sendmail_template      = engine.createTemplate(sf).make(smail_fields)
     def sendmail_html          = sendmail_template.toString()
@@ -346,30 +350,32 @@ def completionEmail(summary_params, email, email_on_fail, plaintext_email, outdi
     def colors = logColours(monochrome_logs) as Map
     if (email_address) {
         try {
-            if (plaintext_email) { throw new org.codehaus.groovy.GroovyException('Send plaintext e-mail, not HTML') }
+            if (plaintext_email) {
+new org.codehaus.groovy.GroovyException('Send plaintext e-mail, not HTML')            }
             // Try to send HTML e-mail using sendmail
             def sendmail_tf = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".sendmail_tmp.html")
             sendmail_tf.withWriter { w -> w << sendmail_html }
-            [ 'sendmail', '-t' ].execute() << sendmail_html
-            log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.green} Sent summary e-mail to $email_address (sendmail)-"
-        } catch (all) {
+            ['sendmail', '-t'].execute() << sendmail_html
+            log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.green} Sent summary e-mail to ${email_address} (sendmail)-")
+        }
+        catch (Exception all) {
             // Catch failures and try with plaintext
-            def mail_cmd = [ 'mail', '-s', subject, '--content-type=text/html', email_address ]
+            def mail_cmd = ['mail', '-s', subject, '--content-type=text/html', email_address]
             mail_cmd.execute() << email_html
-            log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.green} Sent summary e-mail to $email_address (mail)-"
+            log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.green} Sent summary e-mail to ${email_address} (mail)-")
         }
     }
 
     // Write summary e-mail HTML to a file
     def output_hf = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".pipeline_report.html")
     output_hf.withWriter { w -> w << email_html }
-    nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(output_hf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/pipeline_report.html");
+    nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(output_hf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/pipeline_report.html")
     output_hf.delete()
 
     // Write summary e-mail TXT to a file
     def output_tf = new File(workflow.launchDir.toString(), ".pipeline_report.txt")
     output_tf.withWriter { w -> w << email_txt }
-    nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(output_tf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/pipeline_report.txt");
+    nextflow.extension.FilesEx.copyTo(output_tf.toPath(), "${outdir}/pipeline_info/pipeline_report.txt")
     output_tf.delete()
 }
 
@@ -380,12 +386,14 @@ def completionSummary(monochrome_logs=true) {
     def colors = logColours(monochrome_logs) as Map
     if (workflow.success) {
         if (workflow.stats.ignoredCount == 0) {
-            log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.green} Pipeline completed successfully${colors.reset}-"
-        } else {
-            log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.yellow} Pipeline completed successfully, but with errored process(es) ${colors.reset}-"
+            log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.green} Pipeline completed successfully${colors.reset}-")
+        }
+        else {
+            log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.yellow} Pipeline completed successfully, but with errored process(es) ${colors.reset}-")
         }
-    } else {
-        log.info "-${colors.purple}[$workflow.manifest.name]${colors.red} Pipeline completed with errors${colors.reset}-"
+    }
+    else {
+        log.info("-${colors.purple}[${workflow.manifest.name}]${colors.red} Pipeline completed with errors${colors.reset}-")
     }
 }
 
@@ -394,21 +402,30 @@ def completionSummary(monochrome_logs=true) {
 //
 def imNotification(summary_params, hook_url) {
     def summary = [:]
-    summary_params.keySet().sort().each { group ->
-        summary << summary_params[group]
-    }
+    summary_params
+        .keySet()
+        .sort()
+        .each { group ->
+            summary << summary_params[group]
+        }
 
     def misc_fields = [:]
-    misc_fields['start']                                = workflow.start
-    misc_fields['complete']                             = workflow.complete
-    misc_fields['scriptfile']                           = workflow.scriptFile
-    misc_fields['scriptid']                             = workflow.scriptId
-    if (workflow.repository) misc_fields['repository']  = workflow.repository
-    if (workflow.commitId)   misc_fields['commitid']    = workflow.commitId
-    if (workflow.revision)   misc_fields['revision']    = workflow.revision
-    misc_fields['nxf_version']                          = workflow.nextflow.version
-    misc_fields['nxf_build']                            = workflow.nextflow.build
-    misc_fields['nxf_timestamp']                        = workflow.nextflow.timestamp
+    misc_fields['start']          = workflow.start
+    misc_fields['complete']       = workflow.complete
+    misc_fields['scriptfile']     = workflow.scriptFile
+    misc_fields['scriptid']       = workflow.scriptId
+    if (workflow.repository) {
+        misc_fields['repository'] = workflow.repository
+    }
+    if (workflow.commitId) {
+        misc_fields['commitid']   = workflow.commitId
+    }
+    if (workflow.revision) {
+        misc_fields['revision']   = workflow.revision
+    }
+    misc_fields['nxf_version']    = workflow.nextflow.version
+    misc_fields['nxf_build']      = workflow.nextflow.build
+    misc_fields['nxf_timestamp']  = workflow.nextflow.timestamp
 
     def msg_fields = [:]
     msg_fields['version']      = getWorkflowVersion()
@@ -433,13 +450,13 @@ def imNotification(summary_params, hook_url) {
     def json_message  = json_template.toString()
 
     // POST
-    def post = new URL(hook_url).openConnection();
+    def post = new URL(hook_url).openConnection()
     post.setRequestMethod("POST")
     post.setDoOutput(true)
     post.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json")
-    post.getOutputStream().write(json_message.getBytes("UTF-8"));
-    def postRC = post.getResponseCode();
-    if (! postRC.equals(200)) {
-        log.warn(post.getErrorStream().getText());
+    post.getOutputStream().write(json_message.getBytes("UTF-8"))
+    def postRC = post.getResponseCode()
+    if (!postRC.equals(200)) {
+        log.warn(post.getErrorStream().getText())
     }
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4994303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//
+// Subworkflow that uses the nf-schema plugin to validate parameters and render the parameter summary
+//
+
+include { paramsSummaryLog   } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+include { validateParameters } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
+
+workflow UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN {
+
+    take:
+    input_workflow      // workflow: the workflow object used by nf-schema to get metadata from the workflow
+    validate_params     // boolean:  validate the parameters
+    parameters_schema   // string:   path to the parameters JSON schema.
+                        //           this has to be the same as the schema given to `validation.parametersSchema`
+                        //           when this input is empty it will automatically use the configured schema or
+                        //           "${projectDir}/nextflow_schema.json" as default. This input should not be empty
+                        //           for meta pipelines
+
+    main:
+
+    //
+    // Print parameter summary to stdout. This will display the parameters
+    // that differ from the default given in the JSON schema
+    //
+    if(parameters_schema) {
+        log.info paramsSummaryLog(input_workflow, parameters_schema:parameters_schema)
+    } else {
+        log.info paramsSummaryLog(input_workflow)
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Validate the parameters using nextflow_schema.json or the schema
+    // given via the validation.parametersSchema configuration option
+    //
+    if(validate_params) {
+        if(parameters_schema) {
+            validateParameters(parameters_schema:parameters_schema)
+        } else {
+            validateParameters()
+        }
+    }
+
+    emit:
+    dummy_emit = true
+}
+
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/meta.yml b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/meta.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7d9f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/meta.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/subworkflows/yaml-schema.json
+name: "utils_nfschema_plugin"
+description: Run nf-schema to validate parameters and create a summary of changed parameters
+keywords:
+  - validation
+  - JSON schema
+  - plugin
+  - parameters
+  - summary
+components: []
+input:
+  - input_workflow:
+      type: object
+      description: |
+        The workflow object of the used pipeline.
+        This object contains meta data used to create the params summary log
+  - validate_params:
+      type: boolean
+      description: Validate the parameters and error if invalid.
+  - parameters_schema:
+      type: string
+      description: |
+        Path to the parameters JSON schema.
+        This has to be the same as the schema given to the `validation.parametersSchema` config
+        option. When this input is empty it will automatically use the configured schema or
+        "${projectDir}/nextflow_schema.json" as default. The schema should not be given in this way
+        for meta pipelines.
+output:
+  - dummy_emit:
+      type: boolean
+      description: Dummy emit to make nf-core subworkflows lint happy
+authors:
+  - "@nvnieuwk"
+maintainers:
+  - "@nvnieuwk"
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..842dc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+nextflow_workflow {
+
+    name "Test Subworkflow UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN"
+    script "../main.nf"
+    workflow "UTILS_NFSCHEMA_PLUGIN"
+
+    tag "subworkflows"
+    tag "subworkflows_nfcore"
+    tag "subworkflows/utils_nfschema_plugin"
+    tag "plugin/nf-schema"
+
+    config "./nextflow.config"
+
+    test("Should run nothing") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = false
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = ""
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.success }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    test("Should validate params") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+                outdir      = 1
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = true
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = ""
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.failed },
+                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('ERROR ~ Validation of pipeline parameters failed!') } }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    test("Should run nothing - custom schema") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = false
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.success }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    test("Should validate params - custom schema") {
+
+        when {
+
+            params {
+                test_data   = ''
+                outdir      = 1
+            }
+
+            workflow {
+                """
+                validate_params = true
+                input[0] = workflow
+                input[1] = validate_params
+                input[2] = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+                """
+            }
+        }
+
+        then {
+            assertAll(
+                { assert workflow.failed },
+                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('ERROR ~ Validation of pipeline parameters failed!') } }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0907ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow.config
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+plugins {
+    id "nf-schema@2.1.0"
+}
+
+validation {
+    parametersSchema = "${projectDir}/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json"
+    monochromeLogs = true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
similarity index 95%
rename from subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
rename to subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
index 7626c1c..331e0d2 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfschema_plugin/tests/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
-    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
     "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/./master/nextflow_schema.json",
     "title": ". pipeline parameters",
     "description": "",
     "type": "object",
-    "definitions": {
+    "$defs": {
         "input_output_options": {
             "title": "Input/output options",
             "type": "object",
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@
     },
     "allOf": [
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/input_output_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/input_output_options"
         },
         {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/generic_options"
+            "$ref": "#/$defs/generic_options"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/main.nf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2585b65..0000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/main.nf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-//
-// Subworkflow that uses the nf-validation plugin to render help text and parameter summary
-//
-
-/*
-========================================================================================
-    IMPORT NF-VALIDATION PLUGIN
-========================================================================================
-*/
-
-include { paramsHelp         } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-include { paramsSummaryLog   } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-include { validateParameters } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
-
-/*
-========================================================================================
-    SUBWORKFLOW DEFINITION
-========================================================================================
-*/
-
-workflow UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN {
-
-    take:
-    print_help       // boolean: print help
-    workflow_command //  string: default commmand used to run pipeline
-    pre_help_text    //  string: string to be printed before help text and summary log
-    post_help_text   //  string: string to be printed after help text and summary log
-    validate_params  // boolean: validate parameters
-    schema_filename  //    path: JSON schema file, null to use default value
-
-    main:
-
-    log.debug "Using schema file: ${schema_filename}"
-
-    // Default values for strings
-    pre_help_text    = pre_help_text    ?: ''
-    post_help_text   = post_help_text   ?: ''
-    workflow_command = workflow_command ?: ''
-
-    //
-    // Print help message if needed
-    //
-    if (print_help) {
-        log.info pre_help_text + paramsHelp(workflow_command, parameters_schema: schema_filename) + post_help_text
-        System.exit(0)
-    }
-
-    //
-    // Print parameter summary to stdout
-    //
-    log.info pre_help_text + paramsSummaryLog(workflow, parameters_schema: schema_filename) + post_help_text
-
-    //
-    // Validate parameters relative to the parameter JSON schema
-    //
-    if (validate_params){
-        validateParameters(parameters_schema: schema_filename)
-    }
-
-    emit:
-    dummy_emit = true
-}
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/meta.yml b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/meta.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d4a6b0..0000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/meta.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/modules/master/subworkflows/yaml-schema.json
-name: "UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN"
-description: Use nf-validation to initiate and validate a pipeline
-keywords:
-  - utility
-  - pipeline
-  - initialise
-  - validation
-components: []
-input:
-  - print_help:
-      type: boolean
-      description: |
-        Print help message and exit
-  - workflow_command:
-      type: string
-      description: |
-        The command to run the workflow e.g. "nextflow run main.nf"
-  - pre_help_text:
-      type: string
-      description: |
-        Text to print before the help message
-  - post_help_text:
-      type: string
-      description: |
-        Text to print after the help message
-  - validate_params:
-      type: boolean
-      description: |
-        Validate the parameters and error if invalid.
-  - schema_filename:
-      type: string
-      description: |
-        The filename of the schema to validate against.
-output:
-  - dummy_emit:
-      type: boolean
-      description: |
-        Dummy emit to make nf-core subworkflows lint happy
-authors:
-  - "@adamrtalbot"
-maintainers:
-  - "@adamrtalbot"
-  - "@maxulysse"
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/main.nf.test b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
deleted file mode 100644
index 5784a33..0000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/main.nf.test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-nextflow_workflow {
-
-    name "Test Workflow UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN"
-    script "../main.nf"
-    workflow "UTILS_NFVALIDATION_PLUGIN"
-    tag "subworkflows"
-    tag "subworkflows_nfcore"
-    tag "plugin/nf-validation"
-    tag "'plugin/nf-validation'"
-    tag "utils_nfvalidation_plugin"
-    tag "subworkflows/utils_nfvalidation_plugin"
-
-    test("Should run nothing") {
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-            }
-
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = false
-                workflow_command = null
-                pre_help_text    = null
-                post_help_text   = null
-                validate_params  = false
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.success }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    test("Should run help") {
-
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-            }
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = true
-                workflow_command = null
-                pre_help_text    = null
-                post_help_text   = null
-                validate_params  = false
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.success },
-                { assert workflow.exitStatus == 0 },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('Input/output options') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('--outdir') } }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    test("Should run help with command") {
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-            }
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = true
-                workflow_command = "nextflow run noorg/doesntexist"
-                pre_help_text    = null
-                post_help_text   = null
-                validate_params  = false
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.success },
-                { assert workflow.exitStatus == 0 },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('nextflow run noorg/doesntexist') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('Input/output options') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('--outdir') } }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    test("Should run help with extra text") {
-
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-            }
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = true
-                workflow_command = "nextflow run noorg/doesntexist"
-                pre_help_text    = "pre-help-text"
-                post_help_text   = "post-help-text"
-                validate_params  = false
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.success },
-                { assert workflow.exitStatus == 0 },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('pre-help-text') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('nextflow run noorg/doesntexist') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('Input/output options') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('--outdir') } },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('post-help-text') } }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-
-    test("Should validate params") {
-
-        when {
-
-            params {
-                monochrome_logs = true
-                test_data       = ''
-                outdir          = 1
-            }
-            workflow {
-                """
-                help             = false
-                workflow_command = null
-                pre_help_text    = null
-                post_help_text   = null
-                validate_params  = true
-                schema_filename  = "$moduleTestDir/nextflow_schema.json"
-
-                input[0] = help
-                input[1] = workflow_command
-                input[2] = pre_help_text
-                input[3] = post_help_text
-                input[4] = validate_params
-                input[5] = schema_filename
-                """
-            }
-        }
-
-        then {
-            assertAll(
-                { assert workflow.failed },
-                { assert workflow.stdout.any { it.contains('ERROR ~ ERROR: Validation of pipeline parameters failed!') } }
-            )
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/tags.yml b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/tags.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b1cff..0000000
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/tests/tags.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-subworkflows/utils_nfvalidation_plugin:
-  - subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfvalidation_plugin/**
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/test_spaceranger_ffpe_v1.nf.test.snap b/tests/pipeline/test_spaceranger_ffpe_v1.nf.test.snap
index 7b91971..c08cf37 100644
--- a/tests/pipeline/test_spaceranger_ffpe_v1.nf.test.snap
+++ b/tests/pipeline/test_spaceranger_ffpe_v1.nf.test.snap
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "software_versions": {
-        "content": [
-            "{CUSTOM_DUMPSOFTWAREVERSIONS={python=3.11.7, yaml=5.4.1}, FASTQC={fastqc=0.12.1}, SPACERANGER_COUNT={spaceranger=2.1.0}, SPACERANGER_UNTAR_REFERENCE={untar=1.34}, CLUSTERING={quarto=1.3.302, scanpy=1.9.3}, QUALITY_CONTROLS={quarto=1.3.302, scanpy=1.9.3}, READ_DATA={scanpy=1.7.2}, SPATIAL_DE={SpatialDE=1.1.3, leidenalg=0.9.1, quarto=1.3.302, scanpy=1.9.3}, Workflow={nf-core/spatialvi=1.0dev}}"
-        ],
-        "meta": {
-            "nf-test": "0.8.4",
-            "nextflow": "23.10.1"
-        },
-        "timestamp": "2024-01-15T13:44:40.789425"
-    },
     "nf_core_pipeline_software_mqc_versions.yml": {
         "content": [
             "{CLUSTERING={quarto=1.3.450, papermill=null}, FASTQC={fastqc=0.12.1}, QUALITY_CONTROLS={quarto=1.3.450, papermill=null}, READ_DATA={spatialdata_io=0.1.2}, SPACERANGER_COUNT={spaceranger=3.0.0}, SPACERANGER_UNTAR_REFERENCE={untar=1.34}, SPATIALLY_VARIABLE_GENES={quarto=1.3.450, papermill=null}, UNTAR_SPACERANGER_INPUT={untar=1.34}, Workflow={nf-core/spatialvi=v1.0dev}}"
diff --git a/workflows/spatialvi.nf b/workflows/spatialvi.nf
index 9436096..f7262c6 100644
--- a/workflows/spatialvi.nf
+++ b/workflows/spatialvi.nf
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 include { READ_DATA              } from '../modules/local/read_data'
 include { FASTQC                 } from '../modules/nf-core/fastqc/main'
 include { MULTIQC                } from '../modules/nf-core/multiqc/main'
-include { paramsSummaryMap       } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
 include { INPUT_CHECK            } from '../subworkflows/local/input_check'
 include { SPACERANGER            } from '../subworkflows/local/spaceranger'
 include { DOWNSTREAM             } from '../subworkflows/local/downstream'
 include { paramsSummaryMultiqc   } from '../subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
+include { paramsSummaryMap       } from 'plugin/nf-schema'
 include { softwareVersionsToYAML } from '../subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline'
 include { methodsDescriptionText } from '../subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_spatialvi_pipeline'
 
@@ -89,11 +89,12 @@ workflow SPATIALVI {
     softwareVersionsToYAML(ch_versions)
         .collectFile(
             storeDir: "${params.outdir}/pipeline_info",
-            name: 'nf_core_pipeline_software_mqc_versions.yml',
+            name: 'nf_core_'  + 'pipeline_software_' +  'mqc_'  + 'versions.yml',
             sort: true,
             newLine: true
         ).set { ch_collated_versions }
 
+
     //
     // MODULE: MultiQC
     //
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ workflow SPATIALVI {
     summary_params      = paramsSummaryMap(
         workflow, parameters_schema: "nextflow_schema.json")
     ch_workflow_summary = Channel.value(paramsSummaryMultiqc(summary_params))
-
+    ch_multiqc_files = ch_multiqc_files.mix(
+        ch_workflow_summary.collectFile(name: 'workflow_summary_mqc.yaml'))
     ch_multiqc_custom_methods_description = params.multiqc_methods_description ?
         file(params.multiqc_methods_description, checkIfExists: true) :
         file("$projectDir/assets/methods_description_template.yml", checkIfExists: true)
@@ -135,12 +137,12 @@ workflow SPATIALVI {
         ch_multiqc_custom_config.toList(),
         ch_multiqc_logo.toList(),
         [],
-        [],
+        []
     )
 
-    emit:
-    multiqc_report = MULTIQC.out.report.toList() // channel: /path/to/multiqc_report.html
+    emit:multiqc_report = MULTIQC.out.report.toList() // channel: /path/to/multiqc_report.html
     versions       = ch_versions                 // channel: [ path(versions.yml) ]
+
 }
 
 /*