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 PyDESeq2 is a living project and any contributions are welcome! Feel free to open new PRs or issues.
 
+## Credits
+
+PyDESeq2 has been originally developed by Boris Muzellec, Maria Teleńczuk, Vincent Cabeli, and Mathieu Andreux and funded by [Owkin](https://www.owkin.com/).
+In Dec 2025, the maintenance of PyDESeq2 was taken over by the scverse community.
+
 ## Citing this work
 
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