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-fair-research-login
-datajoint
-six
-scipy
-scikit-image
-python-dotenv
-datajoint
-element-calcium-imaging @ git+https://github.com/BrainCOGS/element-calcium-imaging.git
-element-array-ephys @ git+https://github.com/BrainCOGS/element-array-ephys.git
-element-interface @ git+https://github.com/datajoint/element-interface.git
-#ecephys_spike_sorting @ git+https://github.com/AllenInstitute/ecephys_spike_sorting.git
-ecephys_spike_sorting @ git+https://github.com/jenniferColonell/ecephys_spike_sorting.git
-scanreader @ git+https://github.com/atlab/scanreader.git
-pandas
-numpy
-astropy
-jupyterlab
-bitstring
-suite2p
-cellpose
-scp
-paramiko
-psutil
-tifffile
-tables
-openpyxl
-# matlab
-# matlabengineforpython