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+Quick start
+System requirements:
+	Linux/Unix
+	Python (>= 3.7)
+Install Scanpy through conda:
+The Miniconda3 package management system can be used to harmonize all of the software packages. We can install Scanpy using the conda environment.
+Use the following commands to install Minicoda3£º
+$ wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
+$ bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
+
+We can create an isolated environment for Scanpy and install through the following commands:
+$ conda config --add channels defaults
+$ conda config --add channels bioconda
+$ conda config --add channels conda-forge
+$ conda create -n scanpy_env python=3.7
+$ conda activate scanpy_env
+$ conda install seaborn scikit-learn statsmodels numba pytables
+$ conda install -c conda-forge python-igraph leidenalg
+$ conda install -c bioconda scanpy
+$ conda install -c anaconda ipykernel
+
+Clone the repository:
+$ git clone git@gitlab.rc.uab.edu:attis2021/single_cell_rnaseq_scanpy.git
+
+Tutorial:
+A more detailed tutorial of how to analyze PBMC data use Scanpy can be found in file scanpy_pbmc_tutorial.ipynb.
+