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-A wikipedia 📖 for venom proteins: upload, search, organize, visualize, and download protein files all open source.
+A wikipedia for venom proteins: upload, search, organize, visualize, and download protein files all open source.
 
-🤝 In collaboration with the 🧪[Venom Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Laboratory](https://venombiochemistrylab.weebly.com/) at Oregon State University 🦫.
+In collaboration with the [Venom Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Laboratory](https://venombiochemistrylab.weebly.com/) at Oregon State University 🦫.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > -   [Getting Started](#getting-started) to quickly run the docker container locally