diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
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-name: beakerx
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-dependencies:
-  - numpy
diff --git a/binder/old/apt.txt b/binder/old/apt.txt
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-htop
-vim
-curl
-wget
-zip
-lsof
-nodejs
-maven
-openjdk-8-jdk
diff --git a/binder/old/postBuild b/binder/old/postBuild
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-###############################################################
-#          jupyter/jupyterlab extensions/kernels              #
-###############################################################
-
-# Beaker installation and extension setup
-beakerx install
-jupyter labextension install @jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager --no-build 
-jupyter labextension install beakerx-jupyterlab --no-build 
-
-# Table of contents Jupyter Lab Extension
-jupyter labextension install @jupyterlab/toc --no-build 
-
-# Git Jupyter/Lab extension 
-jupyter labextension install @jupyterlab/git --no-build 
-jupyter serverextension enable --py jupyterlab_git
-
-# Github Jupyter Lab extension
-jupyter labextension install @jupyterlab/github --no-build 
-
-# Building everything up for jupyterlab extensions
-jupyter lab build
diff --git a/binder/old/requirements.txt b/binder/old/requirements.txt
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-# sos - script of scripts (multiple kernels)
-sos
-sos-notebook
-
-# beakerx (kernels: java, clojure, groovy, scala, kotlin, sql) and dependencies
-beakerx
-py4j
-
-# jupyter/jupyterlab plugins/extensions
-jupyterlab
-jupyter_contrib_nbextensions
-jupyterlab_launcher
-jupyterlab-git
-ipywidgets
-
-# data structures and data analysis 
-pandas
-numpy
-
-# data viz
-matplotlib
-plotly
-chart-studio
-seaborn
diff --git a/binder/old/start b/binder/old/start
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# DO NOT REMOVE(!) 
-# Here is why: https://mybinder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config_files.html#start-run-code-before-the-user-sessions-starts
-exec "$@"
diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
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-conda install beakerx
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diff --git a/binder/requirements.txt b/binder/requirements.txt
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+pandas
+matplotlib
+scipy
+statsmodels
+networkx
+numpy
+gseapy
+iplantuml
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