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 | __License__ | [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) | __Python__ | [![Python](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/biochatter)](https://www.python.org) |
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-| __Development__ | [![Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/active.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#active) [![Code style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) | __Contributions__ | [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](http://makeapullrequest.com) [![Contributor Covenant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-2.1-4baaaa.svg)](CONTRIBUTING.md) |
+| __Development__ | [![Project Status: Active – The project has reached a stable, usable state and is being actively developed.](https://www.repostatus.org/badges/latest/active.svg)](https://www.repostatus.org/#active) [![Code style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) [![Ruff](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astral-sh/ruff/main/assets/badge/v2.json)](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff) | __Contributions__ | [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](http://makeapullrequest.com) [![Contributor Covenant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-2.1-4baaaa.svg)](CONTRIBUTING.md) |
 
 ## Description
 
-Generative AI models have shown tremendous usefulness in increasing
-accessibility and automation of a wide range of tasks. Yet, their application to
-the biomedical domain is still limited, in part due to the lack of a common
-framework for deploying, testing, and evaluating the diverse models and
-auxiliary technologies that are needed.  This repository contains the
-`biochatter` Python package, a generic backend library for the connection of
-biomedical applications to conversational AI.
+🤖 BioChatter is a community-driven Python library that connects biomedical
+applications to conversational AI, making it easy to leverage generative AI
+models in the biomedical domain.
 
-The library is described in [this preprint](https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.06488) and
-used in various demo applications for showcasing its use:
+### 🌟 Key Features
+- Generic backend for biomedical AI applications
+- Seamless integration with multiple LLM providers
+- Native connection to BioCypher knowledge graphs
+- Extensive testing and evaluation framework
+- Living benchmark of specific biomedical applications
 
-- a simple Python-based frontend called [BioChatter
-Light](https://light.biochatter.org), which we develop at
-https://github.com/biocypher/biochatter-light;
+### 🚀 Demo Applications and Utilities
 
-- an advanced Next.js-based frontend called [BioChatter
-Next](https://next.biochatter.org), which we develop at
-https://github.com/biocypher/biochatter-next;
+- [BioChatter Light](https://light.biochatter.org) - Simple Python frontend
+([repo](https://github.com/biocypher/biochatter-light))
 
-- a RESTful API server for use by the Next frontend (and any other REST-based
-application) at https://github.com/biocypher/biochatter-server.
+- [BioChatter Next](https://next.biochatter.org) - Advanced Next.js frontend
+([repo](https://github.com/biocypher/biochatter-next))
 
-BioChatter is part of the [BioCypher](https://github.com/biocypher) ecosystem,
-connecting natively to BioCypher knowledge graphs. The BioChatter paper is
-being written [here](https://github.com/biocypher/biochatter-paper).
+- [BioChatter Server](https://github.com/biocypher/biochatter-server) - RESTful
+API server
+
+📖 Learn more in our [paper](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02534-3).
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -80,16 +78,7 @@ please join our community at https://biocypher.zulipchat.com!
 Check out [this repository](https://github.com/csbl-br/awesome-compbio-chatgpt)
 for more info on computational biology usage of large language models.
 
-## Troubleshooting
-
-If you're on Apple Silicon, you may encounter issues with the `grpcio`
-dependency (`grpc` library, which is used in `pymilvus`). If so, try to install
-the binary from source after removing the installed package from the virtual
-environment from
-[here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72620996/apple-m1-symbol-not-found-cfrelease-while-running-python-app):
+## Citation
 
-```bash
-pip uninstall grpcio
-export GRPC_PYTHON_LDFLAGS=" -framework CoreFoundation"
-pip install grpcio==1.53.0 --no-binary :all:
-```
+If you use BioChatter in your work, please cite our
+[paper](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02534-3).