diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index dd9ffa538..72dda289a 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ indent_style = unset
 [/assets/email*]
 indent_size = unset
 
-# ignore Readme
-[README.md]
-indent_style = unset
-
-# ignore python
+# ignore python and markdown
 [*.{py,md}]
 indent_style = unset
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 6e6e8ffe3..e3148c433 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Learn more about contributing: [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nf-core/quan
 - [ ] If you've added a new tool - have you followed the pipeline conventions in the [contribution docs](https://github.com/nf-core/quantms/tree/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 - [ ] If necessary, also make a PR on the nf-core/quantms _branch_ on the [nf-core/test-datasets](https://github.com/nf-core/test-datasets) repository.
 - [ ] Make sure your code lints (`nf-core lint`).
-- [ ] Ensure the test suite passes (`nf-test test main.nf.test -profile test,docker`).
+- [ ] Ensure the test suite passes (`nextflow run . -profile test,docker --outdir <OUTDIR>`).
 - [ ] Check for unexpected warnings in debug mode (`nextflow run . -profile debug,test,docker --outdir <OUTDIR>`).
 - [ ] Usage Documentation in `docs/usage.md` is updated.
 - [ ] Output Documentation in `docs/output.md` is updated.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
index 8d04e9b7e..6aafc37a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awsfulltest.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  run-tower:
+  run-platform:
     name: Run AWS full tests
     if: github.repository == 'nf-core/quantms'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         mode: ["lfq", "tmt", "dia"]
     steps:
-      - name: Launch workflow via tower
+      - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
         uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
         # TODO nf-core: You can customise AWS full pipeline tests as required
         # Add full size test data (but still relatively small datasets for few samples)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: Tower debug log file
+          name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |
-            tower_action_*.log
-            tower_action_*.json
+            seqera_platform_action_*.log
+            seqera_platform_action_*.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
index 7d528d382..3a145533b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/awstest.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ name: nf-core AWS test
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
-  run-tower:
+  run-platform:
     name: Run AWS tests
     if: github.repository == 'nf-core/quantms'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # Launch workflow using Tower CLI tool action
-      - name: Launch workflow via tower
+      # Launch workflow using Seqera Platform CLI tool action
+      - name: Launch workflow via Seqera Platform
         uses: seqeralabs/action-tower-launch@v2
         with:
           workspace_id: ${{ secrets.TOWER_WORKSPACE_ID }}
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: Tower debug log file
+          name: Seqera Platform debug log file
           path: |
-            tower_action_*.log
-            tower_action_*.json
+            seqera_platform_action_*.log
+            seqera_platform_action_*.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6522ff26c..59951b36a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ jobs:
             exec_profile: conda
     steps:
       - name: Check out pipeline code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4
 
       - name: Install Nextflow
-        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v1
+        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
         with:
           version: "${{ matrix.NXF_VER }}"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index 08622fd51..2d20d6442 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types:
       - opened
+      - edited
+      - synchronize
     branches:
       - master
   pull_request_target:
@@ -28,11 +30,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Install Nextflow
-        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v1
+        uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5
+      - name: Disk space cleanup
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.12"
           architecture: "x64"
       - uses: eWaterCycle/setup-singularity@931d4e31109e875b13309ae1d07c70ca8fbc8537 # v7
         with:
@@ -65,8 +70,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Inspect download
         run: tree ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}
 
-      - name: Run the downloaded pipeline
+      - name: Run the downloaded pipeline (stub)
+        id: stub_run_pipeline
+        continue-on-error: true
         env:
           NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./
           NXF_SINGULARITY_HOME_MOUNT: true
         run: nextflow run ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}/$( sed 's/\W/_/g' <<< ${{ env.REPO_BRANCH }}) -stub -profile test,singularity --outdir ./results
+      - name: Run the downloaded pipeline (stub run not supported)
+        id: run_pipeline
+        if: ${{ job.steps.stub_run_pipeline.status == failure() }}
+        env:
+          NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./
+          NXF_SINGULARITY_HOME_MOUNT: true
+        run: nextflow run ./${{ env.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}/$( sed 's/\W/_/g' <<< ${{ env.REPO_BRANCH }}) -profile test,singularity --outdir ./results
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fix-linting.yml b/.github/workflows/fix-linting.yml
index 4549bf44c..0b0d5e658 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fix-linting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fix-linting.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Use the @nf-core-bot token to check out so we can push later
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.nf_core_bot_auth_token }}
 
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.nf_core_bot_auth_token }}
 
       # Install and run pre-commit
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install pre-commit
         run: pip install pre-commit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
index d468aeaae..03ecfcf72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-announcements.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: get topics and convert to hashtags
         id: get_topics
         run: |
-          curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "topics=$(curl -s https://nf-co.re/pipelines.json | jq -r '.remote_workflows[] | select(.full_name == "${{ github.repository }}") | .topics[]' | awk '{print "#"$0}' | tr '\n' ' ')"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - uses: rzr/fediverse-action@master
         with:
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ jobs:
 
             Please see the changelog: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
 
-            ${{ steps.get_topics.outputs.GITHUB_OUTPUT }} #nfcore #openscience #nextflow #bioinformatics
+            ${{ steps.get_topics.outputs.topics }} #nfcore #openscience #nextflow #bioinformatics
 
   send-tweet:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index af57081f6..4dc0f1dcd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ repos:
     rev: "v3.1.0"
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - prettier@3.2.5
+
   - repo: https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker.python
     rev: "2.7.3"
     hooks:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec8f21515..0d1110f51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [![run with conda](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-conda-3EB049?labelColor=000000&logo=anaconda)](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/)
 [![run with docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-docker-0db7ed?labelColor=000000&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)
 [![run with singularity](https://img.shields.io/badge/run%20with-singularity-1d355c.svg?labelColor=000000)](https://sylabs.io/docs/)
-[![Launch on Seqera Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Launch%20%F0%9F%9A%80-Seqera%20Platform-%234256e7)](https://tower.nf/launch?pipeline=https://github.com/nf-core/quantms)
+[![Launch on Seqera Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Launch%20%F0%9F%9A%80-Seqera%20Platform-%234256e7)](https://cloud.seqera.io/launch?pipeline=https://github.com/nf-core/quantms)
 
 [![Get help on Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-nf--core%20%23quantms-4A154B?labelColor=000000&logo=slack)](https://nfcore.slack.com/channels/quantms)[![Follow on Twitter](https://img.shields.io/badge/twitter-%40nf__core-1DA1F2?labelColor=000000&logo=twitter)](https://twitter.com/nf_core)[![Follow on Mastodon](https://img.shields.io/badge/mastodon-nf__core-6364ff?labelColor=FFFFFF&logo=mastodon)](https://mstdn.science/@nf_core)[![Watch on YouTube](https://img.shields.io/badge/youtube-nf--core-FF0000?labelColor=000000&logo=youtube)](https://www.youtube.com/c/nf-core)
 
diff --git a/assets/nf-core-quantms_logo_light.png b/assets/nf-core-quantms_logo_light.png
index 66c6e9d1b..e5cd4222a 100644
Binary files a/assets/nf-core-quantms_logo_light.png and b/assets/nf-core-quantms_logo_light.png differ
diff --git a/conf/base.config b/conf/base.config
index 7648d2cdb..709b99274 100644
--- a/conf/base.config
+++ b/conf/base.config
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ process {
         errorStrategy = 'retry'
         maxRetries    = 2
     }
-    withName:CUSTOM_DUMPSOFTWAREVERSIONS {
-        cache = false
-    }
 }
 
 params {
diff --git a/conf/test.config b/conf/test.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/conf/test_full.config b/conf/test_full.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/docs/images/nf-core-quantms_logo_dark.png b/docs/images/nf-core-quantms_logo_dark.png
index 11938c136..8984574e2 100644
Binary files a/docs/images/nf-core-quantms_logo_dark.png and b/docs/images/nf-core-quantms_logo_dark.png differ
diff --git a/docs/images/nf-core-quantms_logo_light.png b/docs/images/nf-core-quantms_logo_light.png
index 83c08f470..222884d3b 100644
Binary files a/docs/images/nf-core-quantms_logo_light.png and b/docs/images/nf-core-quantms_logo_light.png differ
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index a516d1647..9bb831788 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ If `-profile` is not specified, the pipeline will run locally and expect all sof
   - A generic configuration profile to be used with [Charliecloud](https://hpc.github.io/charliecloud/)
 - `apptainer`
   - A generic configuration profile to be used with [Apptainer](https://apptainer.org/)
+- `wave`
+  - A generic configuration profile to enable [Wave](https://seqera.io/wave/) containers. Use together with one of the above (requires Nextflow ` 24.03.0-edge` or later).
 - `conda`
   - A generic configuration profile to be used with [Conda](https://conda.io/docs/). Please only use Conda as a last resort i.e. when it's not possible to run the pipeline with Docker, Singularity, Podman, Shifter, Charliecloud, or Apptainer.
 
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/fastqc/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/fastqc/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index dc45c9d47..8cf549ea3 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -301,96 +301,104 @@ try {
 
 profiles {
     debug {
-        dumpHashes             = true
-        process.beforeScript   = 'echo $HOSTNAME'
-        cleanup                = false
+        dumpHashes              = true
+        process.beforeScript    = 'echo $HOSTNAME'
+        cleanup                 = false
         nextflow.enable.configProcessNamesValidation = true
     }
     conda {
-        conda.enabled          = true
-        docker.enabled         = false
-        singularity.enabled    = false
-        podman.enabled         = false
-        shifter.enabled        = false
-        charliecloud.enabled   = false
-        channels               = ['conda-forge', 'bioconda', 'defaults']
-        apptainer.enabled      = false
+        conda.enabled           = true
+        docker.enabled          = false
+        singularity.enabled     = false
+        podman.enabled          = false
+        shifter.enabled         = false
+        charliecloud.enabled    = false
+        conda.channels          = ['conda-forge', 'bioconda', 'defaults']
+        apptainer.enabled       = false
     }
     mamba {
-        conda.enabled          = true
-        conda.useMamba         = true
+        conda.enabled           = true
+        conda.useMamba          = true
+        conda.createTimeout    = '1 h'
+        docker.enabled          = false
+        singularity.enabled     = false
+        podman.enabled          = false
+        shifter.enabled         = false
+        charliecloud.enabled    = false
+        apptainer.enabled       = false
         conda.createTimeout    = '1 h'
-        docker.enabled         = false
-        singularity.enabled    = false
-        podman.enabled         = false
-        shifter.enabled        = false
-        charliecloud.enabled   = false
-        apptainer.enabled      = false
     }
     docker {
-        docker.enabled         = true
-        conda.enabled          = false
-        singularity.enabled    = false
-        podman.enabled         = false
-        shifter.enabled        = false
-        charliecloud.enabled   = false
-        apptainer.enabled      = false
-        docker.runOptions      = '-u $(id -u):$(id -g)'
+        docker.enabled          = true
+        conda.enabled           = false
+        singularity.enabled     = false
+        podman.enabled          = false
+        shifter.enabled         = false
+        charliecloud.enabled    = false
+        apptainer.enabled       = false
+        docker.runOptions       = '-u $(id -u):$(id -g)'
     }
     arm {
-        docker.runOptions      = '-u $(id -u):$(id -g) --platform=linux/amd64'
+        docker.runOptions       = '-u $(id -u):$(id -g) --platform=linux/amd64'
     }
     singularity {
-        singularity.enabled    = true
-        singularity.autoMounts = true
-        conda.enabled          = false
-        docker.enabled         = false
-        podman.enabled         = false
-        shifter.enabled        = false
-        charliecloud.enabled   = false
-        apptainer.enabled      = false
+        singularity.enabled     = true
+        singularity.autoMounts  = true
+        conda.enabled           = false
+        docker.enabled          = false
+        podman.enabled          = false
+        shifter.enabled         = false
+        charliecloud.enabled    = false
+        apptainer.enabled       = false
     }
     podman {
-        podman.enabled         = true
-        conda.enabled          = false
-        docker.enabled         = false
-        singularity.enabled    = false
-        shifter.enabled        = false
-        charliecloud.enabled   = false
-        apptainer.enabled      = false
+        podman.enabled          = true
+        conda.enabled           = false
+        docker.enabled          = false
+        singularity.enabled     = false
+        shifter.enabled         = false
+        charliecloud.enabled    = false
+        apptainer.enabled       = false
     }
     shifter {
-        shifter.enabled        = true
-        conda.enabled          = false
-        docker.enabled         = false
-        singularity.enabled    = false
-        podman.enabled         = false
-        charliecloud.enabled   = false
-        apptainer.enabled      = false
+        shifter.enabled         = true
+        conda.enabled           = false
+        docker.enabled          = false
+        singularity.enabled     = false
+        podman.enabled          = false
+        charliecloud.enabled    = false
+        apptainer.enabled       = false
     }
     charliecloud {
-        charliecloud.enabled   = true
-        conda.enabled          = false
-        docker.enabled         = false
-        singularity.enabled    = false
-        podman.enabled         = false
-        shifter.enabled        = false
-        apptainer.enabled      = false
+        charliecloud.enabled    = true
+        conda.enabled           = false
+        docker.enabled          = false
+        singularity.enabled     = false
+        podman.enabled          = false
+        shifter.enabled         = false
+        apptainer.enabled       = false
     }
     apptainer {
-        apptainer.enabled      = true
-        apptainer.autoMounts   = true
-        conda.enabled          = false
-        docker.enabled         = false
-        singularity.enabled    = false
-        podman.enabled         = false
-        shifter.enabled        = false
-        charliecloud.enabled   = false
+        apptainer.enabled       = true
+        apptainer.autoMounts    = true
+        conda.enabled           = false
+        docker.enabled          = false
+        singularity.enabled     = false
+        podman.enabled          = false
+        shifter.enabled         = false
+        charliecloud.enabled    = false
+    }
+    wave {
+        apptainer.ociAutoPull   = true
+        singularity.ociAutoPull = true
+        wave.enabled            = true
+        wave.freeze             = true
+        wave.strategy           = 'conda,container'
     }
     gitpod {
-        executor.name          = 'local'
-        executor.cpus          = 4
-        executor.memory        = 8.GB
+        executor.name           = 'local'
+        executor.cpus           = 4
+        executor.memory         = 8.GB
     }
     micromamba {
         conda.enabled          = true
diff --git a/nextflow_schema.json b/nextflow_schema.json
index c000d072c..4b66f1f6a 100644
--- a/nextflow_schema.json
+++ b/nextflow_schema.json
@@ -1435,6 +1435,13 @@
                     "description": "Validation of parameters in lenient more.",
                     "hidden": true,
                     "help_text": "Allows string values that are parseable as numbers or booleans. For further information see [JSONSchema docs](https://github.com/everit-org/json-schema#lenient-mode)."
+                },
+                "pipelines_testdata_base_path": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "fa_icon": "far fa-check-circle",
+                    "description": "Base URL or local path to location of pipeline test dataset files",
+                    "default": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/test-datasets/",
+                    "hidden": true
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 56110621e..000000000
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Config file for Python. Mostly used to configure linting of bin/*.py with Ruff.
-# Should be kept the same as nf-core/tools to avoid fighting with template synchronisation.
-[tool.ruff]
-line-length = 120
-target-version = "py38"
-cache-dir = "~/.cache/ruff"
-
-[tool.ruff.lint]
-select = ["I", "E1", "E4", "E7", "E9", "F", "UP", "N"]
-
-[tool.ruff.lint.isort]
-known-first-party = ["nf_core"]
-
-[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
-"__init__.py" = ["E402", "F401"]
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_quantms_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_quantms_pipeline/main.nf
index 2a03b6fa3..5d36539ec 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_quantms_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_quantms_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
             imNotification(summary_params, hook_url)
         }
     }
+
+    workflow.onError {
+        log.error "Pipeline failed. Please refer to troubleshooting docs: https://nf-co.re/docs/usage/troubleshooting"
+    }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -230,8 +234,16 @@ def methodsDescriptionText(mqc_methods_yaml) {
     meta["manifest_map"] = workflow.manifest.toMap()
 
     // Pipeline DOI
-    meta["doi_text"] = meta.manifest_map.doi ? "(doi: <a href=\'https://doi.org/${meta.manifest_map.doi}\'>${meta.manifest_map.doi}</a>)" : ""
-    meta["nodoi_text"] = meta.manifest_map.doi ? "": "<li>If available, make sure to update the text to include the Zenodo DOI of version of the pipeline used. </li>"
+    if (meta.manifest_map.doi) {
+        // Using a loop to handle multiple DOIs
+        // Removing `https://doi.org/` to handle pipelines using DOIs vs DOI resolvers
+        // Removing ` ` since the manifest.doi is a string and not a proper list
+        def temp_doi_ref = ""
+        String[] manifest_doi = meta.manifest_map.doi.tokenize(",")
+        for (String doi_ref: manifest_doi) temp_doi_ref += "(doi: <a href=\'https://doi.org/${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}\'>${doi_ref.replace("https://doi.org/", "").replace(" ", "")}</a>), "
+        meta["doi_text"] = temp_doi_ref.substring(0, temp_doi_ref.length() - 2)
+    } else meta["doi_text"] = ""
+    meta["nodoi_text"] = meta.manifest_map.doi ? "" : "<li>If available, make sure to update the text to include the Zenodo DOI of version of the pipeline used. </li>"
 
     // Tool references
     meta["tool_citations"] = ""