Skip to main contentThis MonthPublished: 13 October 2026Points of viewAndreas Bueckle ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8977-498X1,Matthias Stahl2,Kelly Krause3,Torsten Möller4 &…Helena Klara Jambor ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-3397-18425,6 Nature Methods (2026) Cite this articleSave articleView saved researchHow biologists can make the most of supplementary materials for impact.This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institutionAccess options Access through your institutionAccess Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journalsGet Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription27,99 € / 30 dayscancel any timeLearn moreSubscribe to this journalReceive 12 print issues and online access269,00 € per yearonly 22,42 € per issueLearn moreBuy this articlePurchase on SpringerLinkInstant access to the full article PDF.39,95 €Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkoutFig. 1: An illustration of interactive content types on a companion website.SubjectsComputational platforms and environmentsPublishingResearch dataSoftwareReferencesShneiderman, B. In Proc. IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages 336–343 https://doi.org/10.1109/VL.1996.545307 (IEEE, 1996).Jambor, H. K. et al. Nat. Methods https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-026-03241-4 (2026).Article PubMed Google Scholar Börner, K. et al. Nat. Methods https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-02563-5 (2025).Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Bueckle, A. et al. Sci. Data 13, 716 (2026).Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Bueckle, A. et al. Sci. Data 12, 1100 (2025).Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Jain, Y. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.23.678129 (2025).Weigert, M. et al. Nat. Methods 15, 1090–1097 (2018).Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Jambor, H. et al. eLife 4, e05003 (2015).Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Wilkinson, M. D. et al. Sci. Data 3, 160018 (2016).Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Bueckle, A. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.07.737090 (2026).Bidanta, S. et al. Nat. Commun. 16, 1526 (2025).Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Download referencesAcknowledgementsWe thank Schloss Dagstuhl for hosting Dagstuhl Seminar 26101 (“Contextualising Complexity – Faithful Visualisations for Biology”), where we initially discussed this article in our working group dedicated to the topic.Author informationAuthors and AffiliationsDepartment of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USAAndreas BueckleDer Spiegel, Hamburg, GermanyMatthias StahlNature and Nature Journals, New York, NY, USAKelly KrauseFaculty of Computer Science and Data Science Research Network, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaTorsten MöllerInstitute for Data Analysis, Visualisation and Simulation, DAViS, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, Chur, SwitzerlandHelena Klara JamborNational Center for Tumor Diseases, University Cancer Center, NCT-UCC, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, GermanyHelena Klara JamborAuthorsAndreas BueckleView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarMatthias StahlView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarKelly KrauseView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarTorsten MöllerView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarHelena Klara JamborView author publicationsSearch author on:PubMed Google ScholarCorresponding authorCorrespondence to Andreas Bueckle.Ethics declarationsRights and permissionsReprints and permissionsAbout this article