also it hadn't occurred to me that this might be something interesting to even publish a paper about. so thanks for that too [assuming someone else hasn't already done this too..]
cool, i had not heard of this. i just started using docker for work and came to the conclusion that it was epically well-suited to this purpose as well. i think docker might be even nicer, since there is no special tools required [but ill definitely take a closer look at this work]
edit: well no surprise there i guess! http://www.nextflow.io/blog/2014/nextflow-meets-docker.html