Date: 11 July - 13 June 2019

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High-throughput sequencing of RNA libraries (RNA-seq) has become increasingly common and largely supplanted gene microarrays for transcriptome profiling. When processed appropriately, RNA-seq data has the potential to provide a considerably more detailed view of the transcriptome. The CBW has developed a 3-day course providing an introduction to RNA-seq data analysis followed by integrated tutorials demonstrating the use of popular RNA-seq analysis packages. The tutorials are designed as self-contained units that include example data (Illumina paired-end RNA-seq data) and detailed instructions for installation of all required bioinformatics tools (HISAT, StringTie, etc.).

City: Toronto

Region: Ontario

Country: Canada

Prerequisites:

Basic familiarity with Linux environment and S, R, or Matlab. You will also require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.5GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, 10GB free disk space, recent versions of Windows, Mac OS X or Linux (Most computers purchased in the past 3-4 years likely meet these requirements). If you do not have access to your own computer, please contact [email protected] for other possible options. This workshop requires participants to complete pre-workshop tasks and readings.

Learning objectives:

Participants will gain practical experience and skills to be able to: Perform command-line Linux based analysis on the cloud Assess quality of RNA-seq data Align RNA-seq data to a reference genome Estimate known gene and transcript expression Perform differential expression analysis Discover novel isoforms Visualize and summarize the output of RNA-seq analyses in R Assemble transcripts from RNA-Seq data.

Capacity: 30

Event types:

  • Workshops and courses


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