bcbioRNASeq

bcbioRNASeq automates processing of RNA-seq data to generate gene abundance counts and support differential expression and functional enrichment analyses.


Key Features:

  • Automated Workflow: Processes raw sequencing data, organizes and annotates results, and generates reports on differentially expressed genes.
  • Scalability: Handles large, high-throughput RNA-seq datasets for genome-scale analyses.
  • Integration with Bioconductor: Interfaces with the Bioconductor ecosystem within the R environment for downstream statistical analysis.
  • Quality Control and Reporting: Automates quality control analyses and produces summary reports on data integrity.
  • Differential Expression Analysis: Supports identification and reporting of differentially expressed genes.
  • Functional Enrichment Analyses: Facilitates functional enrichment and pathway-level interpretation of differential results.

Scientific Applications:

  • Genomics: Quantification of gene abundance and comparative expression across samples for genome-scale studies.
  • Transcriptomics: Analysis of RNA-seq experiments to identify expression changes and transcript-level patterns.
  • Systems Biology: Integration of differential expression and enrichment results to study pathways and biological processes.
  • High-throughput RNA-seq studies: Processing and summarizing large cohorts of RNA-seq samples for cohort-level analyses.

Methodology:

Processing of raw sequencing data; generation of gene abundance counts; organization and annotation of results; automated quality control analyses; differential expression analysis; functional enrichment analyses; integration with Bioconductor in R.

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Details

License:
MIT
Tool Type:
library
Operating Systems:
Linux, Windows, Mac
Programming Languages:
R
Added:
8/10/2018
Last Updated:
12/10/2018

Operations

Data Inputs & Outputs

RNA-seq read count analysis

Publications

Steinbaugh MJ, Pantano L, Kirchner RD, Barrera V, Chapman BA, Piper ME, Mistry M, Khetani RS, Rutherford KD, Hofmann O, Hutchinson JN, Ho Sui S. bcbioRNASeq: R package for bcbio RNA-seq analysis. F1000Research. 2018;6:1976. doi:10.12688/f1000research.12093.2.

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