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

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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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