Single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) technique is becoming increasingly popular for unbiased and high-resolutional transcriptome analysis of heterogeneous cell populations. Despite its many advantages, scRNAseq, like any other genomic sequencing technique, is susceptible to the influence of confounding effects. Controlling ...
Read More »A new statistical method allows researchers to infer different developmental processes from RNA-Seq data
Through RNA sequencing, researchers can measure which genes are expressed in each individual cell of a sample. A new statistical method allows researchers to infer different developmental processes from a cell mixture consisting of asynchronous stages. This finding has been ...
Read More »LFCseq – a nonparametric approach for differential expression analysis of RNA-seq data
With the advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies, RNA-seq has rapidly emerged as a powerful tool for the quantitative analysis of gene expression and transcript variant discovery. In comparative experiments, differential expression analysis is commonly performed on RNA-seq data to ...
Read More »TIGAR2 – estimation of transcript isoform expression with longer RNA-Seq reads
High-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) enables quantification and identification of transcripts at single-base resolution. Recently, longer sequence reads become available thanks to the development of new types of sequencing technologies as well as improvements in chemical reagents for the Next Generation ...
Read More »Exon-Based Strategy to Identify Differentially Expressed Genes in RNA-Seq Experiments
RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) has rapidly become the method of choice in many genome-wide transcriptomic studies. To meet the high expectations posed by this technology, powerful computational techniques are needed to translate the measurements into biological and biomedical understanding. A number of ...
Read More »Featured RNA-Seq Jobs – Dec 2014
Principal Scientist, Translational Medicine Job American Biotechnology Company (Seattle, WA) …working with complex biological datasets from various sources (transcriptomics microarray, RNA – Seq , proteomics, epigenomics, cytometry) – Fluency with basic … Ivy Exec (12/15/14) Head of Bioinformatics Calico Labs ...
Read More »Students at NCTR work on the development of bioinformatics and statistical methods for RNA sequencing data
By Nysia George, Ph.D., and Tom Powers Practical, hands-on laboratory work is important for all college students who want to become scientists—but, for many of them, such experiences are out of reach.That’s one of the reasons why every summer, our ...
Read More »Qlucore Omics Explorer Makes RNA-Seq Analysis Simple
RNA-seq data can now be analyzed just as easily as microarray data In recent years, transcriptomic profiling via next generation sequencing (RNA-seq) has emerged as both a technical and cost-effective alternative to arrays. Qlucore Omics Explorer 3.0 supports direct import ...
Read More »Polyester: simulating RNA-seq datasets with differential transcript expression
Statistical methods development for differential expression analysis of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) requires software tools to assess accuracy and error rate control. Since true differential expression status is often unknown in experimental datasets, artificially-constructed datasets must be utilized, either by generating ...
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