RNA-seq Demystified

Schedule

Day 1 (Chris & Travis)

Time Topic : Details
9:00 Introductions and Startup
9:30 Sequence QC:
    Warming Up
    Quality Control (FASTQs)
    Trimming and MultiQC
11:00 Break
11:15 Alignment:
    Reference genomes
    Alignment
Quantification:
    Count matrix / Alignment QC
    Additional details and exercise
1:00 Day 1 concludes

Day 2 (Chris & Raymond)

9:00 Review
9:20 Groups and Modeling:
    Intro to DESeq2
    DESeq2 Initialization
    Count normalization and model fitting
11:00 Break
11:15 Expression plots:
    Sample visualizations for QC
1:00 Day 2 concludes

Day 3 (Raymond)

9:00 Review
9:10 Differential Expression:
    Comparisons
    DE Visiualization and Annotation
11:00 Break
11:15     DE Visiualization and Annotation (continued)
    Bonus Content
12:45 Wrap-up
1:00 Day 3 concludes