Introduction to NGS Analysis

November 24-25, 2020

Lecturers: Vladimir Teif and Antonio Marco

 

This course will teach you the basics of analysis of ChIP-seq and RNA-seq using an online platform Galaxy. For graduate students of the University of Essex, registration fees can be paid from the Proficio funding. 

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Schedule

24 Nov 2020

12:00 – 14:00

Virtual meeting

LECTURES: Intro & ChIP-seq

  1. Introduction to NGS methods | slides | recorded video
  2. NGS applications and basic data analysis | slides | recorded video

14:00 – 14:30

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LUNCH BREAK

Lecturers will be available for Q&A and discussion of your research projects

14:30 – 17:00

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PRACTICAL SESSION: ChIP-seq

Detailed instructions | recorded video

Practical plan

  1. Understand where to get NGS data online
  2. Familiarise yourself with Galaxy – an online platform for NGS analysis
  3. Learn about ChIP-seq data formats
  4. Use Bowtie2 in Galaxy to map reads reported by Younger et al. (2015).
  5. Find peaks of p53 ChIP-seq (p53 binding sites) using MACS2 in Galaxy
  6. Compare the peaks that we determined with the peaks reported by Younger et al.
  7. Intersect p53 peaks with enhancers and promoters using BedTools in Galaxy
  8. Fisher’s statistical test for enrichment analysis
  9. Heatmap visualisaiton with DeepTools in Galaxy
  10. Motif analysis with MEME

17.00 – 18:00

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LECTURE: RNA-seq 1

Measuring gene expression | slides | recorded video

25 Nov 2020

12:00 – 12:30

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LECTURE: RNA-seq 2

Differential gene expression | slides | recorded video (includes lecture and practical)

12:30 – 13:00

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LUNCH BREAK

Lecturers will be available for Q&A and discussion of your research projects

13:00 – 14:30

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PRACTICAL SESSION: RNA-seq

Practical plan (Please see detailed instructions in this document)

1. Understand RNAseq raw data format

2. Evaluate quality of RNAseq sequences (FastQC)

3. Map RNAseq reads to genomic sequences (TopHat)

4. Quantify the expression level of genes from RNAseq data (HTSeq)

5. Differential Gene Expression Analysis (DESeq2)

14:30 – 15:00

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VIRTUAL COFFEE

You can take a break; lecturers will be available for Q&A

15:00 – 16:00

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LECTURE: Integrative analysis

Integrating ChIP-seq and RNA-seq data | Slides | Video recording

16:00 – 16:30

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BREAK + ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

You can take a break; lecturers will be available for Q&A

16.30 – 18:00

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PRACTICAL SESSION: Integrative Analysis

Detailed practical instructions are in this document| Video recording

  1. Integrating ChIP-seq and RNA-seq data
  2. Gene Ontology analysis with DAVID, EnrichR, GOrilla
  3. Network construction with PathwayCommons