RNA-Seq Analysis (Remote and On-Site)

This tutorial will feature an in-room instructor at 575 Walter Library who is also broadcasting via Zoom. There is a limit of ten seats in the classroom.

The RNA-Seq analysis tutorials includes a lecture and a hands-on guided tutorial. The lecture will focus on the general theory of RNA sequencing and analysis. The lecture materials cover the basics of differential expression analysis and touches on other RNA-seq topics such as transcriptome assembly. 

The workshop will focus on using software tools to analyze and actual RNA-seq dataset.

Topics Covered:

1. RNA-Seq vs Microarray technology
2. Experimental Design
3. Sequencing Technology
4. Data Quality Assessments
5. Mapping RNA-Seq data to a genome
6. Differential Gene Expression Analysis
7. Non-mammal specific RNA-Seq issues
8. Transcriptome assembly and other uses of RNA-seq

Documentation for the tutorial can be found here: http://z.umn.edu/ris-rnaseq-lec