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Run two gastric samples for bulk RNA-seq

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
bash, r

Research direction

Start with the linked comment and issue #240 to understand the proposed bulk RNA-seq changes. The issue mentions running two gastric samples and replacing the bash script with either a Makefile or Snakemake, but names no files or tests. Done means the training material supports the agreed sample count and workflow approach.

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Description

Related to a bullet point from this comment on the potential bulk RNA-seq changes inspired by 2020 May and 2020 June trainings issue #240,

We should run two gastric samples for the bulk RNA-seq material since everyone is now similarly equipped using RStudio Server, and participants would typically have more than one sample that they want to process, thus giving them a better starting point.

Also from that bullet point, we should consider

using a Makefile instead of a bash script for this per advice someone gave @cgreene

Edit: We should consider using Snakemake instead of a bash script.

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