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Aim:

Identify statistically significant (FDR < 0.05) differentially expressed genes. Visualise results with PCA plots, heatmaps and volcano plots.

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  1. Use QUTs rVDI virtual desktop machines

  2. Install R and RStudio on your own PC

  3. Use the provided PCs in the QUT computer labs

Option1: Use QUTs rVDI virtual desktop machines

This is the preferred method, as R and RStudio is already installed, as are all the required R packages needed for analysis. Installing all of these can take over 30 minutes on your own PC, so using an rVDI machine saves time.

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Log on with your QUT username and password

Option2: Install R and RStudio on your own PC

Go to the following page https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/ and follow instructions provided to install first R and then Rstudio.

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https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/

Option3: Use the provided PCs in the QUT computer labs

The PCs in the computer labs already have R and RStudio installed. If using this option, you will need to install the required R packages (unlike rVDI). The code for installing these packages is in the analysis section below.

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To access this count table:

Go to the/sandpit/demo/run3_full_pipeline/ folder that contains the results from running the nfcore/rnaseq pipeline. The output folders from task 3 look like this:

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Now let’s find the full path to the ‘salmon.merged.gene_counts.tsv’ file:

  • Windows:

  • Mac:

    • cd /folder/that/contains/feature_counts/

    • pwd

  • Rstudio:

    • Open Rstudio, go to the top bar a click on “Session” → “Select working directory: → “Choose directory

    • The path to the directory will be printed in Rstudio console, copy and paste in line 1 of the script ‘RNAseq_DESeq2_analysis.R’ (see below)

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