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Aims

  • Test and run the nextflow nf-core/sarek pipeline in the HPC cluster using public data. Exercises include:

    • Running a test to verify the execution of the pipeline

    • Running the sarek variant calling pipeline with a HapMap trio data

    • Running the sarek variant calling pipeline with liver samples

Work in the HPC

Before we start using the HPC, let’s start an interactive session:

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mkdir -p $HOME/workshop/sarek/scripts
cp /work/training/sarek/scripts/* $HOME/workshop/sarek/scripts/
ls -l $HOME/workshop/sarek/scripts/
  • Line 1: The -p indicates create 'parental directories as required. Thus the line 1 command creates both /workshop/ and the subfolder /workshop/scripts/

  • Line 2: Copies all files from /work/datasets/workshop/scripts/ as noted by an asterisk to the newly created folder $HOME/workshop/scripts/

Copy public data to your $HOME

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mkdir -p $HOME/workshop/sarek/data/WES/trio
mkdir -p $HOME/workshop/sarek/data/WES/liver
cp /work/training/sarek/data/WES/trio/* $HOME/workshop/sarek/data/WES/trio
cp /work/training/sarek/data/WES/liver/* $HOME/workshop/sarek/data/WES/liver 
  • Lines 1 -2: Command creates the folders to copy data

  • Line 3: Copies all files from /work/datasets/workshop/sarek/data/WES/trio folder as noted by an asterisk to newly created $HOME/workshop/sarek/data/WES/trio folder.

  • Line 4: Copies all files from /work/datasets/workshop/sarek/data/WES/liver folder as noted by an asterisk to newly created $HOME/workshop/sarek/data/WES/liver folder.

Create folders for running the nf-core/sarek pipeline

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mkdir -p $HOME/workshop/sarek
mkdir $HOME/workshop/sarek/run1_test
mkdir $HOME/workshop/sarek/run2_trio
mkdir $HOME/workshop/sarek/run3_liver
cd $HOME/workshop/
  • Lines 1-4: create sub-folders for each exercise

  • Line 5: change the directory to the folder “run1_test”

  • Line 6: print the current working directory

Exercise 1: Running a test with nf-core sample data

First, let’s assess the execution of the nf-core/rnaseq pipeline by running a test using sample data.

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#!/bin/bash -l

#PBS -N nfsarek_run1_test

#PBS -l walltime=48:00:00

#PBS -l select=1:ncpus=1:mem=5gb

cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR

NXF_OPTS='-Xms1g -Xmx4g'

module load java

#specify the nextflow version to use to run the workflow

export NXF_VER=23.10.1

#run the sarek pipeline

nextflow run nf-core/sarek \

        -r 3.3.2 \

        -profile test,singularity \

        --outdir ./results

  • nextflow command: nextflow run

  • pipeline name: nf-core/sarek

  • pipeline version: -r 3.3.2

  • container type and sample data: -profile test,singularity

  • output directory: --outdir results

Submitting the job

Submit the test job to the HPC cluster as follows:

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results/
├── csv
│   ├── markduplicates.csv
│   ├── markduplicates_no_table.csv
│   ├── recalibrated.csv
│   └── variantcalled.csv
├── multiqc
│   ├── multiqc_data
│   ├── multiqc_plots
│   └── multiqc_report.html
├── pipeline_info
│   ├── execution_report_2024-05-08_15-28-38.html
│   ├── execution_timeline_2024-05-08_15-28-38.html
│   ├── execution_trace_2024-05-08_15-28-38.txt
│   ├── params_2024-05-08_15-41-30.json
│   ├── pipeline_dag_2024-05-08_15-28-38.html
│   └── software_versions.yml
├── preprocessing
│   ├── markduplicates
│   ├── recalibrated
│   └── recal_table
├── reports
│   ├── bcftools
│   ├── fastqc
│   ├── markduplicates
│   ├── mosdepth
│   ├── samtools
│   └── vcftools
├── tabix
│   ├── genome.bed.gz
│   └── genome.bed.gz.tbi
└── variant_calling
    └── strelka

Exercise 2: Run nf-core/sarek using trio data

The pipeline requires preparing at least 2 files:

  • Metadata file (samplesheet.csv) thatspecifies the following information:

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patient,sample,lane,fastq_1,fastq_2
ID1,S1,L002,/full/path/to/ID1_S1_L002_R1_001.fastq.gz,/full/path/to/ID1_S1_L002_R2_001.fastq.gz
  • PBS Pro script (launch_nf-core_sarek_trio.pbs) with instructions to run the pipeline

Create the metadata file (samplesheet.csv):

Change to the data folder directory:

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cp /work/training/sarek/scripts/create_samplesheet_nf-core_sarek.py $HOME/workshop/sarek/data/trio
  • Note: you could replace ‘$HOME/workshop/sarek/data’ with “.” A dot indicates ‘current directory’ and will copy the file to the directory where you are currently located

Check help option on how to run the script:

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Copy the PBS Pro script for running the nf-core/sarek pipeline (launch_nf-core_sarek_trio.pbs)

Copy and paste the code below to the terminal:

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cp $HOME/workshop/sarek/data/WES/trio/samplesheet.csv $HOME/workshop/sarek/runs/run2_sarek_trio
cp $HOME/workshop/sarek/scripts/launch_nf-core_sarek_trio.pbs $HOME/workshop/sarek/runs/run2_trio
cd $HOME/workshop/sarek/runs/run2_trio
  • Line 1: Copy the samplesheet.csv file generated above to the working directory

  • Line 2: copy the launch_nf-core_sarek_trio.pbs submission script to the working directory

  • Line 3: move to the working directory

View the content of the launch_nf-core_RNAseq_QC.pbs script:

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#!/bin/bash -l

#PBS -N nfsarek_run2_trio

#PBS -l walltime=48:00:00

#PBS -l select=1:ncpus=1:mem=5gb

cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR

NXF_OPTS='-Xms1g -Xmx4g'

module load java

#specify the nextflow version to use to run the workflow

export NXF_VER=23.10.1

#run the sarek pipeline

nextflow run nf-core/sarek \

        -r 3.3.2 \

        -profile singularity \

        --genome GATK.GRCh38 \

        --input samplesheet.csv \

        --wes \

        --outdir ./results \

        --step mapping \

        --tools haplotypecaller,snpeff,vep \

        --snpeff_cache /work/training/sarek/NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR/snpeff_cache \

        --vep_cache /work/training/sarek/NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR/vep_cache \

        -resume

  • The above script will screen for germline (inherited) mutations using GATK’s haplotypecaller and then annotate the identified variants using snpeff and VEP.

  • Version 3.3.2 allows running the pipeline to do quality assessment only, without any alignment, read counting, or trimming.

  • The pipeline enables use to start at distinct stages, we are commencing from the start “--step mapping”

Submitting the job

Once you have created the folder for the run, the samplesheet.csv file, and launch.pbs, you are ready to submit the job to the HPC scheduler:

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qsub launch_nf-core_sarek_trio.pbs

Monitoring the Run

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qjobs

to check on the jobs, you are running. Nextflow will launch additional jobs during the run.

You can also check the .nextflow.log file for details on what is going on.

Once the pipeline has finished running - Assess the QC report:

NOTE: To proceed, you need to be on QUT’s WiFi network or signed via VPN.

To browse the working folder in the HPC type in the file finder:

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  • Assess QC reports (FastQC and MultiQC) to define how many nucleotides should be trimmed from the 5'-end and/or 3-end regions of the FASTQ reads (see Case 3 below).

Exercise 3: Healthy vs. disease liver samples

Copy and paste the code below to the terminal:

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cp $HOME/workshop/data/samplesheet.csv $HOME/workshop/RNAseq/run3_RNAseq
cd $HOME/workshop/RNAseq/run3_RNAseq
pwd
  • Line 1: Copy the samplesheet.csv file to the working directory

  • Line 2: move to the working directory

  • Line 3: print working directory → verify the folder location

Copy the PBS Pro script to run the nf-core/rnaseq pipeline:

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cp $HOME/workshop/scripts/launch_nf-core_RNAseq_pipeline.pbs $HOME/workshop/RNAseq/run3_RNAseq

Adjusting the Trim Galore (read trimming) options

Print the content of the launch_RNAseq.pbs script:

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#!/bin/bash -l

#PBS -N nfRNAseq

#PBS -l select=1:ncpus=2:mem=4gb

#PBS -l walltime=48:00:00

#work on current directory

cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR

#load java and set up memory settings to run nextflow

module load java

export NXF_OPTS='-Xms1g -Xmx4g'

nextflow run nf-core/rnaseq --input samplesheet.csv \

        --outdir results \

        -r 3.12.0 \

        --genome GRCm38-local \

        -profile singularity \

        --aligner star_salmon \

        --extra_trimgalore_args "--quality 30 --clip_r1 10 --clip_r2 10 --three_prime_clip_r1 1 --three_prime_clip_r2 1 "

Submitting the job

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qsub launch_nf-core_RNAseq_pipeline.pbs

Monitoring the Run

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qjobs

Outputs

The pipeline will produce two folders, one called “work,” where all the processing is done, and another called “results,” where we can find the pipeline's outputs. The content of the results folder is as follows: