在谷歌云平台上使用全基因组二硫酸盐测序数据分析学习模块
Yujia Qin1, Angela Maggio2, Dale Hawkins3
1Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States.
Briefings in bioinformatics
|July 23, 2024
概括
本研究介绍了使用云计算进行全基因组二硫酸盐测序 (WGBS) 数据分析的交互式学习模块. 它提高了对表观基因组研究工具的可访问性,并加速了该领域的进步.
科学领域:
- 表观遗传学和基因组学
- 生物信息学和计算生物学
- 教育技术的教育技术
背景情况:
- 全基因组双硫酸盐测序 (WGBS) 对于理解DNA甲基化模式和表观遗传调节至关重要.
- 分析大型WGBS数据集需要大量的计算资源和专业知识.
- 云计算为复杂的基因组数据分析提供可扩展的解决方案.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个交互式学习模块,用于全基因组二硫酸盐测序 (WGBS) 数据分析.
- 为了促进基于云的工具的使用,特别是谷歌云平台上的WGBS数据.
- 提高云计算在表观遗传学研究中的可访问性和采用性.
主要方法:
- 开发一个资源模块,集成到NIGMS沙盒中,用于基于云的学习平台.
- 使用基于云的工具,如谷歌云存储,Vertex AI笔记本和谷歌批量.
- 为WGBS数据预处理和差异甲基化分析提供逐步教程.
主要成果:
- 该模块为WGBS数据分析提供交互式学习,涵盖预处理和差异甲基化识别.
- 展示了使用云基础设施处理大型数据集的简化工作流程.
- 该模块将WGBS分析与云资源利用相结合,加深了用户的理解.
结论:
- 开发的模块增强了用于表观基因组研究的云计算的可访问性.
- 它旨在通过简化WGBS数据分析来加速表观遗传学的进步.
- 该学习模块支持批量和单细胞ATAC-seq数据分析,扩大其实用性.
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