On January 22, Franziska Denk and Maggie Crow gave a talk on understanding RNA-seq data and then discussed how to access, browse, and interrogate that data. After their talk, there was a question-and-answer period moderated by Ted Price.
- Franziska Denk, DPhil, King’s College London, UK
- Maggie Crow, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, US
- Ted Price, PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, US
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Here is a description of the webinar
The past 10 years have seen an explosion of publicly available RNA sequencing data. Whatever cell type you might think of, it is likely that its transcriptome will already have been published, frequently in the context of both homeostasis and disease. However, the speed at which the field has developed means that many bench biologists feel a little bewildered at the endless spreadsheets, databases, and technical terms that are being bandied about. What on Earth is a t-SNE plot, you may ask.
To answer this and many other questions, the Pain Research Forum has enlisted the help of Franziska Denk, a neuroscientist from King’s College London, UK, who has generated several cell type-specific bulk RNA-seq datasets, and Maggie Crow, a bioinformatician from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, US, who specializes in analysis of single-cell RNA-seq. The session will be moderated by Ted Price, University of Texas at Dallas, US, who has generated some of the first pain-relevant RNA-seq studies.
Together, they will provide you with a brief introduction to what you need to know to understand RNA-seq data, before teaching you how to access, browse, and interrogate that data, with a few simple examples. The information on how your favorite gene is expressed in pain-relevant situations/cells may already be out there on the Internet. Join our webinar to learn how to find it.
Want some background reading? See the recent papers under Related Content in the right column of this page. And join the conversation about the webinar on Twitter @PainResForum #PRFWebinar
See previous PRF webinars here.