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Booeshaghi, A. S.

Publications and source records attributed to Booeshaghi, A. S..

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Modular and efficient pre-processing of single-cell RNA-seq

Analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data begins with pre-processing of sequencing reads to generate count matrices. We investigate algorithm choices for the challenges of pre-processing, and describe a workflow that balances efficiency and accuracy. Our workflow is based on the kallisto (https://pachterlab.github.io/kallisto/) and bustools (https://bustools.github.io/) programs, and is near-optimal in speed and memory. The workflow is modular, and we demonstrate its flexibility by showing how it can be used for RNA velocity analyses. Documentation and tutorials for using the kallisto | bus workflow are available at https://www.kallistobus.tools/.

bioinformatics

Design principles for open source bioinstrumentation: the poseidon syringe pump system as an example

The poseidon syringe pump and microscope system is an open source alternative to commercial systems. It costs less than $400 and can be assembled in under an hour using the instructions and source files available at https://pachterlab.github.io/poseidon. We describe the poseidon system and use it to illustrate design principles that can facilitate the adoption and development of open source bioinstruments. The principles are functionality, robustness, simplicity, modularity, benchmarking, and documentation.

bioengineering