Bulk Rnaseq
End-to-end bulk RNA-seq orchestrator, takes raw FASTQ reads through QC and trimming...
Install
npx skills add synthetic-sciences/openscience --skill bulk-rnaseq -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- synthetic-sciences/openscience4.3k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 5d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- Yes, review before use
What it does
End-to-end bulk RNA-seq orchestrator, takes raw FASTQ reads through QC and trimming (FastQC, fastp/Trim Galore), alignment and quantification (STAR, Salmon, featureCounts), assembles a gene-level counts matrix, then hands off to differential expression (pydeseq2), pathway/GSEA enrichment (pathway-enrichment), and publication figures (scientific-visualization). Use whenever the user has bulk RNA-seq reads or quant output and wants a complete, reproducible differential-expression workflow, e.g. "analyze my RNA-seq", "FASTQ to DESeq2", "run nf-core/rnaseq", "STAR/Salmon quantification", "build a counts matrix for DESeq2", or "go from reads to differentially expressed genes and enriched pathways". Routes between an nf-core/rnaseq (Nextflow) path and a standalone STAR/Salmon path, and covers experimental design, strandedness, and QC gates. For single-cell RNA-seq use the scanpy skill instead.
Bulk RNA-seq
Overview
This skill orchestrates a complete, defensible bulk RNA-seq differential-expression study, from raw sequencing reads to enriched pathways and figures. It is a router, not a reimplementation: most stages already have dedicated skills in this repo, and this skill connects them in the right order, fills the one real gap (raw reads → a gene-level counts matrix), and enforces the design and QC decisions that determine whether the final result is trustworthy.
"Defensible" means three things, applied throughout:
- Reproducible, pinned pipeline/tool versions, containers where possible, recorded parameters, fixed random seeds.
- Quality-gated, QC is inspected and acted on before, during, and after quantification, not skipped.
- Statistically sound, adequate replication, a design that matches the biology, counts handled correctly, and FDR-controlled testing.
The pipeline is: FastQC/trim → align/quant (STAR/Salmon) → counts → DE (pydeseq2) → enrichment (pathway-enrichment) → figures.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when the user wants to:
- Go from FASTQ files (or a sequencing run) to differentially expressed genes and pathways.
- Run or configure
nf-core/rnaseq, or align/quantify with STAR, Salmon, or featureCounts. - Turn Salmon/STAR/featureCounts output into a counts matrix ready for DESeq2/PyDESeq2.
- Design or sanity-check a bulk RNA-seq experiment (replicates, batch, strandedness) before committing compute.
- Scope an end-to-end RNA-seq analysis and decide which tools and skills to chain.
This is bulk RNA-seq (samples = biological specimens). For single-cell/nuclei data use scanpy; for the DE statistics alone use pydeseq2; for enrichment alone use pathway-enrichment.
