Protocol for fast scRNA-seq raw data processing using scKB and non-arbitrary quality control with COPILOT.

We describe a protocol to perform fast and non-arbitrary quality control of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) raw data using scKB and COPILOT. scKB is a wrapper script of kallisto and bustools for accelerated alignment and transcript count matrix generation, which runs significantly faster than the popular tool Cell Ranger. COPILOT then offers non-arbitrary background noise removal by comparing distributions of low-quality and high-quality cells. Together, this protocol streamlines the processing workflow and provides an easy entry for new scRNA-seq users. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Shahan et al. (2022).
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests P.N.B. is a member of the Developmental Cell advisory board and is the co-founder and chair of the scientific advisory board of Hi Fidelity Genetics, Inc, a company that works on crop root growth.
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