2016 Faculty Virtual Workshops Information coming soon

RNA-Seq Workshop 2015 Project Proposal Guidelines

Experiment and Dataset Specifications

RNA-Seq experimental projects will be considered for either differential gene expression (mRNA transcript abundance), or for transcriptome sequencing and genome annotation. All experiments must work with a genome with a published sequence and annotations. You may propose to develop a new dataset or use an existing one, for example available in SRA.

Funding for new datasets will include Illumina RNA-Seq library preparation and sequencing costs for 2 biological replicates of 2 control vs. experimental or over 2 time points (total of 4 RNA preparations) for differential expression or 2 biological replicates for transcriptome sequencing.

Existing datasets may be single or paired-end Illumina data in FASTQ format. You must own the data or have permission to use it and make it freely available.

Proposal Specifications

Narrative is limited to 5 pages, 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins, single spaced text, and one line space between each paragraph.

Your proposal should be organized into the following sections and each section should include responses to the specific questions within each section: