How to Make NGS Analysis Workflows Portable and Reproducible?

Date: November 15, 2024

Topics:

  • Introduction to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles.
  • Reproducibility, Adaptability, and Portability of Workflows.
  • The importance of adapting and standardizing NGS analysis workflows.
  • How nf-core based workflows meet various research needs.
  • Standardization and Comparative Testing Processes for Workflows.
  • Scaling, robust, and automated workflows in both local and cloud environments.

Practical Session:

  • Managing Workflows with Nextflow and nf-core.
  • Hands-on practice on a real dataset, demonstrating workflow management across different configurations in local and cloud environments.

Session Schedule

Time Activity
9:00am - 9:30am What is FAIR data? Reproducibility, adaptability, and portability of Workflows
9:30am - 10:15am Hands-on part 1: Docker, Github, introduction to nextflow and nf-core tools
10:15am - 10:30am Break
10:30am - 11:30am Hands-on part 2: Setting up a simple nextflow workflow using nf-core tools
11:30am - 11:50am How to keep reproducibility
11:50am - 12:00pm Summary