INTRODUCTION

An R Shiny App for visualizing scRNA sequencing data. Find and visualize differentially expressed or user-inputted genes under certain treatments.

Files

• Documentation.pdf: Image of documentation containing detailed instructions on how to use the app (can also be found on the "Documentation" tab of the application)
• app.R: R Shiny application source code.

REQUIREMENTS

This application requires:

• R version 4.0+ (https://www.r-project.org)
• RStudio (https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/)
  • RStudio is recommended, but you can also launch the Shiny app in Terminal
• The following R packages (see installation for more details):
  • shiny, shinyEventLogger, Seurat, ggplot2, dplyr, grid, shinycssloaders, shinythemes, DT, rhandsontable, shinyjs, SeuratWrappers, monocle3, leidenbase, shinyalert, MAST, DESeq2, shinydashboard

Recommended general system requirements/specs:

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) or Mac OS X 10.13+
• Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5 (sixth generation or newer) or equivalent
• Memory: 8 GB RAM

INSTALLATION (not publicly available yet)

• Download the entire scRNA sequencing Shiny App box folder
• Open RStudio (or Terminal)
• If not installed yet, install the required R packages (run the following commands in the RStudio console, or launch R and run the commands in terminal):
  • Shiny: run "install.packages("shiny")"
  • devtools: run "install.packages("devtools")"
  • shinyEventLogger: run "devtools::install_github("kalimu/shinyEventLogger")"
    • shinyEventLogger has to be installed from GitHub because it's no longer hosted on CRAN
  • Seurat: run "install.packages("Seurat")"
  • ggplot2: run "install.packages("ggplot2")"
  • dplyr: run "install.packages("dplyr")"
  • grid: run "install.packages("grid")"
  • shinycssloaders: run "install.packages("shinycssloaders")"
  • shinythemes: run "install.packages("shinythemes")"
  • shinydashboard: run "install.packages("shinydashboard")"
  • shinyalert: run "install.packages("shinyalert")"
  • DT: run "install.packages("DT")"
  • rhandsontable: run "install.packages("rhandsontable")"
  • shinyjs: run "remotes::install_github('satijalab/seurat-wrappers')"
  • MAST: run "if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))install.packages("BiocManager"); BiocManager::install("MAST")"
  • DESeq2: run "if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))install.packages("BiocManager"); BiocManager::install("DESeq2")"
• Navigate to the "app.R" file in the "scRNA_shiny" sub-folder. Open the file. (In terminal, navigate to the Shiny App box folder)
• In the top right corner of the code screen, click the "Run App" button. Alternatively, you can also run "runApp("scRNA_shiny/")" in the console or in terminal
• An event in the console should say, "Hello World!" after the logging statements. This indicates that the app has finished launching successfully. The app should open in a new window.

CONTACT

• For bug reports, suggestions, or any further questions, contact alex.sima@ucsf.edu