# Introduction to Single-Cell Analysis with Bioconductor

Authors: Robert Amezquita [aut], Aaron Lun [aut], Stephanie Hicks [aut], Raphael Gottardo [aut], Ludwig Geistlinger [cre]
Version: 1.20.0
Modified: 2025-06-26
Compiled: 2026-04-29
Environment: R version 4.6.0 RC (2026-04-17 r89917), Bioconductor 3.23
License: CC BY 4.0
Copyright: Bioconductor, 2026
Source: https://github.com/OSCA-source/OSCA.intro

# Welcome

This site contains the introductory chapters for the “Orchestrating Single-Cell Analysis with Bioconductor” book. This describes how to install R and Bioconductor packages, links out to some resources to learn R, describes how to load datasets into an R session, provides an overview of the `SingleCellExperiment` class, and performs a “quick start” demonstration for basic single-cell RNA-seq analyses. It is intended for readers with little-to-no computational background who are just getting started with analyses in R.