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title: "Introduction to Single-Cell Analysis with Bioconductor"
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date: "**Authors:** Robert Amezquita [aut], Aaron Lun [aut], Stephanie Hicks [aut], Raphael Gottardo [aut], Ludwig Geistlinger [cre]<br/>
  **Version:** 1.20.0<br/>
  **Modified:** 2025-06-26<br/>
  **Compiled:** 2026-04-29<br/>
  **Environment:** R version 4.6.0 RC (2026-04-17 r89917), Bioconductor 3.23<br/>
  **License:** CC BY 4.0<br/>
  **Copyright:** Bioconductor, 2026<br/>
  **Source:** https://github.com/OSCA-source/OSCA.intro"
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# Welcome {-}

<a href="https://bioconductor.org"><img src="https://github.com/Bioconductor/BiocStickers/raw/master/Bioconductor/Bioconductor-serial.gif" width="200" alt="Bioconductor Sticker" align="right" style="margin: 0 1em 0 1em" /></a> 

This site contains the introductory chapters for the [__"Orchestrating Single-Cell Analysis with Bioconductor"__ book](http://bioconductor.org/books/3.23/OSCA).
    This describes how to install R and [Bioconductor](https://bioconductor.org) 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.
