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title: "Introduction to Single-Cell Analysis with Bioconductor"
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date: "**Authors:** Robert Amezquita [aut], Aaron Lun [aut, cre], Stephanie Hicks [aut], Raphael Gottardo [aut]
**Version:** 1.2.0
**Modified:** 2021-04-20
**Compiled:** 2021-10-27
**Environment:** R version 4.1.1 (2021-08-10), Bioconductor 3.14
**License:** CC BY 4.0
**Copyright:** Bioconductor, 2021
**Source:** https://github.com/LTLA/OSCA.intro"
url: "https://github.com/LTLA/OSCA.intro"
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# Welcome {-}
This site contains the introductory chapters for the [__"Orchestrating Single-Cell Analysis with Bioconductor"__ book](http://bioconductor.org/books/3.14/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.