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Phase 2 — Core Bioinformatics
Module 06

QC & Preprocessing

Every sequencing pipeline starts here — before you align a single read you need to check quality and remove adapter contamination. A bad QC step ruins every downstream result.

Week 8Timeline
~7 hrsStudy time
FREEAlways
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What you'll learn

Topics covered in this module

FastQC
MultiQC
Trimmomatic
fastp
FASTQ format
Quality scores

📋 Not sure where this fits? Module 06 is part of the full bioinformatics curriculum — a structured 42-week learning path from Bash to single-cell RNA-seq.

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Lessons

9 lessons in this module

01What is RNA-seq QC and why it mattersLive →
02Raw data formats — FASTQ files explainedComing soon
03Running FastQC — quality reportsComing soon
04Reading a FastQC reportComing soon
05MultiQC — aggregating reportsComing soon
06Trimming with TrimmomaticComing soon
07Trimming with Trim GaloreComing soon
08After trimming — re-running QCComing soon
09Capstone: Full QC pipeline scriptComing soon

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Lesson 1 — What is RNA-seq QC and why it matters is ready to read now. The remaining 8 lessons are being built, each with exercises, datasets, and a GitHub repository you push as proof of skill. Sign up to be notified as they go live.

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