<p>I have heard that the <a href="http://srna-workbench.cmp.uea.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Small RNA Workbench</a> from UEA can be an easy solution for a full small RNA pipeline.  It is java based, has a GUI, and is supposed to be easy to install and run.  I am not an expert in small RNA analysis, but I think this pipeline will certainly given you an idea about the steps needed for a small RNA analysis, it has been put together by experts.</p>

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2019-11-20T11:20:34.313Z
Thanks a lot! I think that can be a good starting point. Also, probably I can get some help from the authors.... fingers crossed!
FJ_Bioinf
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Jay Moore
<p>piPipes is biased for piRNAs but should be a good starting point:</p>

<p><a href="https://github.com/bowhan/piPipes/wiki/smallRNA-seq" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/bowhan/piPipes/wiki/smallRNA-seq</a></p>

<p>Well documented and with many features.</p>

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fridaymeetssunday
<p>Check <a href="https://nf-co.re/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">nf-core</a> for all the pipelines they have, including <a href="https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq" rel="nofollow noreferrer">small-RNA seq</a>. To run them, you have to use <a href="https://nextflow.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nextflow</a>.</p>

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user324810
<p>As far as I'm concerned, bowtie 1 is still the method of choice since it rather mature and fast. </p>

<p>And yes, pseudoaligner such as salmon are probably not the best choice For once, they need a reference "transcriptome", which is usually available for RNA-Seq but not so much for small-RNAs. Also the way they handle multiple mapping locations is probably not ideal for small-RNAs that may have excessive number mapping location.</p>

<p>I've also written a simple <a href="https://github.com/seb-mueller/snakemake_sRNAseq" rel="nofollow noreferrer">snakemake-pipeline</a> which simply performs some standard pre-processing and mapping against a reference genome along with QC and coverage tracks. It's still work in progress, but I'd be curious about any feedback.</p>

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Sebastian Müller
<p>I am a newbie in this world (just finished my master's on bioinformatics. As a practice, a researcher gave me 4 fastq files from a small RNAseq experiment, to see if I am able to reproduce their results but with an updated pipeline and tools (they used bowtie in 2014). 
I used fastqc for the quality check and I removed the adapters properly. </p>

<p>My first intention was to use Salmon for pseudo-align them, but after do some reading it seems not to be a good idea for such small RNAs. </p>

<p>Can anyone provide me with some light on this? Which alignment tool use and which parameters, and etc. Ideally a proper protocol/pipeline would be amazing. </p>

<p>Thank you in advance...</p>

<p>PD: I was thinking to use the HISAT2 with the full genome (or the pre-builded index from HISAT2 website). </p>

<p>Kind regards, 
and thank you in advance!</p>

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Pipeline to analyse small RNAseq and tRNAs?
# Pipeline to analyse small RNAseq and tRNAs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-18)

I am a newbie in this world (just finished my master's on bioinformatics. As a practice, a researcher gave me 4 fastq files from a small RNAseq experiment, to see if I am able to reproduce their results but with an updated pipeline and tools (they used bowtie in 2014).
I used fastqc for the quality check and I removed the adapters properly.

My first intention was to use Salmon for pseudo-align them, but after do some reading it seems not to be a good idea for such small RNAs.

Can anyone provide me with some light on this? Which alignment tool use and which parameters, and etc. Ideally a proper protocol/pipeline would be amazing.

Thank you in advance...

PD: I was thinking to use the HISAT2 with the full genome (or the pre-builded index from HISAT2 website).

Kind regards,
and thank you in advance!

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-19. Score: 1

I have heard that the [Small RNA Workbench](http://srna-workbench.cmp.uea.ac.uk/) from UEA can be an easy solution for a full small RNA pipeline. It is java based, has a GUI, and is supposed to be easy to install and run. I am not an expert in small RNA analysis, but I think this pipeline will certainly given you an idea about the steps needed for a small RNA analysis, it has been put together by experts.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks a lot! I think that can be a good starting point. Also, probably I can get some help from the authors.... fingers crossed!  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-04-17. Score: 1

piPipes is biased for piRNAs but should be a good starting point:

<https://github.com/bowhan/piPipes/wiki/smallRNA-seq>

Well documented and with many features.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-10-11. Score: 1

Check [nf-core](https://nf-co.re/) for all the pipelines they have, including [small-RNA seq](https://nf-co.re/smrnaseq). To run them, you have to use [Nextflow](https://nextflow.io/).


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-05-18. Score: 1

As far as I'm concerned, bowtie 1 is still the method of choice since it rather mature and fast.

And yes, pseudoaligner such as salmon are probably not the best choice For once, they need a reference "transcriptome", which is usually available for RNA-Seq but not so much for small-RNAs. Also the way they handle multiple mapping locations is probably not ideal for small-RNAs that may have excessive number mapping location.

I've also written a simple [snakemake-pipeline](https://github.com/seb-mueller/snakemake_sRNAseq) which simply performs some standard pre-processing and mapping against a reference genome along with QC and coverage tracks. It's still work in progress, but I'd be curious about any feedback.


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