Research Project 6
Long-read single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to explore the diversity of isoform expression
About the Project
French National Centre for Scientific Research
Paris, France
Pascal Barbry
Main Supervisor
Université Cote’dAzur
PhD enrolment
Yearly salary
30.080,16 € (Gross)
Research Objectives
Analysis of isoform expression in single cells contributes to the study of cell states and disease states. We have previously developed methods for sc-lrRNA-seq with Nanopore. However, a complete analysis framework is missing. Our objectives are:
- Develop new wet-lab protocols for the quantification of scRNA-seq data using exclusively Nanopore sequencing.
- Develop an end-to-end pipeline for quantification and differential expression analysis or single cell data.
- Develop new Artificial Intelligence methods functional characterization of isoforms derived from mis-splicing events.
Envisioned Secondments
- Nanopore (Aino Järvelin): Collaboration in isoform quantification using Nanopre data.
- WCM (Hagen Tilgner): Compare methods to Pacbio lr-scRNA-seq methods.
About the Main Supervisor and Host Group
Pascal Barbry
French National Centre for Scientific Research,
France
Pascal Barbry’s group was created in 1999 to develop approaches in high throughput nucleic acid sequencing and functional genomics. Its central activity deals with high throughput sequencing, with a specialization in single-cell genomics since 2015. It is involved since 2018 in the consortium Human Cell Atlas, with the aim to generate an atlas of the different cell types populating the human body. Its work at forefront of the development in single-cell genomics since 2015 is illustrated today by the first installation in France in October 2022 of the Merscope™, Vizgen (3 rd instrument in Europe). This machine will be at the center of our development in spatial transcriptomics.
