BICF ChIPseq is a bioinformatics best-practice analysis pipeline used for ChIP-seq (chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing) data analysis at [BICF](http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/labs/bioinformatics/) at [UT Southwestern Department of Bioinformatics](http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/bioinformatics/).
BICF ChIP-seq is a bioinformatics best-practice analysis pipeline used for ChIP-seq (chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing) data analysis at [BICF](http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/labs/bioinformatics/) at [UT Southwestern Department of Bioinformatics](http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/bioinformatics/).
The pipeline uses [Nextflow](https://www.nextflow.io), a bioinformatics workflow tool. It pre-processes raw data from FastQ inputs, aligns the reads and performs extensive quality-control on the results.
- --genome 'GRCm38', 'GRCh38', or 'GRCh37' (if you need to use another genome contact the [BICF](mailto:BICF@UTSouthwestern.edu))
- --pairedEnd 'true' or 'false' (where 'true' is PE and 'false' is SE; default 'false')
- --outDir (optional) path and folder name of the output data, example: /home2/s000000/Desktop/Chipseq_output (if not specficied will be under workflow/output/)
- --skipDiff 'true' or 'false' (where 'true' is skip differential peak and 'false' is do peak differential peak calling; default 'false')
- --skipMotif 'true' or 'false' (where 'true' is skip motif calling and 'false' is do motif calling; default 'false')
- --skipPlotProfile 'true' or 'false' (where 'true' is skip metageneplot for TSS and 'false' is do metageneplot for TSS; default 'false')
- --outDir (optional) path and folder name of the output data, example: /home2/s000000/Desktop/Chipseq_output (if not specified will be under workflow/output/)
* Ewels P., Magnusson M., Lundin S. and Käller M. 2016. MultiQC: Summarize analysis results for multiple tools and samples in a single report. Bioinformatics 32(19): 3047–3048. doi:[10.1093/bioinformatics/btw354](https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btw354)
17.**BICF ChIP-seq Analysis Workflow**:
* Spencer D. Barnes, Holly Ruess, Jeremy A. Mathews, Beibei Chen, and Venkat S. Malladi. 2019. BICF ChIP-seq Analysis Workflow (publish_1.0.5). Zenodo. doi:[10.5281/zenodo.2648844](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2648844)
* Spencer D. Barnes, Holly Ruess, Jeremy A. Mathews, Beibei Chen, and Venkat S. Malladi. 2020. BICF ChIP-seq Analysis Workflow (publish_1.1.0). Zenodo. doi:[10.5281/zenodo.3759481](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3759481)
18.**Nextflow**:
* Di Tommaso, P., Chatzou, M., Floden, E. W., Barja, P. P., Palumbo, E., and Notredame, C. 2017. Nextflow enables reproducible computational workflows. Nature biotechnology, 35(4), 316.