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STAR analysis and alignment

Hello all, Can somebody let me know how much RAM is required to run STAR software? I have 16 GB RAM. Can I run it?

rna-seq alignment
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written by qudrat qudrat

That depends on which organism you are studying. Please be as complete as possible when asking questions.

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written by WouterDeCoster WouterDeCoster

Thank you WouterDeCoster, I am working on human genome.

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written by qudrat qudrat

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STAR needs ~30Gb of RAM to align on the Human genome

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written by Nicolas Rosewick Nicolas Rosewick

Thank you Nicolas Rosewick!

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written by qudrat qudrat

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