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Book Computational Methods for Single Cell Data Analysis

Download or read book Computational Methods for Single Cell Data Analysis written by Guo-Cheng Yuan and published by Humana Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed book provides state-of-art computational approaches to further explore the exciting opportunities presented by single-cell technologies. Chapters each detail a computational toolbox aimed to overcome a specific challenge in single-cell analysis, such as data normalization, rare cell-type identification, and spatial transcriptomics analysis, all with a focus on hands-on implementation of computational methods for analyzing experimental data. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and cutting-edge, Computational Methods for Single-Cell Data Analysis aims to cover a wide range of tasks and serves as a vital handbook for single-cell data analysis.

Book Manipulating the Mouse Embryo

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andras Nagy
  • Publisher : Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 784 pages

Download or read book Manipulating the Mouse Embryo written by Andras Nagy and published by Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides background information and detailed protocols for developing a mouse colony and using the animals in transgenic and gene-targeting experiments. The protocols list the animals, equipment, and reagents required and step-by-step procedures. Topics include in vitro culture of preimplantation embryos, surgical procedures, the production of chimeras, and the analysis of genome alterations. The third edition adds protocols for cloning mice, modifying embryonic stem cells, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and cryopreservation of embryos.

Book Single Cell Omics

Download or read book Single Cell Omics written by Debmalya Barh and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Single-Cell Omics: Volume 1: Technological Advances and Applications provides the latest technological developments and applications of single-cell technologies in the field of biomedicine. In the current era of precision medicine, the single-cell omics technology is highly promising due to its potential in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutics. Sections in the book cover single-cell omics research and applications, diverse technologies applied in the topic, such as pangenomics, metabolomics, and multi-omics of single cells, data analysis, and several applications of single-cell omics within the biomedical field, for example in cancer, metabolic and neuro diseases, immunology, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine and reproductive health. This book is a valuable source for bioinformaticians, molecular diagnostic researchers, clinicians and members of the biomedical field who are interested in understanding more about single-cell omics and its potential for research and diagnosis. Covers not only the technological aspects, but also the diverse applications of single cell omics in the biomedical field Summarizes the latest progress in single cell omics and discusses potential future developments for research and diagnosis Written by experts across the world, bringing different points-of-view and case studies to give a comprehensive overview on the topic

Book Single Cell Transcriptomics

Download or read book Single Cell Transcriptomics written by Raffaele A. Calogero and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides up-to-date methods on single cell wet and bioinformatics protocols based on the researcher experiment requirements. Chapters detail basic analytical procedures, single-cell data QC, dimensionality reduction, clustering, cluster-specific features selection, RNA velocity, multi-modal data integration, and single cell RNA editing. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Cutting-edge and comprehensive, Single Cell Transcriptomics: Methods and Protocols aims to be a valuable resource for all researchers interested in learning more about this important and developing field.

Book Transcriptome Analysis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Miroslav Blumenberg
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2019-11-20
  • ISBN : 1789843278
  • Pages : 110 pages

Download or read book Transcriptome Analysis written by Miroslav Blumenberg and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transcriptome analysis is the study of the transcriptome, of the complete set of RNA transcripts that are produced under specific circumstances, using high-throughput methods. Transcription profiling, which follows total changes in the behavior of a cell, is used throughout diverse areas of biomedical research, including diagnosis of disease, biomarker discovery, risk assessment of new drugs or environmental chemicals, etc. Transcriptome analysis is most commonly used to compare specific pairs of samples, for example, tumor tissue versus its healthy counterpart. In this volume, Dr. Pyo Hong discusses the role of long RNA sequences in transcriptome analysis, Dr. Shinichi describes the next-generation single-cell sequencing technology developed by his team, Dr. Prasanta presents transcriptome analysis applied to rice under various environmental factors, Dr. Xiangyuan addresses the reproductive systems of flowering plants and Dr. Sadovsky compares codon usage in conifers.

Book Single Cell Diagnostics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan R. Thornhill
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2008-02-02
  • ISBN : 159745298X
  • Pages : 185 pages

Download or read book Single Cell Diagnostics written by Alan R. Thornhill and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-02 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book applies modern molecular diagnostic techniques to the analysis of single cells, small numbers of cells, or cell extracts. Emphasis is placed on non-invasive analysis of single cell metabolites and the direct analysis of RNA and DNA from single cells, with a focus on polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence in situ hybridization. In particular, this handbook is essential for practitioners providing care for couples seeking treatment for infertility.

Book Single Cell Genomics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Parwinder Kaur
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2025-06-13
  • ISBN : 9783030409500
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Single Cell Genomics written by Parwinder Kaur and published by Springer. This book was released on 2025-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cells, the basic units of biological structure and function, vary broadly in type and state. Individual cells are the building blocks of tissues, organs, and organisms. Each tissue contains cells of many types, and cells of each type can switch among biological states. Single-cell genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics open a whole new era with the possibility to interrogate every cell of an organism in order to decipher the important biological processes that occur within. This has emerged as a ground-breaking technology that has greatly enhanced our understanding of the complexity of gene expression dynamics at a microscopic resolution. It is anticipated that in the next 5-10 years, the wider research community will be routinely employing this powerful technology as a laboratory staple. Single-cell genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics hold the potential to revolutionize the way we characterize complex cell assemblies and study their spatial organization, dynamics, clonal distribution, pathways, function, and crosstalks. These fascinating advances have opened up a new field of cell population genomics. Single-cell genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics research is providing new insights into inter-cellular population genomic diversity, heterogeneity, specialization, taxonomy, spatial and temporal gene regulation, and cellular and organismal development and evolution. It is facilitating plant breeding, understanding of human disease conditions and personalized medicine. This book discusses the perspectives, progress, and promises of single-cell genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics research and applications in addressing the above and other key biological aspects in all organisms. It establishes the current state-of-the-field and serves as the foundation for future developments in single-cell genomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics.

Book Introduction to Single Cell Omics

Download or read book Introduction to Single Cell Omics written by Xinghua Pan and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Single-cell omics is a progressing frontier that stems from the sequencing of the human genome and the development of omics technologies, particularly genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics and proteomics, but the sensitivity is now improved to single-cell level. The new generation of methodologies, especially the next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, plays a leading role in genomics related fields; however, the conventional techniques of omics require number of cells to be large, usually on the order of millions of cells, which is hardly accessible in some cases. More importantly, harnessing the power of omics technologies and applying those at the single-cell level are crucial since every cell is specific and unique, and almost every cell population in every systems, derived in either vivo or in vitro, is heterogeneous. Deciphering the heterogeneity of the cell population hence becomes critical for recognizing the mechanism and significance of the system. However, without an extensive examination of individual cells, a massive analysis of cell population would only give an average output of the cells, but neglect the differences among cells. Single-cell omics seeks to study a number of individual cells in parallel for their different dimensions of molecular profile on genome-wide scale, providing unprecedented resolution for the interpretation of both the structure and function of an organ, tissue or other system, as well as the interaction (and communication) and dynamics of single cells or subpopulations of cells and their lineages. Importantly single-cell omics enables the identification of a minor subpopulation of cells that may play a critical role in biological process over a dominant subpolulation such as a cancer and a developing organ. It provides an ultra-sensitive tool for us to clarify specific molecular mechanisms and pathways and reveal the nature of cell heterogeneity. Besides, it also empowers the clinical investigation of patients when facing a very low quantity of cell available for analysis, such as noninvasive cancer screening with circulating tumor cells (CTC), noninvasive prenatal diagnostics (NIPD) and preimplantation genetic test (PGT) for in vitro fertilization. Single-cell omics greatly promotes the understanding of life at a more fundamental level, bring vast applications in medicine. Accordingly, single-cell omics is also called as single-cell analysis or single-cell biology. Within only a couple of years, single-cell omics, especially transcriptomic sequencing (scRNA-seq), whole genome and exome sequencing (scWGS, scWES), has become robust and broadly accessible. Besides the existing technologies, recently, multiplexing barcode design and combinatorial indexing technology, in combination with microfluidic platform exampled by Drop-seq, or even being independent of microfluidic platform but using a regular PCR-plate, enable us a greater capacity of single cell analysis, switching from one single cell to thousands of single cells in a single test. The unique molecular identifiers (UMIs) allow the amplification bias among the original molecules to be corrected faithfully, resulting in a reliable quantitative measurement of omics in single cells. Of late, a variety of single-cell epigenomics analyses are becoming sophisticated, particularly single cell chromatin accessibility (scATAC-seq) and CpG methylation profiling (scBS-seq, scRRBS-seq). High resolution single molecular Fluorescence in situ hybridization (smFISH) and its revolutionary versions (ex. seqFISH, MERFISH, and so on), in addition to the spatial transcriptome sequencing, make the native relationship of the individual cells of a tissue to be in 3D or 4D format visually and quantitatively clarified. On the other hand, CRISPR/cas9 editing-based In vivo lineage tracing methods enable dynamic profile of a whole developmental process to be accurately displayed. Multi-omics analysis facilitates the study of multi-dimensional regulation and relationship of different elements of the central dogma in a single cell, as well as permitting a clear dissection of the complicated omics heterogeneity of a system. Last but not the least, the technology, biological noise, sequence dropout, and batch effect bring a huge challenge to the bioinformatics of single cell omics. While significant progress in the data analysis has been made since then, revolutionary theory and algorithm logics for single cell omics are expected. Indeed, single-cell analysis exert considerable impacts on the fields of biological studies, particularly cancers, neuron and neural system, stem cells, embryo development and immune system; other than that, it also tremendously motivates pharmaceutic RD, clinical diagnosis and monitoring, as well as precision medicine. This book hereby summarizes the recent developments and general considerations of single-cell analysis, with a detailed presentation on selected technologies and applications. Starting with the experimental design on single-cell omics, the book then emphasizes the consideration on heterogeneity of cancer and other systems. It also gives an introduction of the basic methods and key facts for bioinformatics analysis. Secondary, this book provides a summary of two types of popular technologies, the fundamental tools on single-cell isolation, and the developments of single cell multi-omics, followed by descriptions of FISH technologies, though other popular technologies are not covered here due to the fact that they are intensively described here and there recently. Finally, the book illustrates an elastomer-based integrated fluidic circuit that allows a connection between single cell functional studies combining stimulation, response, imaging and measurement, and corresponding single cell sequencing. This is a model system for single cell functional genomics. In addition, it reports a pipeline for single-cell proteomics with an analysis of the early development of Xenopus embryo, a single-cell qRT-PCR application that defined the subpopulations related to cell cycling, and a new method for synergistic assembly of single cell genome with sequencing of amplification product by phi29 DNA polymerase. Due to the tremendous progresses of single-cell omics in recent years, the topics covered here are incomplete, but each individual topic is excellently addressed, significantly interesting and beneficial to scientists working in or affiliated with this field.

Book Intercellular Communication in Plants

Download or read book Intercellular Communication in Plants written by Andrew J. Fleming and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intercellular Communication in Plants provides an overview of intercellular signaling systems, capitalizing on the results of contemporary molecular biology. Many biological phenomena are controlled by intercellular signaling systems, initiated by messenger molecules. For example, intercellular communication channels are thought to be associated with a plant's growth and dormancy development - an important adaptive strategy for the survival and regrowth of temperate perennials. This volume is directed at researchers and professionals in plant biochemistry, physiology, cell biology and molecular biology, in both the academic and industrial sectors.

Book The Mouse Nervous System

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Watson
  • Publisher : Academic Press
  • Release : 2011-11-28
  • ISBN : 0123694973
  • Pages : 815 pages

Download or read book The Mouse Nervous System written by Charles Watson and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mouse Nervous System provides a comprehensive account of the central nervous system of the mouse. The book is aimed at molecular biologists who need a book that introduces them to the anatomy of the mouse brain and spinal cord, but also takes them into the relevant details of development and organization of the area they have chosen to study. The Mouse Nervous System offers a wealth of new information for experienced anatomists who work on mice. The book serves as a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students in neuroscience. Systematic consideration of the anatomy and connections of all regions of the brain and spinal cord by the authors of the most cited rodent brain atlases A major section (12 chapters) on functional systems related to motor control, sensation, and behavioral and emotional states A detailed analysis of gene expression during development of the forebrain by Luis Puelles, the leading researcher in this area Full coverage of the role of gene expression during development and the new field of genetic neuroanatomy using site-specific recombinases Examples of the use of mouse models in the study of neurological illness

Book Decoding Neural Circuit Structure and Function

Download or read book Decoding Neural Circuit Structure and Function written by Arzu Çelik and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers representative examples from fly and mouse models to illustrate the ongoing success of the synergistic, state-of-the-art strategy, focusing on the ways it enhances our understanding of sensory processing. The authors focus on sensory systems (vision, olfaction), which are particularly powerful models for probing the development, connectivity, and function of neural circuits, to answer this question: How do individual nerve cells functionally cooperate to guide behavioral responses? Two genetically tractable species, mice and flies, together significantly further our understanding of these processes. Current efforts focus on integrating knowledge gained from three interrelated fields of research: (1) understanding how the fates of different cell types are specified during development, (2) revealing the synaptic connections between identified cell types (“connectomics”) using high-resolution three-dimensional circuit anatomy, and (3) causal testing of how iden tified circuit elements contribute to visual perception and behavior.

Book Single Cell Metabolism

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bindesh Shrestha
  • Publisher : Humana
  • Release : 2019-09-30
  • ISBN : 9781493998296
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Single Cell Metabolism written by Bindesh Shrestha and published by Humana. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the latest techniques and workflow for the analysis of single cells metabolism. The chapters in this book cover topics such as the development of mass spectrometry-based single cell approaches, Pico-ESI-MS for single-cell metabolomics analysis; laser capture microdissection; ambient single cell metabolite profile (DESI and LAESI); and MALDI-MS methodology, quantum dots for quantitative cytology to study metabolic heterogeneity of single cells. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, the chapters consist of introductions to the topic, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step guidelines, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Comprehensive and authoritative, Single Cell Metabolism: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for any researcher and scientist interested in learning more about this field.

Book Gene Network Inference

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alberto Fuente
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2014-01-03
  • ISBN : 3642451616
  • Pages : 135 pages

Download or read book Gene Network Inference written by Alberto Fuente and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents recent methods for Systems Genetics (SG) data analysis, applying them to a suite of simulated SG benchmark datasets. Each of the chapter authors received the same datasets to evaluate the performance of their method to better understand which algorithms are most useful for obtaining reliable models from SG datasets. The knowledge gained from this benchmarking study will ultimately allow these algorithms to be used with confidence for SG studies e.g. of complex human diseases or food crop improvement. The book is primarily intended for researchers with a background in the life sciences, not for computer scientists or statisticians.

Book Handbook of Statistical Genomics

Download or read book Handbook of Statistical Genomics written by David J. Balding and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 1828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely update of a highly popular handbook on statistical genomics This new, two-volume edition of a classic text provides a thorough introduction to statistical genomics, a vital resource for advanced graduate students, early-career researchers and new entrants to the field. It introduces new and updated information on developments that have occurred since the 3rd edition. Widely regarded as the reference work in the field, it features new chapters focusing on statistical aspects of data generated by new sequencing technologies, including sequence-based functional assays. It expands on previous coverage of the many processes between genotype and phenotype, including gene expression and epigenetics, as well as metabolomics. It also examines population genetics and evolutionary models and inference, with new chapters on the multi-species coalescent, admixture and ancient DNA, as well as genetic association studies including causal analyses and variant interpretation. The Handbook of Statistical Genomics focuses on explaining the main ideas, analysis methods and algorithms, citing key recent and historic literature for further details and references. It also includes a glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations, and features extensive cross-referencing between chapters, tying the different areas together. With heavy use of up-to-date examples and references to web-based resources, this continues to be a must-have reference in a vital area of research. Provides much-needed, timely coverage of new developments in this expanding area of study Numerous, brand new chapters, for example covering bacterial genomics, microbiome and metagenomics Detailed coverage of application areas, with chapters on plant breeding, conservation and forensic genetics Extensive coverage of human genetic epidemiology, including ethical aspects Edited by one of the leading experts in the field along with rising stars as his co-editors Chapter authors are world-renowned experts in the field, and newly emerging leaders. The Handbook of Statistical Genomics is an excellent introductory text for advanced graduate students and early-career researchers involved in statistical genetics.

Book Statistical Simulation and Analysis of Single cell RNA seq Data

Download or read book Statistical Simulation and Analysis of Single cell RNA seq Data written by Tianyi Sun and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent development of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technologies has revolutionized transcriptomic studies by revealing the genome-wide gene expression levels within individual cells. In contrast to bulk RNA sequencing, scRNA-seq technology captures cell-specific transcriptome landscapes, which can reveal crucial information about cell-to-cell heterogeneity across different tissues, organs, and systems and enable the discovery of novel cell types and new transient cell states. According to search results from PubMed, from 2009-2023, over 5,000 published studies have generated datasets using this technology. Such large volumes of data call for high-quality statistical methods for their analysis. In the three projects of this dissertation, I have explored and developed statistical methods to model the marginal and joint gene expression distributions and determine the latent structure type for scRNA-seq data. In all three projects, synthetic data simulation plays a crucial role. My first project focuses on the exploration of the Beta-Poisson hierarchical model for the marginal gene expression distribution of scRNA-seq data. This model is a simplified mechanistic model with biological interpretations. Through data simulation, I demonstrate three typical behaviors of this model under different parameter combinations, one of which can be interpreted as one source of the sparsity and zero inflation that is often observed in scRNA-seq datasets. Further, I discuss parameter estimation methods of this model and its other applications in the analysis of scRNA-seq data. My second project focuses on the development of a statistical simulator, scDesign2, to generate realistic synthetic scRNA-seq data. Although dozens of simulators have been developed before, they lack the capacity to simultaneously achieve the following three goals: preserving genes, capturing gene correlations, and generating any number of cells with varying sequencing depths. To fill in this gap, scDesign2 is developed as a transparent simulator that achieves all three goals and generates high-fidelity synthetic data for multiple scRNA-seq protocols and other single-cell gene expression count-based technologies. Compared with existing simulators, scDesign2 is advantageous in its transparent use of probabilistic models and is unique in its ability to capture gene correlations via copula. We verify that scDesign2 generates more realistic synthetic data for four scRNA-seq protocols (10x Genomics, CEL-Seq2, Fluidigm C1, and Smart-Seq2) and two single-cell spatial transcriptomics protocols (MERFISH and pciSeq) than existing simulators do. Under two typical computational tasks, cell clustering and rare cell type detection, we demonstrate that scDesign2 provides informative guidance on deciding the optimal sequencing depth and cell number in single-cell RNA-seq experimental design, and that scDesign2 can effectively benchmark computational methods under varying sequencing depths and cell numbers. With these advantages, scDesign2 is a powerful tool for single-cell researchers to design experiments, develop computational methods, and choose appropriate methods for specific data analysis needs. My third project focuses on deciding latent structure types for scRNA-seq datasets. Clustering and trajectory inference are two important data analysis tasks that can be performed for scRNA-seq datasets and will lead to different interpretations. However, as of now, there is no principled way to tell which one of these two types of analysis results is more suitable to describe a given dataset. In this project, we propose two computational approaches that aim to distinguish cluster-type vs. trajectory-type scRNA-seq datasets. The first approach is based on building a classifier using eigenvalue features of the gene expression covariance matrix, drawing inspiration from random matrix theory (RMT). The second approach is based on comparing the similarity of real data and simulated data generated by assuming the cell latent structure as clusters or a trajectory. While both approaches have limitations, we show that the second approach gives more promising results and has room for further improvements.

Book Single Cell Omics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Debmalya Barh
  • Publisher : Academic Press
  • Release : 2019-07-31
  • ISBN : 012817532X
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Single Cell Omics written by Debmalya Barh and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Single-cell Omics, Volume 2: Advances in Applications provides the latest single-cell omics applications in the field of biomedicine. The advent of omics technologies have enabled us to identify the differences between cell types and subpopulations at the level of the genome, proteome, transcriptome, epigenome, and in several other fields of omics. The book is divided into two sections: the first is dedicated to biomedical applications, such as cell diagnostics, non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), circulating tumor cells, breast cancer, gliomas, nervous systems and autoimmune disorders, and more. The second focuses on cell omics in plants, discussing micro algal and single cell omics, and more. This book is a valuable source for bioinformaticians, molecular diagnostic researchers, clinicians and several members of biomedical field interested in understanding more about single-cell omics and its potential for research and diagnosis. Covers the diverse single cell omics applications in the biomedical field Summarizes the latest progress in single cell omics and discusses potential future developments for research and diagnosis Written by experts across the world, it brings different points-of-view and study cases to fully give a comprehensive overview of the topic

Book Stitching and Sketching Large scale Single cell Transcriptomic Data

Download or read book Stitching and Sketching Large scale Single cell Transcriptomic Data written by Brian Hie and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers are generating single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) profiles of diverse biological systems [1]-[7] and every cell type in the human body [8] at an unprecedented scale, with scRNA-seq experiments regularly profiling gene expression in hundreds of thousands or even millions of cells [9]. Leveraging this data to gain unprecedented insight into biology and disease requires algorithms that can scale to the tremendous amount of data being generated and can integrate information across multiple experiments, laboratories, and technologies. Here, we present two algorithms that aim to aid researchers in gaining better insight from scRNA-seq data sets. The first, Scanorama, inspired by algorithms for panorama stitching, achieves accurate integration of heterogeneous scRNA-seq data sets, which we use to integrate a number of large and complex collections of data sets. The second algorithm, geometric sketching, is a sampling approach that aims to evenly cover the low-dimensional manifold spanned by the cells to capture more of the rare transcriptional structure than would uniform subsampling with equal probability for each cell, obtaining sketches that better capture the transcriptional heterogeneity of the original data. Moreover, geometric sketching can be used to improve the computational efficiency of algorithms for single-cell integration, including Scanorama. We anticipate that both algorithms will play an important role in the analysis and interpretation of large-scale single-cell transcriptomic data sets.