This template captures a single-cell RNA-Seq profiling run of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a healthy donor (donor 7), generating an 8-cluster immune cell atlas using the 10x Genomics Chromium platform.
Goal: capture ~10,000 high-quality single-cell transcriptomes from donor PBMCs, identify the major immune cell types (T cells, NK cells, B cells, monocytes, dendritic cells, platelets) with cluster-marker validation, and establish a baseline reference for downstream perturbation studies.
Method overview: PBMCs isolated from 8 mL fresh whole blood by SepMate density gradient, washed in 1× PBS + 0.04% BSA, counted on Countess II to 1,200 cells/µL viable. Target 10,000 cells loaded onto Chromium Next GEM Chip G, paired with Single Cell 3′ v3.1 Gel Beads. GEM-X partitioning on Chromium Controller, RT in droplet, cleanup, cDNA amplification, library construction per 10x CG000204 user guide. Library QC on BioAnalyzer HSDNA + Qubit dsDNA HS. Pooled and sequenced on NovaSeq 6000 SP flow cell (R1 28 bp barcode + UMI, R2 90 bp cDNA insert). Demultiplexed BCL → FASTQ via bcl2fastq, aligned + counted via Cellranger count v8.0 against GRCh38. Loaded into Seurat v5 for QC filtering (200-7500 genes/cell, <15% mito), normalized with SCTransform, dimensionality reduction (PCA + UMAP), Leiden clustering at resolution 0.6, cell-type annotation via Azimuth + manual marker curation.
Outcome: 10,182 cells captured (target 10k), 9.0% doublet rate (acceptable for v3.1), 28,124 mean reads per cell, 1,850 median genes per cell, 1.2% mitochondrial fraction (low — indicates healthy cells), 92% sequencing saturation (well-saturated library). 8 cell-type clusters resolved spanning CD4 T (24%), CD8 T (18%), NK (12%), B (16%), classical Monocyte (15%), mDC (4%), pDC (2%), Platelet (9%).
| A | B | C | D | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cluster | Cell type | N cells | Marker genes | Notes |
| 2 | 0 | CD4 T cell | 2444 | CD3D, CD4, IL7R, CCR7 | Naive + memory mixed |
| 3 | 1 | CD8 T cell | 1833 | CD3D, CD8A, GZMA, GZMK | Includes effector + memory |
| 4 | 2 | NK cell | 1222 | GNLY, NKG7, KLRD1, NCAM1 | CD56-bright + CD56-dim mixed |
| 5 | 3 | B cell | 1629 | CD19, CD79A, MS4A1, CD37 | Naive B dominant |
| 6 | 4 | Classical Monocyte | 1527 | CD14, LYZ, S100A8, S100A9 | CD14++ CD16- |
| 7 | 5 | mDC | 407 | CD1C, FCER1A, HLA-DQB1 | Conventional DC2 |
| 8 | 6 | pDC | 204 | IL3RA, LILRA4, IRF7, GZMB | Plasmacytoid DC |
| 9 | 7 | Platelet | 916 | PPBP, GP9, ITGA2B, PF4 | Doublet-like, kept after manual review |
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"experiment": {
"id": 314,
"custom_id": "SCRNA-D7-2026-003",
"title": "scRNA-Seq: PBMC donor 7 / 10x 3' v3.1 (10k cells)",
"template": "Single-Cell RNA-Seq",
"template_version": "v3.2",
"category": "Genetics & Genomics",
"status": "Complete",
"started_on": "2026-07-15",
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"scRNA-Seq",
"10x-Chromium",
"PBMC",
"Seurat",
"immune-profiling"
]
},
"main_text": "This template captures a single-cell RNA-Seq profiling run of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a healthy donor (donor 7), generating an 8-cluster immune cell atlas using the 10x Genomics Chromium platform.\nGoal: capture ~10,000 high-quality single-cell transcriptomes from donor PBMCs, identify the major immune cell types (T cells, NK cells, B cells, monocytes, dendritic cells, platelets) with cluster-marker validation, and establish a baseline reference for downstream perturbation studies.\nMethod overview: PBMCs isolated from 8 mL fresh whole blood by SepMate density gradient, washed in 1× PBS + 0.04% BSA, counted on Countess II to 1,200 cells/µL viable. Target 10,000 cells loaded onto Chromium Next GEM Chip G, paired with Single Cell 3′ v3.1 Gel Beads. GEM-X partitioning on Chromium Controller, RT in droplet, cleanup, cDNA amplification, library construction per 10x CG000204 user guide. Library QC on BioAnalyzer HSDNA + Qubit dsDNA HS. Pooled and sequenced on NovaSeq 6000 SP flow cell (R1 28 bp barcode + UMI, R2 90 bp cDNA insert). Demultiplexed BCL → FASTQ via bcl2fastq, aligned + counted via Cellranger count v8.0 against GRCh38. Loaded into Seurat v5 for QC filtering (200-7500 genes/cell,",
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"description": "Prepare master mix + load Chromium Next GEM Chip G with target 10,000 cells per channel",
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"description": "Reverse transcription in droplets (53°C × 45 min), cleanup, cDNA amplification (12 cycles)",
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"note": "Post-cDNA Qubit 41 ng/µL"
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"duration": "3:30",
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"note": "Library QC: BioAnalyzer peak 450 bp · Qubit 18 ng/µL"
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"duration": "0:30",
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"Naive + memory mixed"
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"Includes effector + memory"
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"2",
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"CD56-bright + CD56-dim mixed"
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"3",
"B cell",
"1629",
"CD19, CD79A, MS4A1, CD37",
"Naive B dominant"
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"4",
"Classical Monocyte",
"1527",
"CD14, LYZ, S100A8, S100A9",
"CD14++ CD16-"
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"mDC",
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"6",
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"ref_id": "EXP-2026-0612",
"title": "CD8 T trajectory analysis (Monocle3)",
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"ref_id": "SOP-0438",
"title": "scRNA-Seq 10x 3' v3.1 SOP v1.8",
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