Benefit-Optimising Short-term Strategies for ReadUntil Nanopore Sequencing
BOSS* strategies allow for dynamic, adaptive sampling during nanopore sequencing. New data is periodically ingested to generate updated decision strategies in order to maximise the information gain during the sequencing experiment. Readfish is launched to run alongside and communicates the rejection signals to the sequencing machine.
The method is described in this article
- 2024/09/23 0.3.0 compatibility with minknow 6, improved performance of paring coverage counts, improved pytests and test coverage
- 2024/05/21 0.2.0 Updated internal readfish functionality to ensure compatibility with newest dorado versions
- Linux
- MinKNOW >=6.0 with dorado ~=7.4
Recommended way of installing our software is in a conda/mamba environment. These commands will create an environment and install BOSS* alongside the necessary dependencies.
mamba create -n boss python=3.10 pip bioconda::gfatools bioconda::minimap2 bioconda::miniasm && mamba activate boss
pip install boss_runsBOSS* can be used in different ways depending on the aim of the sequencing experiment. When providing a reference (and an optional index) BOSS-RUNS is executed.
The experiment is configured using 2 toml files, one for this software and one for readfish. The toml file and defaults for BOSS* are described here:
[general]
name = "boss" # experiment name
wait = 60 # waiting time between periodic updates
ref = "" # reference fasta file. Not specifying a file switches to BOSS-AEONS
mmi = "" # index of reference (will be built if ref is given but not mmi)
[live]
device = "X1" # position on sequencer
host = "localhost" # host of sequencing device
port = 9502 # port of sequencing device
data_wait = 100 # wait for X Mb of data before first update
prom = false # switch for using a PromethION flowcell (experimental)
[optional]
reject_refs = "" # comma-separated list of headers in reference from which to always reject
ploidy = 1 # 1 or 2By default, all whole genome(s) included in the input fasta file are considered of interest at the beginning of the experiment.
It is possible to reject all reads from specific sequences in a fasta file.
For this, provide fasta headers of the reference file, e.g.: --reject_refs 1,2,3,X,Y,MT
A separate toml file needs to be given to BOSS that contains the configuration of readfish (according to their instructions)
Here's an example with two regions on a flowcell, where one is running this method and the second half acts as a control:
[caller_settings.dorado]
config = 'dna_r10.4.1_e8.2_400bps_5khz_fast'
address = 'ipc:///tmp/.guppy/5555'
debug_log = 'live_reads.fq'
[mapper_settings.mappy_rs]
fn_idx_in = "../data/test.fasta"
debug_log = 'live_alignments.paf'
n_threads = 4
[[regions]]
name = "runs"
min_chunks = 0
max_chunks = 2
targets = []
single_on = "stop_receiving"
multi_on = "stop_receiving"
single_off = "unblock"
multi_off = "unblock"
no_seq = "unblock"
no_map = "unblock"
above_max_chunks = "stop_receiving"
below_min_chunks = "proceed"
[[regions]]
name = "control"
control = true
min_chunks = 0
max_chunks = 2
targets = []
single_on = "stop_receiving"
multi_on = "stop_receiving"
single_off = "stop_receiving"
multi_off = "stop_receiving"
no_seq = "stop_receiving"
no_map = "stop_receiving"
above_max_chunks = "stop_receiving"
below_min_chunks = "stop_receiving"readfish is launched from within BOSS* for ease of use
After sequencing has started launch BOSS* with:
boss --toml path/to/toml --toml_readfish path/to/readfish/tomlBOSS* will initialise and start to periodically generate new decision strategies from the sequencing reads deposited by the sequencer.
If readfish is configured properly, the strategies will be reloaded automatically.
This triggers a message in readfish's logfile similar to: Reloaded strategies for X sequences.
When enough data is collected, BOSS* can be stopped by a keyboard interrupt (Ctrl+C).
It is highly recommended to follow the walkthrough provided in the readfish repository to set up a playback experiment and test the functionality and interplay of the software and sequencing machine.
As soon as playback is running, BOSS* can be executed using toml files located in tests/config:
boss --toml tests/config/boss_ch20.toml --toml_readfish tests/config/boss_ch20_readfish.tomlThis configures targeting of chromosome 20 with continuously updated decision strategies. Let the playback sequencing run for a few minutes, then verify that the setup works:
readfishis rejecting reads from all chromosomes, except for #20. For this, look at the observed read lengths:
readfish summary tests/config/boss_ch20_readfish.toml /path/to/sequencing/output/fastq_pass/
Check that the mean read length for the enriched chromosome is larger than for the remaining chromosomes.
(In this example the read lengths of depleted chromosomes are still rather long due to slow base calling)
contig number sum min max std mean median N50
1 1151 1577570 224 197871 7002 1371 581 7096
10 1012 1147739 211 105585 5128 1134 578 1149
11 836 1207274 225 212740 8385 1444 590 7727
12 741 940284 192 81667 5419 1269 569 2143
13 477 412434 182 54642 2694 865 556 898
14 771 988124 176 114908 5616 1282 573 7301
15 540 882612 223 99327 7459 1634 576 8258
16 425 486124 209 107335 5579 1144 533 1341
17 732 1099546 195 219260 9307 1502 614 8725
18 180 310512 228 40407 4565 1725 638 8213
19 592 824374 222 121745 6374 1393 634 5811
2 1477 1572749 190 89358 3780 1065 561 1154
20 50 1163599 227 145149 37887 23272 2214 86773 <---
21 392 424448 199 118785 6053 1083 548 1213
22 178 286534 188 49058 4788 1610 655 9884
3 1198 1638753 201 172141 7473 1368 578 6548
4 1370 1807013 174 160366 6708 1319 582 6917
5 1408 2144345 162 212394 9884 1523 544 8397
6 656 1013424 231 118194 5819 1545 599 7268
7 1026 932717 185 66384 2972 909 563 914
8 906 1133194 210 162732 5930 1251 564 2210
9 1046 1533653 200 248867 9656 1466 552 8059
MT 19 143721 591 16467 6140 7564 6809 13257
X 1515 1490398 199 132776 4652 984 526 1014
Y 9 6531 427 1895 475 726 517 628
readfishis using dynamically updated decision strategies
for this, grep the log-file of readfish for all reloading events of updated strategies.
grep "Reloaded" readfish.log
#2024-03-06 17:06:39,179 readfish.targets Reloaded strategies for 24 sequences
#2024-03-06 17:07:07,994 readfish.targets Reloaded strategies for 24 sequences
#2024-03-06 17:07:37,818 readfish.targets Reloaded strategies for 24 sequences
#2024-03-06 17:08:38,902 readfish.targets Reloaded strategies for 24 sequences
#2024-03-06 17:09:07,365 readfish.targets Reloaded strategies for 24 sequences
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Notes for development and code organisation can be found in doc/developer_noted.md
@article{weilgunyDynamicAdaptiveSampling2023,
title = {Dynamic, adaptive sampling during nanopore sequencing using {{Bayesian}} experimental design},
author = {Weilguny, Lukas and De Maio, Nicola and Munro, Rory and Manser, Charlotte and Birney, Ewan and Loose, Matthew and Goldman, Nick},
year = {2023},
journal = {Nature Biotechnology},
publisher = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
doi = {10.1038/s41587-022-01580-z}
}
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