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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Align reads against reference genome.
+
+STORAGE="/groups/umcg-griac/tmp04/rawdata/$(whoami)/step3"
+# Store genome index in this location:.
+GENOME_INDEX="${STORAGE}/genome_index"
+mkdir -p "${GENOME_INDEX}"
+# Store the generated `Aligned.sortedByCoord.out.bam` in this dir.
+ALIGNMENT_OUTPUT="${STORAGE}/alignment"
+mkdir -p "${ALIGNMENT_OUTPUT}"
+
+# 1) Generate genome index.
+#
+# N.B.:
+# - We're assuming a read size of 100 bp (--sjdbOverhang 100). Refer back to the
+#   previous quality control steps if you are unsure about the size. In case of
+#   reads of varying length, the ideal value is max(ReadLength)-1.
+# - We're using gzip compressed reference data (--readFilesCommand zcat), i.e.,
+#   .gtf.gz and fa.gz. If not, you can remove the `zcat` flag.
+
+# Storage location reference data (in this case on calculon).
+REFERENCE_DATA="/groups/umcg-griac/prm02/rawdata/reference/genome"
+GTF_FILE="${REFERENCE_DATA}/Homo_sapiens.GRCh38.100.gtf.gz"
+FASTA_FILE="${REFERENCE_DATA}/Homo_sapiens.GRCh38.dna.primary_assembly.fa.gz"
+
+STAR \
+    --runThreadN 8 \
+    --runMode genomeGenerate \
+    --readFilesCommand zcat \
+    --sjdbOverhang 100 \
+    --genomeFastaFiles ${FASTA_FILE} \
+    --sjdbGTFfile ${GTF_FILE} \
+    --genomeDir ${GENOME_INDEX}
+
+
+# 2) Do the actual alignment.
+#
+# N.B.:
+# - We are assuming paired-end, gzip compressed (--readFilesCommand zcat)  FastQ
+#   files.
+
+# THe compressed paired-end FastQ's that we are aligning.
+R1="sample1_R1.fastq.gz"
+R2="sample1_R2.fastq.gz"
+
+STAR \
+    --runThreadN 8 \
+    --readFilesCommand zcat \
+    --readFilesIn "${R1}" "${R2}" \
+    --outSAMtype BAM SortedByCoordinate \
+    --genomeDir ${GENOME_INDEX} \
+    --outFileNamePrefix "${ALIGNMENT_OUTPUT}"