Single-cell QC report

Input: public 10x PBMC 3k dataset (example run) · generated by the free QC tool at omics.hstgenomics.com · the input file was deleted once this report was built.

2,700cells / barcodes
32,738genes
817median genes / cell
2,197median UMIs / cell
2.03%median mitochondrial
6.6%removed by suggestion

Suggested thresholds for this dataset

FilterSuggestedCommon tutorial default
Minimum genes per cell232200
Maximum genes per cell1,4022,500
Maximum mitochondrial %5%5%
Cells retained2,523 of 2,700

Suggestions are median ± 3 MAD of this dataset's own distributions, floored at 200 genes. They are a starting point; tissue biology beats any formula.

Things worth a second look

Expected doublets from loading: about 58 barcodes (2.1%). A gene-count ceiling will not remove them — a doublet detector will.

Distributions

Per-cell distributions with the suggested cut-offs marked.
Per-cell distributions with the suggested cut-offs marked.
UMIs against mitochondrial fraction — dying cells sit low-count / high-mito.
UMIs against mitochondrial fraction — dying cells sit low-count / high-mito.
Barcode rank plot: a sharp knee means cells and empty droplets separate cleanly.
Barcode rank plot: a sharp knee means cells and empty droplets separate cleanly.

Most abundant genes

The top 10 genes carry 14.2% of all counts.

Genes carrying the largest share of counts.
Genes carrying the largest share of counts.
Gene% of all counts
MALAT12.53%
TMSB4X1.94%
B2M1.9%
RPL101.39%
RPL131.21%
RPL13A1.2%
FTL1.17%
RPS21.02%
RPS60.98%
FTH10.9%

What this does not cover