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+# COVID-19_Multi-Omics
+A repository for collaborative multi-omics data analysis and the covid-omics.app.
+
+Note that the most recent version of the relational SQLite database is available for download via ftp from [MassIVE - accession number MSV000085703](https://doi.org/10.25345/C5F74G) under the "updates" directory. For instance, the most current version is listed under: `MSV000085703/updates/2020-09-09_lmuehlbauer_4248b39f/other/Covid-19 Study DB.sqlite` For more information on data processing, analysis, and availability, please see the [open access manuscript](https://www.cell.com/cell-systems/fulltext/S2405-4712(20)30371-9#secsectitle0105).
+
+### Directory structure
+```bash
+├── README.md
+├── eda
+│   ├── BJA
+│   ├── EAT
+│   ├── IJM
+│   ├── JGM
+│   ├── KAO
+│   ├── MNB
+│   └── VL
+├── reference
+│   ├── color_palette.txt
+│   ├── data_dictionary.txt
+│   └── db_schema.png
+└── src
+    ├── README.md
+    ├── dash
+        ├── README.md
+        ├── app.py
+        ├── apps
+        │   ├── clustergrammer.py
+        │   ├── differential_expression.py
+        │   ├── linear_regression.py
+        │   └── pca.py
+        ├── assets
+        │   └── favicon.ico
+        ├── change_log.md
+        ├── data.py
+        ├── index.py
+        ├── nav.py
+        ├── plot.py
+        └── requirements.txt
+    ├── db_queries
+        ├── db_queries.R
+        └── db_queries.py
+```