====== STAR ======
STAR (Spliced Transcripts Alignment to a Reference) is an RNA-seq aligner.

===== Information =====

  * Version: 2.7.1a
  * Added: March, 2016
  * Updated: July, 2019
  * Link: https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR

===== Usage =====

See which versions of star are available:
<code>$ module avail star</code>

Load one into your environment and run it:
<code>$ module load star/2.7.1a
$ STAR</code>

===== Installation ======

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR/archive/2.7.1a.tar.gz
$ tar xf 2.7.1a.tar.gz
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/star/2.7.1a/bin
$ sudo cp -v STAR-2.7.1a/bin/Linux_x86_64_static/* /export/apps/star/2.7.1a/bin</code>