Lesson 4: Principal Components Analysis

Table of Contents

Lecture

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson, we should understand what is principal components analysis and how to apply it to our spatial transcriptomic datasets.


Hands-on Component

Our in-class hands-on component will involve analyzing our spatial transcriptomics dataset using principal components analysis to create a data visualization.


Class Notes

Prof. Fan’s whiteboard notes from class: genomic-data-visualization-Lesson_4.pptx (click to download)

Prof. Fan’s code from class: code-lesson-4.R (click to download)


Homework Assignment

HW_2 genomic-data-visualization-HW_2.pptx (click to download)

Make another student’s data visualization using your spatial transcriptomics data.