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As the primary mode through which analysts and audience members alike consume data, data visualization remains an important hypothesis generating and analytical technique in data-driven research to facilitate new discoveries. However, if done poorly, data visualization can also mislead, bias, and slow down progress. This hands-on course will cover the principles of perception and cognition relevant for data visualization and apply these principles to genomic data, including large-scale single-cell and spatially-resolved omics datasets, using the R statistical programming language. Students will be expected to complete class readings, create weekly data visualizations as homework assignments, and make a major class presentation.

Course Information

Course Staff: Prof. Jean Fan and Rafael dos Santos Peixoto
Lectures: 8:00am-9:50am Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. See Canvas for location details.
Office Hours: 10:00am-10:50am Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. See Canvas for location details.

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All Visualizations

Spatial visualization of number of genes expressed by cells of varying sizes

What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing three types of quantitative data: firstly, the spatial locations of each cell given by their (x,y) Cartesian coordinates; secondly, the area...

Spacial gene expression of CTLA4 and CDH1

What data types are you visualizing? I am encoding spatial data because you can see the genes being expressed in the cell via the x,y alignment. I am also encoding...

Heatmap of the ACAP3 gene

What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing quantitative data of the expression count of the ACAP3 gene within a single cell and spatial data regarding the x,y position...

Spatial Distribution of *CTH* Expression

What data types are you visualizing? In homework1, I am visualizing a subset of the spatially resolved transcriptomic data expressing CTH (pikachu group). The visualization contains quantitaive data of the...

Spatial Localization of Spatial-Barcode Beads for Total Number of Distinct Genes Expressed

What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing the (1) quantitative data for the total number of distinct genes expressed for each spatial-barcode bead and (2) spatial data for...

Relationship between LUM and POSTN Expression

What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing quantitative data of the expression counts of the LUM gene and its relationship to the expression counts of the POSTN gene....

Relationship between LUM and POSTN Expression

What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing quantitative data of the expression counts of the LUM gene and its relationship to the expression counts of the POSTN gene....

VCAN Expression Count vs. Aligned X and Y Position for Sequencing Spatial Transcriptomic Dataset

What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing quantitative data of the expression count of the VCAN gene for each spot, and spatial data regarding the aligned x and...

Dependence of the expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) on cell location.

What data types are you visualizing? TNF Gene Family: Catagorical TNF Expression: Quantitative X,Y Centroid Positions: Quantitative

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What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing quantitative data of the expression count of the ERBB2 gene for each cell, quantitative data of the area for each cell,...

The Number of Unique Genes Expressed Per Cell Across a Breast Cancer Tissue Sample

What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing quantitative data of the number of unique genes expressed in each cell, as well as spatial data including the x and...