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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.

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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

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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...

Frequency of Most Expressed Gene in a Spot

What data types are you visualizing? We are visualizing quantitative data, the number of spots in which the gene is most expressed, and categorical data, the gene.