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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 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 Suki
Lectures: 8:00am-9:50am Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. See Canvas for location details.
Office Hours: 10:00am-10:50am Monday, Wednesday, and by request. See Canvas for location details.

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All Visualizations

HW1

1. What about the data would you like to make salient? The visualization is designed to make spatial differences in gene expression patterns salient. By placing Aqp1 and Nphs2 in...

Kidney Oxygen Depletion Visualization

1. What data types are you visualizing?

Spatial Expression of Avpr2, Inmt, and Rnf24

1. What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing 3 data types. First, categorical data of 3 genes: Avpr2, Inmt, and Rnf24. Second, spatial data regarding the x and...

Spatial Visualization of Gene Expression Across Tissue

1. What data types are you visualizing? I would like to make salient the spatial distribution of gene expression within the sham tissue, emphasizing how expression of biologically relevant genes...

Spatial distribution of transcription factor Krüppel‐like factor 5 (KLF5) gene expression in coronal kidney section

1. What data types are you visualizing? The represented data type is quantitative (x and y spatial positions of cells as well as levels of KLF5 gene expression on the...

HW1

1. What data types are you visualizing? This visualization comprises categorical data for the gene marker and quantitative data for the expression values.

Spatial Gene Expression Patterns of Umod and Cyp4b1 (Xenium Dataset)

1. What data types are you visualizing? I’m visualizing both quantitative and categorical data. The original dataset contains quantitative data (the x and y coordinates) for each spot in the...

HW 1 Spatial Distribution of Aqp1 and Aqp2 Expressing Cells

1. What are the data types represented? I am visualizing the cells in a kidney tissue cross section that contain the genes for two water channels, Aqp1 and Aqp2. I...

HW1

1. What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing quantitative gene expression count data (non-negative integer counts), specifically the total counts per gene aggregated across all spatial locations/cells. 2....

HW1

1. What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing quantitative data representing the expression levels of two genes, Aqp1 and Aqp2, for individual cells. Categorical data is the 2...

Visualizing canonical markers and spatially variable genes in Visium data

1. What data types are you visualizing? I’m visualizing quantitative gene expression values for multiple genes across quantitative spatial coordinates (x, y) for each visium spot. The gene expression values...

HW1

1. What data types are you visualizing? I am visualizing spatial data and quantitative data in this plot. The spatial data consists of the X and Y coordinates in micrometers...