ELIXIR node event Workshop on Advanced Data Visualization

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Description

The syllabus for this workshop are as follows.

  • Advanced level

    • Using the language of graphics: ggplot2
    • Basic and advanced plotting in ggplot2
    • Single-cell data visualizations with Seurat
    • Quarto notebooks and reports
    • Dynamic plotting with Quarto
    • Interactive web apps with Shiny

  • Beginner level

    • Handle data in R for visualizations
    • Apply ggplot grammar to get publication-grade plots
    • Combine different data and/or different plots
    • PCA, Heatmaps, Phylogenetic trees and Maps

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Details

Language
English
Licence
GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Affiliations
SciLifeLab
Course Website
https://nbisweden.github.io/workshop-data-visualization-r/
Last Updated
May 20, 2026 11:15

Content Providers

NBIS

https://nbis.se

Learning Outcomes

After this workshop you should be able to:

  • Advanced level

    • Handle data in R for visualizations
    • Familiarize with ggplot2 functions and techniques at adavanced level
    • Combine different data and/or different plots that are of publication-ready
    • Create interactive documents with Quarto for data exploration and analysis
    • Write your own simple Shiny app in R

  • Beginner level

    • Handle data in R for visualizations
    • Apply the grammar efficiently in ggplot to obtain the desired plot
    • Combine different data and/or different plots that are of publication-grade

Structure & Duration

3 days in person.

Prerequisites & Technical Requirements

Prior Knowledge
  • At the moment we accept people who have all levels of expertise in R programming
  • We aim to have this course also to be able to do with Python as well for the next run.
Technical Requirements
  • At the moment we accept people who have all levels of expertise in R programming
  • We aim to have this course also to be able to do with Python as well for the next run.

Audience & Keywords

Target Audience
PhD students, postdocs, and researchers at Swedish universities
Keywords
visualization

Course Team

Authors
Contributors
  • Markus Ringner · NBIS, SciLifeLab, Lund University · ORCID iDORCID
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