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NBIS Workshop on Data Visualization in R

This is a nation-wide course open for people who are interested in learning to plot using different packages in R.

The course is organized by NBIS Links to an external site. (ELIXIR-SE).

• This course aims to help researchers to visualize their data in different ways using R. This course will also aim to show researchers how they can make publication grade figures using R.
• A part of this course is also about making interactive plots that the researchers can view and share in a web-server to make interactive visualizations of the data.

AUDIENCE

National course open for PhD students (prioritized), postdocs, researchers and other employees within all Swedish universities interested in learning to plot using different packages in R.

DATES

Workshop dates: 17-Apr-2023 - 19-Apr-2023
Application opens:  23-February-2023
Application closes: 31-March-2023
Confirmation of acceptance:  3-April-2023

LOCATION

Lund, Sweden

FEE

The fee for this on-site workshop is 2000 SEK to be paid by invoice to NBIS. Please note that NBIS cannot invoice individuals so we need your institutional invoicing address.

The fee covers lunches, coffee and a course dinner. Those who accept the spot and then do not attend without prior notification will also be invoiced.

Note that travel and accommodation is not included in the fee and must be arranged by the participants.

SYLLABUS

• Data wrangling for ggplot
• Barcharts, Boxplots and others in ggplot
• PCA plots in ggplot
• Heatmaps using R packages
• Plotting data on maps in R (optional)
• Handling phylogenetic trees in R (optional)
• Creating simple Rshiny app
• Deploying an example Rshiny app

The detailed syllabus of this course can be found here 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Handle data in R for visualizations

• Apply the grammar efficiently in ggplot to get the desired plot

• Combine different data and/or different plots that are of publication-grade

• Write your own simple Rshiny app

• Deploy Rshiny apps in public servers

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

This is a national course open to PhD students, postdocs, group leaders and core facility staff. 

Requirements for being able to follow the course and to complete computer exercises:

• familiarity with using R and Rstudio
• a computer with a webcam (if online) running R and Rstudio. 
• you will be asked to install different R packages necessary for the course prior to the course.

Selection criteria include correct entry requirements, motivation to attend the workshop as well as gender and geographical balance. Applicants affiliated to a Swedish institution are prioritized. International applicants are considered only if/when seats are available. Further prioritization: PhD scholars > Post-Docs, PIs, Healthcare staff > Master's students).

Please note that NBIS training events do not provide any formal university credits. The training content is estimated to correspond to a certain number of credits, however the estimated credits are just guidelines. If formal credits are crucial, the student needs to confer with the home department before submitting a course application in order to establish whether the course is valid for formal credits or not.

APPLICATION

Application form Links to an external site.

CONTACT

Lokeshwaran Manoharan, Markus Ringner, Juliana Assis

edu.plotting.r@nbis.se

CODE OF CONDUCT

By participating in this workshop, you will be agreeing to the NBIS Code of Conduct.

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