In this webinar, we will give an overview of imaging-based spatial transcriptomics (IST) technologies and discuss how preprocessing can affect downstream analysis results. Using our recently developed QC package (Huber group, EMBL), we will demonstrate a workflow for evaluating segmentation quality and identifying transcript assignment errors in IST data.

This event is part of a broader webinar series on spatial transcriptomics. For more information about the series and its webinars, please visit the following link: “Decoding spatial transcriptomics through sequences, pixels, and bioinformatics”.

Who is this course for?

This webinar is suitable for students, biologists, computational biologists and bioinformaticians interested in sequencing-based spatial transcriptomics. Prior experience in analysing transcriptomic data will be beneficial for fully understanding and following the webinar. 

 

Outcomes

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Describe the main imaging-based spatial transcriptomics (IST) platforms.
• Identify common sources of error in the segmentation of IST data.
• Compare different segmentation methods used for IST.
• Apply a quality control (QC) workflow to detect segmentation artifacts and select appropriate segmentation methods for a given IST dataset.

This webinar, hosted on Zoom Webinar, is free to attend, but you need to register for a place beforehand, using the 'Register' button. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the webinar.

The webinar will be recorded, and the recording will be made available on this page one day after the event. Please note that we do not issue certificates of attendance for our webinars. However, you will receive an email from our Zoom account confirming your participation a day after the event.