Course content

To see details about the live Data visualisation for biology course and the original programme, you can refer to the course page and programme.

The contents table below outlines the different sessions that were included in the 2025 course, as well as the format of the materials (slides/practicals) and each session’s trainer. Either proceed through the materials using the arrows at the end of each page or pick your topic of interest from the table below to skip straight to it. Materials from previous iterations of this course can be found in the Further Learning section.

Presentation slides –  View or download the slides

Practicals – View or download the slides, exercises, datasets, analysis scripts and results

Format

Subject

Trainer

             

Data visualisation and visual analytics

Jan Aerts

             

Visual design

Ryo Sakai

             

Data visualisation for exploration

Jan Aerts and Ryo Sakai

             

Data visualisation for communication

Jan Aerts

             

Keynote lecture: Graph it, grasp it – Visualisations to communicate scientific data Helena Jambor              

Teaching assistants: Peiyang Huo and Pooja Wakchoure