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The Remix Transferable Skills Course on Data Visualisation

The Remix Transferable Skills Course on Data Visualisation will take place 17-18 May 2019 in Cambridge, UK.

Venue:

3.37 Seminar Room
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
The Keith Peters Building
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0XY
United Kingdom

Directions:

http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/contact-us

https://map.cam.ac.uk/MRC+Mitochondrial+Biology+Unit#52.176557,0.141651,18

 

Agenda and Lectures - RNA School:

Day 1, Friday 17 May 2019, 09:00 - 17:00
09:00 - 11:00 Fundamentals of data vis and visual perception
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30 Design and statistics basics
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 The grammar graphics
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 - 17:00  Most common geometries

 

Day 2, Saturday 18 May 2019, 09:00 - 17:00
09:00 - 11:00 Introduction to the essential components of ggplot2 in R
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30 Coding exercises on own data
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 The stats, coord, facets and theme layers in ggplot2 in R
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 - 17:00 Coding exercises on own data

 

Hotel Information:

Rooms for Remix fellows have already been booked from 14-18 May 2019.

Fenners Hotel 
144 - 146 Tenison Road
Cambridge CB1 2DP
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01223 360246
FAX: 01223 518175
E-mail: info(at)fennershotel.com

This hotel is very close to the rail station and 20-30 min walk from the MRC MBU and 10-15 min walk to the town centre. No breakfast included in the room rate, but plenty of good places around.

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