Web Version<http://trainingvib.cmail2.com/t/r-e-atdelt-dlhhdihde-r/> | Update preferences<http://trainingvib.updatemyprofile.com/r-atdelt-67B0562B-dlhhdihde-y> | Unsubscribe<http://trainingvib.cmail2.com/t/r-u-atdelt-dlhhdihde-j/> [Forward icon]<http://trainingvib.forwardtomyfriend.com/r-dlhhdihde-67B0562B-atdelt-l-t> Forward<http://trainingvib.forwardtomyfriend.com/r-dlhhdihde-67B0562B-atdelt-l-i> Data Visualization for Biology: a practical workshop on design, techniques and tools We would like to invite you to 'Data Visualization for Biology: a practical workshop on design, techniques and tools' - a workshop jointly organized by KU Leuven ESAT/STADIUS, EMBL-EBI and VIB, taking place in Leuven from 23 to 27 November 2015. As biological datasets increase in size and complexity, we are moving more and more from an hypothesis-driven research paradigm to a data-driven one. As a result, exploration of that data has become even more crucial than in the past. In this 5-day workshop, we will dive into the topic of biological data visualization and how it can be used to gain insight in and get a "feel" for a dataset, so that targeted analyses can be defined. We will start by covering theoretical questions like: What is data visualization? How do we perceive images? How can we visualise data in the best possible way? As the workshop continues, it will become more and more hands-on and interactive; a large part will be committed to creating visualisations using the D3 javascript library, including 2-day projects creating interactive visualisations based on data brought by the students themselves. Confirmed speakers and instructors: · Jan Aerts (KU Leuven ESAT/STADIUS, Belgium) · Eamonn Maguire (University of Oxford, UK) · Francis Rowland (EMBL-EBI, UK) · Marc Streit (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) · Herwig Van Marck (VIB BioInformatics Training and Service facility, Belgium) Have a look at the training website<http://trainingvib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-atdelt-dlhhdihde-x/> and sign up to join us from 23 to 27 November 2015 in Leuven (KU Leuven ESAT/STADIUS). Please get in touch, if you need further information. Best regards, Alexander VIB BITS, on behalf of the organizers