Data Visualization with R

by Erdi Kucuk (MPI-CBG, Scientific Computing Facility)

Wednesday 11 Nov 2026, 13:00 → 17:00 Europe/Berlin

SR Ground Floor (CSBD)

 

This workshop will explore how to create publication-quality graphics using ggplot2 and dplyr packages in R.

Objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Manipulate their data with dplyr before plotting.
• Understand the basic ggplot2 syntax and use it to produce most common types of plots.
• Pick the best chart type for their data.

 

 

Who can participate / Capacity: CBG  members. 15 places.

Prerequisities/Requirements

• Basic coding experience in in R
• Understanding of introductory statistics
• Please bring your laptop.
• It is recommended that you install RStudio before the course,  but if you are more comfortable with terminal or other IDE that is also perfectly fine to use.

Resources

• Software Carpentry course of R for Reproducible Scientifc Analysis
• Choosing a good chart
• Download and install RStudio