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This workshop will provide an introduction to graphics in R with ggplot2. Participants will learn how to construct, customize, and export a variety of plot types in order to visualize relationships in data. We will also explore the basic grammar of graphics, including the aesthetics and geometry layers, adding statistics, transforming scales, and coloring or panelling by groups. You will learn how to make histograms, boxplots, scatterplots, lineplots, and heatmaps as well as how to make compound figures. Prerequisites: D-Lab’s R Fundamentals or equivalent knowledge; previous experience with base R is assumed. Workshop Materials: https://github.com/dlab-berkeley/R-Data-Visualization Software Requirements:Installation Instructions for R and RStudio

Josh Yim received his PhD in Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford from 2014-2020. His work in the Bogyo Lab focused on imaging tumors using chemical sensors. Through his experience with industry collaborations during graduate school, Josh developed a keen interest in business which led him to join BCG’s San Francisco office upon graduation. Josh consults biopharma, biotech, payers, and providers, focusing on R&D strategy development, portfolio optimization, and organization redesign, among other areas. Currently, Josh is doing a secondment at Johnson & Johnson, working to form partnerships with data science companies to support J&J’s R&D pipeline. Josh is excited to share his insights on making the transition from research to consulting.

As you might know, UC Berkeley is the top university in the number of companies founded by undergraduate alumni. Cal has been stepping up efforts to support the graduate students and postdocs aspiring to transition their research to building products at startups. Come attend this workshop to understand some of the resources, including fellowships, working space and mentorship that one would need to build a startup. We have three fantastic speakers, Prof. Dave Schaffer, Susan Abrahamson and Darren Cooke sharing the information and learnings.