José Francisco Sánchez Herrero

Role

Lecturer

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology (Universidad de Alicante)
Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences (UPF-UB)
Postgraduate course in DNA Phylogenetics and Genealogies (UB)
PhD in Genetics (UB)

Biography

José Francisco Sánchez works as a bioinformatics technician in the Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit at IGTP carrying out analysis and research projects (genomics, transcriptomes, epigenetics, etc.) for different researchers and users. He uses programming languages (Python, R, Shell) in Linux/Mac/Windows environments and computer clusters. He is also an associate lecturer at the UAB, where he teaches classes on genetics, genomics and bioinformatics, and a course instructor and mentor for the Joint Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and the Universitat de Barcelona.

Subjects they teach

Subject
Programme
Typology

Data Visualisation

Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics

Required

Programme:
Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics

Description

Concepts of visual design and data metaphors. Colour spaces. Bit maps and vector graphs (PostScript, SVG). 2D & 3D rendering. Processing programming language. Graph grammar (R, ggplot). Visualising data in bioinformatics: annotation of genomes and browsers; structure of visualisers; tools for manipulating networks. Hive plots. Graphics libraries.

Code:
53128

Créditos:
4 ECTS

Language:
English

Type of subject: Required