1. !
#Phinch: An interactive, exploratory data
visualization framework for environmental
sequence data
@hollybik
University of California, Davis (now)
University of Birmingham, UK (soon)

2. VERY DIFFICULT
Bik et al. 2012, Trends in Ecology and Evolution

4. “A Research-Driven Data Visualization
Framework for High-Throughput
Environmental Sequence Data”

5. http://pitchinteractive.com @pitchinc

6. “Pitch Interactive dissects large data sets
in search of meaningful and often hidden
patterns that serve to determine the shape
and form that best tells a story.”

7. Goal: A web-based, scalable visualization framework for
standard data formats

8. • BIOM (json) files – OTU tables, metagenome datasets
• Tab-delimited metadata files

11. http://phinch.org

12. http://phinch.org

13. http://phinch.org
“Export” and “Share” features

21. Nitrate Levels (ppm)
Relativeabundance(%)
Tenacibaculum spp.
Sabreen Aulakh, Eisen lab undergrad

22. Future Work
• Explore phylogenetic visualizations (e.g. probability
distributions from tree placement of short reads)
• Expand visualization framework to include statistical
analyses, plugin tools, public API
• Self-sustaining, open source user/developer
community

23. NSF Research
Coordination Network
RCN EukHiTS
http://eukhits.wordpress.com

24. Acknowledgements
:
:
Jonathan Eisen Aaron Darling Guillaume Jospin Dongying Wu
David Coil
:
: Further Information
• hbik@ucdavis.edu
• @Dr_Bik – updates posted to Twitter
Wesley Grubbs, Shujian Bu (Pitch Interactive)
Acknowledgements